TEXAS – Progress Texas Executive Director Kathleen Thompson released the following statement:

“In one week, patriotic Americans will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act passed under President and Texas Democrat Lyndon Baines Johnson. Republicans have been working to overturn it since, and today their racist redistricting map is out. 

Now, instead of working on emergency items like flash flood mitigation and warning systems, Texas Republicans are focused on stealing your voting power. 60 years later, white guys are still calling each other and saying how Brown and Black citizens can vote. 

Democrats looking to get caught trying should strongly consider a quorum break—on moral, legal, and Biblical grounds—in line with a legacy of strong leaders who cemented the rights being threatened today.”

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