23-07-2025
Exclusive: Sen. Slotkin prepared to go "nuclear" over Texas redistricting
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) says she's not going to fight "with one arm tied behind" her back as Texas Republicans pursue a Trump-backed mid-decade redistricting.
The big picture: The rumbles of redistricting are causing heartburn on the Hill, Axios' Andrew Solender reported, as Democrats weigh how to respond in political self-defense.
As House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told reporters Thursday, "It's all options on the table at this moment."
Slotkin appeared Wednesday at an Axios News Shapers event in Washington, D.C.
Driving the news: "If they're going to go nuclear in Texas, I'm going to go nuclear in other places," she told Axios' Stephen Neukam.
"I'm not going to ... fight with one arm tied behind my back," she continued. "I don't want to do that, but if they're proposing to rig the game ... we're going to get in that game and fight."
State of play: Trump earlier this month floated a "simple redrawing" to "pick up five seats" in Texas.
