Healey joined leftwing Democrat Govs. Gavin Newsom (CA), JB Pritzker (IL), Kathy Hochul (NY), and others in protesting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) call for a special legislative session in June, to consider issues including a rare mid-decade redistricting. Abbott, with President Donald Trump’s encouragement, insists that deep-red Texas’s congressional maps allow Democrats outsized representation.
Asked if she would consider redistricting in Massachusetts, Healey lamented the “sad state of affairs,” claiming Democrat-run states like Massachusetts must retaliate with their own redistricting to give Democrats more House representation because “Donald Trump, Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton have left us no choice.”
“I can tell you that governors I know – maybe with the exception of this person in Texas, evidently – we want our constituents represented,” Healey added. “We want the voices heard, whether you vote for me or not. I want your votes to count.” She accused Texas Republicans of “proposing to completely rewrite a map out of nowhere to take away the votes and the voices of Texans.”
