Obsessed With Texas, PBS Totally Ignores Democratic Side of House Redistricting Wars

A redistricting arms race? Texas Republicans' plan to redraw the congressional map and eliminate five Democratic-held U.S. House seats, which would help the GOP retain control of the House in next year's midterm elections, sent Democrats in the Texas legislature fleeing the state to avoid a sufficient “quorum” in the chamber to vote on the measure.

The spat led off Monday evening’s PBS News Hour, including clips of Democratic governors from the states of Illinois and New York weighing in (more on those states later).