The bottom line is that these folks are trying to cheat.

They are concerned that the record that they have to run on is not one that is going to garner a lot of votes in 2026.

And so the White House says, Donald Trump says, you know, I'm entitled to get me five seats, Texas. And Greg Abbott says,

you know, how high, sir. And, you know, goes and gets him, you know, tries to get him five seats.

But he may not be getting him five seats.

Indeed. Hi again, everybody. It's now five o'clock in New York. Donald Trump might not be getting

those five house seats after all. There is breaking news today out of the state that lit the match in this

entire national redistricting fight. In a stunning setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party,

a panel of three judges ruled two to one that Texas cannot use its new gerrymandered map

in the 26 midterms, finding that the state has to use the map it drew in 2021.

In a 160-page opinion, Judge Jeffrey Brown, a Trump-appointed judge, writes this, quote,

The public perception of this case is that it's about politics.

To be sure, politics played a role in drawing the 2025 map.

But it was much more than just politics.

Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 map.

Judge Brown also derided the Justice Department's efforts to get Texas to target several districts with non-white majorities.

He writes, quote, the map ultimately passed by the legislature and signed by the governor.

The 2025 map achieved all but one of the racial objectives that DOJ demanded.

The legislature dismantled and left unrecognizable.

Not only all the districts DOJ identified, but also several other coalition districts around the state.

For these and other reasons, the plaintiff groups are likely to prove at trial that Texas racially gerrymander the 2025 map.

Democratic lawmakers in the state are celebrating the ruling with the Texas House minority leader saying in the statement this, quote, a federal court just stopped one of the

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