'Our Sleeves Are Rolled Up': Texas Rep. Jessica González Promises GOP A Fight Against Redistricting

During a press briefing on Monday, Texas Rep. Jessica González (D-TX) spoke about Texas Democrats' efforts to push back against redistricting.

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00:00Hello, again, my name is Jessica Gonzalez, and I'm proud to represent House District

00:04104, which includes parts of Dallas and Grand Prairie.

00:09I'm also honored to be the chair of the Texas House LGBTQ Procus.

00:14Look, when we all got elected here, we were elected by our constituents, and that's who

00:19we were.

00:20They elected us to represent their voices, their family, and their future.

00:24And that's exactly what we're all doing here by denying Texas Republicans quorum in order

00:29to pass these rigged congressional maps.

00:32And so I'm very proud to stand united with my Democrat colleagues.

00:37Look, one thing I do know is that Democrats, Texas House Democrats, know how to fight.

00:40We've been in these fights before.

00:41We've got to fight every single day when we're in regular session.

00:47So we have our sleeves, our sleeves are rolled up, and we're ready to take this fight wherever

00:52it's going to take us, because our communities, our state, and our nation is worth, definitely

00:58worth fighting for.

01:00And we know this is not about providing flood relief, because these congressional maps have

01:05been pushed.

01:05We have not had real discussions about providing folks relief who are in desperate need of

01:10it.

01:10And so we're just not going to stand for it.

01:12We're tired of it, and we're not going to let them do that to our communities.

01:16And so, again, I'm proud to stand here united with my Democratic colleagues.

01:21You know, when I first got elected to House District 104, I was the first Latina to ever

01:26be, to ever serve in that position.

01:28And I'm very, very proud of that.

01:29My community is a majority-minority district.

01:33And so when we do these kinds of, you know, play these political games that Republicans

01:38want to play with our communities, it hurts people like mine in my district, and the districts

01:43of people that are standing behind me.

01:45And we take our jobs serious, unlike Texas House Republicans.

01:49So thank you, and next I want to introduce our former colleague, Congresswoman Julian Johnson.