Former White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley told Newsmax on Tuesday that Texas Republicans are doing exactly what they're supposed to do when they have the power and leverage — right the wrongs of the past.
While acknowledging that Texas could be setting off a "gerrymandering arms race," Gidley said redistricting efforts so soon after the last Census were necessary given the major changes in population in the state.
"But it's been Democrats historically that have done this now for quite some time," Gidley said on "Finnerty."
"Talking about California, talking about Illinois, they do this all the time. What this is really about is Republicans, finally, when they have the levers of power and influence, are using them the way they are supposed to use them to right the wrongs of the past."
Texas GOP Chair Abraham George told host Rob Finnerty that redistricting was necessary to address an influx of 2.5 million new residents to Texas since the 2020 Census.
"This is not just about politics. We really have an issue of representation," George said.
And that, Gidley said, means that Republicans are right to address it now.
"The fact is, if you have the power to do something like this and you're trying to correct a problem — and as the chairman just pointed out, you had an influx of millions of people fleeing these horrible blue states — you're going to have to make some changes. They're doing the right thing," Gidley said.
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