{"id":1055461,"date":"2025-08-03T17:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T21:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055461"},"modified":"2025-08-03T17:22:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T21:22:08","slug":"dnc-chair-ken-martins-statement-on-texas-democrats-breaking-quorum-to-fight-back-against-texas-republican-gerrymandering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-chair-ken-martins-statement-on-texas-democrats-breaking-quorum-to-fight-back-against-texas-republican-gerrymandering\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Chair Ken Martin\u2019s Statement on Texas Democrats Breaking Quorum To Fight Back Against Texas Republican Gerrymandering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>In response to Texas Democrats breaking quorum and leaving the state to prevent Donald Trump and Texas Republicans\u2019 attempt to rig the 2026 congressional map, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>\u201cFor too long, Donald Trump and Republicans have tried to get away with rigging the system, breaking the rules, and scheming to hold onto power. It\u2019s time to fight back. Republicans are going after people\u2019s health care, jobs, and pocketbooks while wrecking the economy to protect or enrich a handful of elites \u2014 and then they think they can get away with it by rigging the maps to overrule the will of voters. For weeks, we\u2019ve been warning that if Republicans in Texas want a showdown \u2014 if they want to delay flood relief to cravenly protect Donald Trump from an inevitable midterm meltdown \u2014 then we\u2019d give them that showdown. That\u2019s exactly what Texas Democrats did today: blowing up Republicans\u2019 sham special session that\u2019s virtually ignored the plight of flood victims in Kerr County. Republicans thought they could just rig the maps and change the rules without the American people taking notice. They were dead wrong. The DNC is proud to support these legislators in standing up and showing real leadership. We will fight alongside them to stop this anti-democratic assault. And, after this fight is done, we\u2019re coming full force for the Republicans\u2019 House majority.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Texas Democrats breaking quorum and leaving the state to prevent Donald Trump and Texas Republicans\u2019 attempt to rig the 2026 congressional map, DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement:\u201cFor too long, Donald Trump and Republicans have tried to get away with rigging the system, breaking the rules, and scheming to hold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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