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Dems suggest GOP redistricting has forced them to play partisan politics, Republicans argue nothing’s changed
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Amid the fight in Texas over Republicans’ efforts to redraw the state’s congressional maps, leaders of the Democratic Party have expressed the need to meet what they have described as partisan tactics, with more partisan tactics.
But GOP elections experts argue Democrats have always been partisan in their congressional map drawing, despite an effort to frame the newly aggressive tactics as a reversal.
One example is former Obama wingman and U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, who did an interview with the New York Times about how he has «reversed course on gerrymandering.»
In 2017, Holder founded the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC), to lead the Democratic Party’s «comprehensive redistricting strategy» focused on drawing congressional maps «in a fair manner.» This week, Axios reported Holder would be meeting with House Democrats to discuss their redistricting battle going forward, which comes after Holder told the Times that GOP efforts in Texas must be «met in the moment.»
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«Everything should be on the table. We’ve got to put pressure on Republicans and make sure they understand that there’s a price that they might have to pay in 2026,» Holder told the Times earlier this month. «Whatever it is that might forestall this truly anti-democracy, authoritarian move that they’re trying to pull in Texas has to be brought.»
Fprmer U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (L) takes questions as Acting Associate Attorney General Stuart Delery (R) looks on during a news conference to make a major financial fraud announcement February 3, 2015 at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. In 2017, alongside other officials fro the Obama administration, Holder debuted the National Democratic Redistricting Committtee to help lead the party’s redistricting efforts across the country. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
«Nothing has changed except the donors funding his losing redistricting efforts now want Democrats to ignore their state constitutions, violate state and federal law, and gerrymander harder,» said Adam Kincaid, the founder of the competing GOP group set up in 2017 to challenge the NDRC.
The Republican redistricting efforts in Texas have resulted in Democrats fleeing the state – in many cases to Democrat-led havens that critics argue are highly gerrymandered themselves – to halt the GOP effort from going forward. These state-level challenges subsequently spurred nationwide resistance, including from Democratic Party governors around the country who have announced plans to retaliate by redrawing maps of their own, citing Trump and Republicans as their motivation.
«If Republicans are willing to rewrite these rules to give themselves an advantage, then they’re leaving us no choice,» said New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who has announced plans to try and redraw New York’s congressional maps in response to Trump and Republicans. Meanwhile, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the redistricting push by Trump and Republicans has inevitably «forced» him to consider leading an effort to redraw California’s congressional maps «to offset the rigging of maps in red states.»
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Democrats have signaled retaliation in response to Republican redistricting efforts across the country, particularly in Texas. (Getty Images)
Kincaid’s group, the National Republican Redistricting Trust (NRRT), pointed Fox News Digital to an early 2018 NDRC’s tax form, indicating the Democratic Party redistricting group’s «organizational mission» and «most significant activities» are to «favorably position Democrats for the redistricting process.»
«Democrats like Eric Holder, Gavin Newsom, and Kathy Hochul have never cared about ‘fairness’ when it comes to redistricting; they have shown that they are willing to abandon their principles as long as it means more seats in Congress for Democrats,» said Mason Di Palma, Communications Director at the Republican State Leadership Committee. «The American people can see right through their hypocritical power grab and will not let them off the hook.»
Meanwhile, conservative election law expert Hans von Spakovsky, said the idea that Holder has been against political gerrymandering as the head of the NDRC is «laughable.»
«They keep telling Trump that he needs to stop what’s going on in Texas … Texas has to fix those districts, because the Fifth Circuit said,» Spakovsky said in response to questions about partisanship in the ongoing redistricting fight.
He argued that Trump can’t just «ignore the law.»
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Meanwhile, Spakovsky pointed out that Newsom’s suggestion to lead an effort to redraw the state’s congressional maps would mean getting rid of legislation aimed at making congressional map drawing less partisan, through independent redistricting committees.
Democrats have signaled retaliation in response to Republican redistricting efforts across the country, particularly in Texas. (Getty Images)
In Newsom’s letter to Trump announcing his proposed retaliation, the governor concedes that he believes congressional maps should be drawn by «independent, citizen-led efforts,» but insists that if the president does not «stand-down» he will have to go to lead his own effort.
«We tried to play by a higher set of standards and rules with our independent redistricting, and we believe in that. And we are not talking about eliminating that commission,» Newsom said during a press conference discussing his potential retaliatory efforts. «We are talking about emergency measures to respond to what’s happening in Texas, and we will nullify what happens in Texas.»
However, even with California’s independent redistricting commission, Spakovsky says the California redistricting process has still been laden with partisanship, pointing to how after the 2024 election, Republicans statewide in California got about 40% of the vote, but they only have 17% of the congressional seats, or 9 out of 52 seats.
«California’s gerrymandered,» Trump said last week during an interview on CNBC. «We should have many more seats in Congress in California.» The week prior, Vice President J.D. Vance called gerrymandering in California «outrageous.»
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Many of the Democrats who fled Texas have been criticized for fleeing to states that critics say have their own highly partisan congressional maps favoring Democrats, such as Illinois.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who has been at the forefront of efforts to force Democrats to return to their state, slammed Democrats involved in this redistricting fight from these Democrat-gerrymandered states as «completely out of control.»
«They’ve been engaged in gerrymandering for decades in California, Illinois, New York, and elsewhere, and what they have lost touch with is the people,» Abbott said.
Newsom’s office challenged the assertions that California, and the governor, have a track record of engaging in partisan redistricting, insisting that Newsom actually «has a long history of supporting independent redistricting, both at the state and national level, a principle many Republicans have voiced opposition to over the years.»
Neither Holder, Hochul, nor representatives for the pair returned Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Peter Pinedo contributed to this report.
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‘Kamala is brat’: Harris reveals how scripted her failed 2024 campaign was with star-studded events
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It took 27 drafts and coaching from «Barbie» director Greta Gerwig to perfect former Vice President Kamala Harris’ National Democratic Convention speech, Harris revealed in her book «107 Days.»
Harris’ book has pulled back the curtain on her short-lived presidential campaign, unveiling the celebrity cast of characters who boosted her campaign in public and behind the scenes.
«At 5:29 p.m., staff alerted me that the British singer-songwriter Charli XCX had posted: Kamala is brat. Brat was the title of her latest album and identified me with her brand: edgy, imperfect, confident, embracing. From then on, our rebranded Kamala HQ social media site was awash in her signature color, lime green, and posts supporting us used that color,» Harris wrote in her book, detailing the night former President Joe Biden suspended his reelection campaign.
As well as Charli XCX’s signature chartreuse filling Harris’ timeline, her presidential campaign quickly gained traction online as videos of Harris set to songs like Chappell Roan’s «Femininomenon» circulated on TikTok. But social media wasn’t the only medium Harris was honing in on, revealing in her new book that an Oscar-nominated director coached her through DNC speech prep.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris released her book «107 Days» about her short-lived presidential campaign on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
«I did twenty-seven drafts of my convention speech. I knew what was riding on it,» Harris said in her book.
Harris admitted that Gerwig, the «Little Women» and «Barbie» director, helped her rehearse. «When you speak about your family, see their faces,» Harris recalled that Gerwig had advised.
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The former vice president also admitted to working with a professional voice coach.
«She was very serious about her job, but she wanted me to stand there and emit animal noises,» Harris said, explaining that she enlisted her team to join her in making «weird hums, grunts, and trills» to prepare for the DNC speech.
Musical artist Beyonce, right, and former Vice President Kamala Harris, left, embrace on stage during a campaign rally on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Annie Mulligan)
In the book, Harris said delegates at the convention wore T-shirts paying homage to her career or dissing President Donald Trump, and she said merchandise referencing Charli XCX’s «Kamala is brat» message was everywhere.
Weeks later with just a few days until Election Day, when Harris appeared on a podcast episode of «The Checkup with Doctor Mike,» Harris lamented that she was «ambushed by an unscheduled in-depth interview, with no notice, at the end of a nineteen-hour day.»
Harris said her team «knew I insisted on being well prepped, to inquire into the style of the show, the nature of the interviews the host did, the areas of likely questioning.» She said her team failed to give her a «briefing sheet so I could knock it out of the park.»
«What the f— was that?» the Democratic nominee said she asked her staff after the interview, while Grammy-winning artist Cardi B was delivering an introductory speech for Harris at a rally in Wisconsin.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is seen as a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on July 31, 2025. (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images)
During Harris’ first rally in Atlanta after Biden dropped out of the race, she said Megan The Stallion was selected as the opener and Quavo as the introductory speaker as a way to «liven up» her solo campaign, «broaden the cultural appeal, and bring more creativity and fun.»
«There was a question about whether I should have any celebrities at my rallies,» Harris recalled in the book. «Did it seem too California, too Hollywood?»
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Harris recognized Taylor Swift’s «thoughtful endorsement» on Instagram the night of her debate against Trump, when the «Eras Tour» star called herself a «Childless Cat Lady» in a nod to comments by Vice President JD Vance.
Throughout Harris’ 107-day campaign, she was endorsed by countless celebrities, many who campaigned for her against Trump, including Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, Eminem, Bruce Springsteen, Lizzo, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Roberts, Stephen Curry and Billie Eilish, to name a few.
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Amenaza mafiosa en plena misa: le entregaron una bala a un sacerdote que lucha contra el crimen organizado
El domingo, la tensión en Caivano, un municipio de la provincia de Nápoles golpeado por la criminalidad, subió a un nuevo nivel. En plena misa, el sacerdote Maurizio Patriciello—conocido por su enfrentamiento abierto contra la mafia—recibió una bala de calibre 9×21 envuelta en un pañuelo mientras oficiaba la comunión en la parroquia de San Pablo Apóstol.
La escena fue tan impactante como simbólica: un hombre mayor y conocido en el ambiente delictivo local, se acercó al altar y le entregó el paquete al cura, que lo recibió “atónito”, según dijo la periodista antimafia Marilena Natale, quien presenció la escena, al diario La Repubblica.
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“Fui a misa porque estoy preocupada por el sacerdote últimamente”, contó Natale. “Reconocí al suegro del jefe Ciccarelli en el penúltimo banco y comencé a filmar porque lo vi agitado y con anteojos de sol, que nunca se quitaba”, explicó sobre el hombre que entregó el paquete, Vittorio De Luca, de 75 años.
“Al ver la reacción del cura, le pedí que me diera el paquete. Cuando descubrí la bala, hice que lo detuvieran mis guardias de seguridad y los de Don Maurizio”, comentó la mujer, que luego entregó la bala a las autoridades.
El mafioso que entregó la bala fue identificado como Vittorio De Luca. (Foto: gentileza La Repubblica).
Un mensaje mafioso en medio de la iglesia
La amenaza no llegó de la nada. La noche anterior, Patriciello había denunciado en redes sociales que se escucharon dos disparos cerca de su parroquia. En ese mismo mensaje, el sacerdote destacó los avances recientes en la lucha contra el crimen organizado: “En Caivano y alrededores, la mafia organizada—bien arraigada desde hace años—ha recibido, en estos últimos meses, un golpe durísimo. El comercio de la malditísima droga ha disminuido a la vista. Los jefes de los clanes, casi todos en prisión. El gobierno actual se está comprometiendo como nunca antes. A pesar de un trabajo nunca visto antes, los delincuentes intentan llenar los vacíos dejados por los detenidos”, escribió en Facebook.
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Antes de la misa, el cura también se dirigió a los jóvenes de la zona con un pedido desesperado: “Chicos, en nombre de Dios, ¡deténganse! Disfruten de su juventud. El camino que han tomado es un callejón sin salida. Siempre termina o en la cárcel o en el cementerio”.
Caivano, una ciudad marcada por la violencia y el abandono
El ataque al sacerdote se dio en un contexto de máxima tensión. En 2023, Caivano fue noticia nacional por un caso de violación que conmocionó a Italia: dos primas de 13 años fueron agredidas por un grupo de seis adolescentes. Ese episodio derivó en la aprobación del llamado ‘Decreto Caivano’, un paquete de medidas impulsado por el Gobierno de Giorgia Meloni para combatir la delincuencia juvenil.
El respaldo del Gobierno y la condena de Meloni
La primera ministra Giorgia Meloni no tardó en reaccionar. El domingo, calificó el hecho como “inaceptable” y expresó su solidaridad con el sacerdote, a quien había visitado en la localidad el año anterior. “Un gesto vil y criminal, cometido en el lugar y momento más sagrado, que no intimidará a quienes, como don Patriciello, representan coraje y dedicación a favor de la comunidad y la legalidad. Al lado de don Patriciello y de todos aquellos que no se doblegan ante la criminalidad. El Estado está con ustedes, y nunca daremos un paso atrás”, escribió la mandataria en su cuenta de X.
Por su parte, el ministro del Interior, Matteo Piantedosi, se comunicó telefónicamente con el sacerdote, le transmitió su apoyo y confirmó que se reforzarán las medidas de protección para él.
El Prefecto de Nápoles, Michele di Bari, declaró este lunes que “se están reforzando algunas medidas en relación con Don Patriciello, la iglesia y otros lugares simbólicos, porque en este contexto creemos que proteger a Don Patriciello es esencial para continuar la lucha contra la delincuencia en esa zona”.
Un símbolo de resistencia en la lucha contra la mafia
El episodio dejó en claro que la batalla contra la mafia en el sur de Italia está lejos de terminar. Maurizio Patriciello se convirtió en un símbolo de resistencia y coraje en una región donde la violencia y la impunidad parecen no dar tregua. La amenaza mafiosa, esta vez, llegó hasta el altar, pero el mensaje del sacerdote y el respaldo de la comunidad muestran que la pelea sigue más viva que nunca.
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