Over 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting push


A protester raises a sign during one of the Fight the Trump Takeover nationwide rallies against Texas’ Republicans efforts to redraw the state's 38 congressional districts, at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas, U.S. August 16, 2025. REUTERS/Nuri Vallbona

(Reuters) -Pro-democracy activists and labor groups held hundreds of rallies and other events across the United States on Saturday protesting the Trump administration's push for Texas to redraw its congressional map in favor of Republicans.

Former Congressman Beto O'Rourke was among those who spoke on Saturday in Texas, from which dozens of Democratic state lawmakers fled to deny Republicans the quorum needed to vote on a redistricting plan that President Donald Trump had demanded.

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