{"id":1055748,"date":"2025-08-25T20:08:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055748"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T00:08:27","slug":"watch-texas-state-rep-gene-wu-thanks-dnc-chair-ken-martin-for-his-support-in-the-fight-against-texas-gops-gerrymandering-power-grab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/watch-texas-state-rep-gene-wu-thanks-dnc-chair-ken-martin-for-his-support-in-the-fight-against-texas-gops-gerrymandering-power-grab\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Texas State Rep. Gene Wu Thanks DNC Chair Ken Martin for His Support in the Fight Against Texas GOP\u2019s Gerrymandering Power Grab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This morning, Texas State Representative and Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu (TX-137) helped kick off the first day of the DNC\u2019s Summer Meeting in Minneapolis, MN.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his remarks, Chair Wu extended his gratitude for the DNC\u2019s unwavering support for Texas Democrats, which helped shine a light on Texas Democrats\u2019 fighting back against Trump and Republicans\u2019 scheme to rig the Congressional maps. Chair Wu delivered a clear message to the rest of the nation: Democrats are using every tool at our disposal to fight back against Trump everywhere.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"654\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image_c6f6ba.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1055749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image_c6f6ba.png 1600w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image_c6f6ba.png?resize=300,192 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image_c6f6ba.png?resize=768,491 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image_c6f6ba.png?resize=1024,654 1024w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image_c6f6ba.png?resize=1536,981 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0dud2vUEYwk\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/a><strong>:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0dud2vUEYwk\"><strong><em>Rep. Gene Wu<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>: <\/em><\/strong><em>\u201cWe needed the DNC\u2019s support. We needed Chair Martin\u2019s support. \u2026 And item after item, Chair Martin just said, \u2018Yes, yes, yes.\u2019 And that&#8217;s when I knew it was not just Minnesota Nice, that this was somebody who genuinely understood the importance of what we were doing at that moment, and what it meant for the rest of the country. That was felt.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>And throughout the course of our quorum break, in the two weeks that we&#8217;re in Austin, in the time that we came back, Chair Martin, DNC, made sure we had over a quarter million text messages go out to members\u2019 districts to make sure that their voters knew what they were doing and why it was so important. We had 30,000 volunteers make phone calls to persuadable voters to say, \u2018See, this is what Democrats do. This is how Democrats are fighting for you, to make sure that you are represented, that your democracy is protected.\u2019&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Chair Martin, himself, personally convened organizations, convened coalitions of our allies, of our groups that supported us \u2014 all around the nation \u2014 to make sure that everyone was on the same page. To make sure we were talking about it in the same way. To make sure that whatever we do, that the messaging to the public was that Democrats were fighting corruption everywhere.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, Texas State Representative and Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu (TX-137) helped kick off the first day of the DNC\u2019s Summer Meeting in Minneapolis, MN.&nbsp; During his remarks, Chair Wu extended his gratitude for the DNC\u2019s unwavering support for Texas Democrats, which helped shine a light on Texas Democrats\u2019 fighting back against Trump and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WATCH: Texas State Rep. 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