EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after a three-judge district court temporarily blocked the state’s new congressional district map.
The radical left is once again trying to undermine the will of the people. The Big Beautiful Map was entirely legal and passed for partisan purposes to better represent the political affiliations of Texas,” Paxton said.
FILE – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md., Friday , Feb. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
He accused Democrats of engaging in partisan redistricting to eliminate Republican representation.
“When Republicans respond in kind, Democrats rely on false accusations of racism to secure a partisan advantage,” he added,
The map, passed by the Texas Legislature and signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in August, faced opposition from House Democrats who attempted to block the process by breaking quorum.
Paxton also expressed confidence that the Supreme Court would uphold Texas’s right to engage in partisan redistricting.
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