{"id":268931,"date":"2025-08-08T18:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T17:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-are-texan-democrats-on-the-run-bbc-americast\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T18:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T17:00:15","slug":"why-are-texan-democrats-on-the-run-bbc-americast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-are-texan-democrats-on-the-run-bbc-americast\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200b\u200bWhy are Texan Democrats on the run?\u200b\u200b | BBC Americast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/KOXOnwJEWJA\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\u200b\u200bWhy are Texan Democrats on the run?\u200b\u200b | BBC Americast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KOXOnwJEWJA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200bTexas Republicans have voted for the arrest of dozens of Democratic legislators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no rules anymore, apparently.\u201d<br \/>\n\u200b\u200b<br \/>\n\u200b\u200bThat\u2019s what Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said on Monday, standing alongside the Democrat lawmakers who fled Texas to prevent a vote which would redraw the state\u2019s political map in favour of the Republican Party.<br \/>\n\u200b\u200b<br \/>\n\u200b\u200bIt\u2019s a process known as \u2018redistricting\u2019, which normally occurs at the end of each decade when the census takes place. But in a move designed to give the Republicans a crucial advantage heading into the 2026 Midterms, Donald Trump has wants it to take place now. It would give Republicans five extra seats in the House.<br \/>\n\u200b\u200b<br \/>\n\u200b\u200bIt\u2019s an unconventional request by Donald Trump\u2019s administration, but Democrat governors are now threatening to do the same thing in their states, including California Governor Gavin Newsom.<br \/>\n\u200b\u200b<br \/>\n\u200b\u200bJustin and Anthony discuss whether this a fight the Democrats can win, and whether this is an audition for some 2028 presidential hopefuls.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<br \/>\n\u200b\u200b<br \/>\n#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200b\u200bTexas Republicans have voted for the arrest of dozens of Democratic legislators. \u201cThere are no rules anymore, apparently.\u201d \u200b\u200b \u200b\u200bThat\u2019s what Illinois Governor JB Pritzker said on Monday, standing alongside the Democrat lawmakers who fled Texas to prevent a vote which would redraw the state\u2019s political map in favour of the Republican Party. \u200b\u200b \u200b\u200bIt\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":268932,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128810],"tags":[129040,130071,130126],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-268931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bbc-news","tag-have","tag-republicans","tag-texas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u200b\u200bWhy are Texan Democrats on the run?\u200b\u200b | BBC Americast | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch \u200b\u200bWhy are Texan Democrats on the run?\u200b\u200b | BBC Americast for free, here on News ISC. 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