Kamala Harris Weighs In On Texas Redistricting — It Doesn’t Go Well

Former Vice President Kamala Harris discussed Texas redistricting on Aug. 6 during a meeting with Young Latino Leaders, but she appeared unfocused in her remarks.

Dozens of Texas Democrats fled their state to deny the state House the quorum required for the GOP-controlled chamber to advance its map that would create five new Republican congressional seats. In a video of the meeting that Harris posted to X on Saturday, she accused Texas Republicans of “cheating.”

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“It’s cutting the Latino community in half and silencing their voice. And how is that going to affect future elections?” a participant asked Harris.

“Here’s how I think about it. I think you’re right in terms of the effect. I think what they’re doing is they’re cheating. I think they’re cheating. They want to change the current system to make it bend toward the outcome they want,” the former vice president said. “And so, you know, if you believe the public reporting, they get a call that says, ‘Hey, redo your lines,’ even though the fallout is going to include exactly what you said, which is, you know, taking the franchise, the vote, away from specific communities.”

Harris asserted that the proposed Texas map would disenfranchise Hispanic and black Texans, along with “diluting their votes.”

“And this is not a census year. But this is a year with the big, beautiful bill and the unpopularity of it. And so they want to bend the rules,” she added. “And I have to say that, you know, those Texas those Texan legislators, good for them. You know, that takes a lot of courage.”