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(NewsNation) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the authorities volition beryllium redrawing authorities territory lines arsenic soon arsenic imaginable and said "the gloves are off" successful a nationalist fight implicit redistricting.
"Here successful New York, we volition not basal connected the sidelines with timid souls," Hochul, a Democrat, said. "This is simply a war; we are astatine war."
New York is 1 of the states hosting Democrats who person fled Texas to forestall the Texas authorities House from passing a redrawn territory representation that would springiness Republicans a larger majority.
The Texas effort has been led by the White House and could marque it harder for Democrats to effort to retake the U.S. House of Representatives successful 2026.
Blue states, including New York and Illinois, are threatening to redraw their maps successful effect if Republican-led states proceed to alteration maps to clasp connected to power.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened the lawmakers with removal from the authorities House and arrest, demanding they instrumentality truthful the legislature has a quorum needed to bash business.
Hochul said the redistricting is due to the fact that Republicans recognize that Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's handling of immigration, the system and cuts to Medicaid and cognize they're facing a imaginable decision astatine the polls.
"Americans don't privation a strategy that's stacked against them. They judge successful fairness, it's fundamental," she said. "I'll archer you this, they're done with the chaos, they're done with the cruelty, and I would accidental they're acceptable to ballot Republicans retired of powerfulness successful Washington, surely successful the upcoming 2026 elections."
Hochul went connected to telephone the effort a "legal insurrection" and vowed to combat occurrence with fire.
