Katie Scofield: Yep. We got 2 new congressional seats because of growth in BIPOC population but somehow have one less majority-minority district than 2010 map. 🤔

Gonna be a lot of dunking on this today, so as someone who wrote his dissertation on secession movements, let me point out: 1. This is not a majoritarian mvmt. Like 1861 secession in TX, it's a minority coup 2. It looks majoritarian bc of gerrymandering and disfranchisement (1/2)

Texas Secessionsts win GOP backing for independence vote: 'Major step'www.newsweek.com The state GOP has backed a referendum on leaving the American Union in its 2024 legislative platform.

3. Nearly 60% of TX's pop is BIPOC, and new pop growth in TX is basically a 10:1 BIPOC to white ratio. So before you fire up your "let them go" hot takes, consider that you'd be advocating for the abandonment of a lot of folks (many disfranchised or inadequately represented) who hate this shit too

Texas Secessionsts win GOP backing for independence vote: 'Major step'www.newsweek.com The state GOP has backed a referendum on leaving the American Union in its 2024 legislative platform.

Yep. We got 2 new congressional seats because of growth in BIPOC population but somehow have one less majority-minority district than 2010 map. 🤔

Yeah funny how that works huh

Watching this type of thing going on for decades, I knew it was coming. Again. Nothing like constantly getting my voting power eroded all my life. Doesn't matter we're the largest ethnic group of all groups in the state. Packed and cracked districts.

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