The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now with my good friend Melissa Murray.

And for Lawrence, good evening, Melissa.

Good evening, Chris. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Republicans in Texas have moved forward with Donald Trump's plan to redraw congressional districts.

What's the goal? Well, to give Donald Trump and the GOP five additional seats in the 2026 midterm elections,

which are now just 439 days away.

In the Texas state capital today, Democrats didn't hold back, condemning the maps as illegal and discriminatory.

I just want to say that I do not want to take racial data into consideration in my promotion of this map.

It's simply impossible to draw those maps, race blind, that you have done.

It's simply impossible, knowing and making a statement that you have done, it's simply impossible, knowing and making the statement that you're

proud of the fact that you've drawn more Republican seats in the state of Texas.

But the fact knowing that African Americans and minorities lean democratically, it's simply

impossible, Mr. Chairman, Impossible to have drawn these maps

race blind. Civil rights groups and democratic nonprofits have already filed lawsuits over the Trump

Texas maps. Marina Jenkins, the executive director of the National Redistricting Foundation,

had this to stay in a statement. Quote, the Texas legislature is pushing forward a congressional map that includes even fewer

minority opportunity districts than the current discriminatory map, which is already being

challenged in court for violating Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. In other words, the legislature

is grafting a new, more extreme gerrymander onto an

existing gerrymander that adds even more insult to injury for communities of color in the

Lone Star State, despite the fact that they make up 60% of the state population.

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