Soon: Texas Senate Expected To Pass Trump-Backed Map Favoring GOP

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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0:00.0	Tonight, Trump himself is hitting the D.C. streets.
0:06.0	The lead starts right now.
0:09.0	President Trump is heading out, getting a firsthand glimpse himself of the law enforcement takeover
0:15.0	in Washington, D.C.
0:16.0	How he describes the purpose of his mission.
0:19.0	That's ahead.
0:20.0	Plus, a decision expected tonight for the Menendez brothers
0:24.1	after decades in prison.
0:26.0	Today, a parole hearing for one of the siblings,
0:28.2	could they get a chance of freedom
0:29.7	more than 30 years after admitting
0:31.9	to killing their parents?
0:33.9	But first, the political maneuver expected tonight
0:36.4	that could jumpstart an ugly fight for control of the House in 2026.
0:46.7	Welcome to lead. I'm Phil Mattingly in for Jake Tapper. In just a few hours, the state of Texas is expected to finally pass its Republican-drawn congressional maps.
0:55.7	This redistricting plan, a plan backed by President Trump, would create five more GOP-leaning
1:00.9	House districts in time for next year's midterm elections. Republicans try to hang on to their
1:05.9	oh so narrow House majority. Tonight's vote will take place in the Texas Senate. The State House passed the
1:11.6	bill last night after weeks of roadblocks from State House Democrats who left the state to slow down the vote
1:17.6	and bring attention to Republican tactics. In just a moment, I'll speak to a Democratic State Representative who spent two nights on the Texas House floor protesting,
1:25.6	a Republican demand to be placed under surveillance
1:28.2	after that Democratic walkout.
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