Democratic lawmakers tried to build a case Friday that Republicans in Texas have engineered a rushed and unfair process for redrawing the state's congressional districts in response to a push by President Donald Trump to win more GOP seats that Democrats fear will spread to other states.

Different from everyone else, I’m telling you, I’m not beating around the bush,” Rep. Todd Hunter, the Corpus Christi Republican carrying the bill, said about the goal of the map. “We have five new districts,

Texas Republicans are moving forward with an effort to redraw the state’s congressional map to be more favorable for the GOP, prompting states around the country to consider whether they too should revisit their district lines ahead of next year’s midterm elections.