Hey, folks, it's Rick. Welcome back to the Enemies List podcast. I am traveling tonight, as you could probably see. I'm not in my usual abode, my usual

den of Iniquity and or podcasting, whichever one you choose to interpret it as. I got to tell you,

I'm not the only person in a random hotel room tonight. This is actually a very lovely hotel room

tonight, but a lot of legislators from the great state of Texas are in hotels in Illinois

right now. They're there because of the guy on the enemy's list this week, it's Greg Abbott.

Now, Greg Abbott isn't the guy who started this cavalcade of horseshit involving a race to

redistrict the state of Texas and turn it into a Republican bastion against Democratic gains.

The same shenanigans going on in Florida, the same shenanigans going on in Ohio.

All these states that have now decided they want a cheat code for the 2026 election because they see what's coming.

They understand what's happening. They understand that Donald Trump's economic promises have fallen way short.

They understand that his political promises have actually turned to dust all way short. They understand that his political promises have

actually turned to dust all around them. They understand that his role in the Epstein files is

shaking the confidence of Republican voters to their very core. All this has added up to an

extraordinarily tough moment for the Republicans. And my response is, of course,

oh boo-hoo you poor babies.

Their cheat code idea in Texas is the first one out of the gate with it is to tweak the Texas

electoral map so that it blows out five new Republican seats and shrinks every Democratic seat

into the tiniest little apartheid-style townships they can possibly make it. And if you think I'm exaggerating when I say it's the apartheid style, you would be mistaken. I am not. But Greg Abbott has decided that he's going to call this legislature into session. They came into session. The Democrats said, not for us. See ya. Audi. And they were right. People ask me with him, like, why is the Democratic brand so bad? A big part of it. Some of its policy stuff. But the majority of it is Democrats don't trust their own leadership. They don't see them fighting. They don't see them getting up every day and saying, how am I going to punch these some bitches in the nose? How am I going to get out there and get in a fight that matters for people? How am I going to go out there

every day and show Americans I give a shit about what's happening in their lives? Guess what? You're

seeing it in Texas right now. Those Democrats that left to break the caucus are facing a threat from

Greg Abbott. His threat is, I will remove you from the House of Texas House representatives.

First off, Greg, in the Texas Constitution as a way to protect the minority in the Texas

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