Uh...why are we boycotting Texas? Not that our state government hasn't been dogshit for decades now, but I'm not aware of it being meaningfully worse than other deep red states or even the federal government under Trump II.

[–] BJ_and_the_bear@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Probably in response to the Texas GOP current push for redistricting (gerrymandering) at behest of Trump

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Probably should be noted that they were already planning to do this and then Trump jumped on board to try and take credit for it. I don't think he's smart enough to come up with it.

[–] scoobford@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ah, ty. I wasn't aware it was that big of a deal nationally. It may be a particularly egregious example, but gerrymandering is extremely common in the US so I figured it was business as usually for everyone outside the state.

[–] BJ_and_the_bear@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

It’s getting a lot of attention nationally. Particularly because it’s happening 5 years early, redistricting usually follows a census. And Trump is pushing Texas GOP to do it; he’s claiming he is “entitled” to 5 additional Republican seats out of Texas, and no one is denying that is the reason it is being done. In the current climate, 5 seats can make all the difference in the world (5 seats flipping to Dem would swap the current majority for example)

California and New York have declared they will retaliate with their own redistricting if Texas goes theough with it.