In attempting to redraw its congressional districts, Texas is only doing what Democrat-controlled states have already done, Texas state Rep. Tom Oliverson told Newsmax on Tuesday.

Oliverson, who is the Republican caucus chair for the Texas House, explained to “Wake Up America” that his “and other conservative states are responding and doing basically the same redrawing of their maps using the same rules that blue states have already done.”

He said,”We need a two-thirds majority to transact business in the Texas House. We were about four votes shy of that yesterday. There were a few Democrats who elected to stay and represent their constituents and do their duty.”

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