Texas is in trial over our redistricting maps and things aren’t exactly going our way.  The Feds are saying that we deliberately discriminated against minorities in our Republican-controlled redistricting maps.  And we have emails to prove it.

Republicans answer?  “We can’t help it.”

No, really.  That was their answer.

The U.S. Justice Department told judges Monday that Texas lawmakers carefully crafted electoral maps marginalizing minority voters despite the state’s exploding Hispanic population in a deliberate effort to racially discriminate and protect conservative incumbents.

Attorneys for Texas countered that the Legislature did the best it could, given that it had to devise maps partisan enough to pass the Republican majority, while dismissing suggestions of intentional discrimination.

That was their answer.  The HAD to draw partisan maps.  Texas Republicans are too partisan to expect them to be fair.  See?

And Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott thought he had a snappy legal argument:

Yeah, well, that seems fair.  One party takes power and then uses that power to keep power.   So they can rule forever!

Good Lord, this man wants to be Governor.  Well, it’s hard for Texas to do downhill in that department.