Statement by Lone Star Project Director, Matt Angle.
Supreme Court Decision Rewards Abbott’s Weakness and Virulent Racial Discrimination
There is no reason to downplay or sugarcoat the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the Texas congressional map. The Court has ordered the use of a map that systematically undermines the voting rights of Texans across our state. The map was drawn with virulent racially discriminatory intent. Our highest Court has failed us and justice itself.
The job to protect basic rights now falls directly to voters. Greg Abbott and his cowardly cohorts in the Legislature defied the will of the vast majority of Texans to cram a discriminatory map down our throats. But, while the map undermined minority voting strength, many of the districts within it – that Abbott and other Trump sycophants are taking for granted – can be won by strong and responsible Democrats over the weak and extreme candidates Republicans will field.
I’m proud that the Lone Star Project worked with and supported the Brooks Plaintiffs in alliance with the other plaintiff groups who bravely stood for justice against corrupt and broken Republican state leaders. We are disappointed, but our fighting spirit is not diminished at all.
Learn more about the racist effort underway to destroy minority voting rights and voting strength in Texas HERE.
