Texans protest against the GOP's redistricting plans, alleging undemocratic processes and racial discrimination, with public hearings revealing strong opposition to the mid-decade redrawing of district lines.

Washington — Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ruling. Now, Texas Republicans want to break that tradition — and other states could follow suit.

A conservative news site published an interview with a woman who alleges a 17-year affair with the Southlake representative, who said this week he wouldn’t seek reelection.

Speaking to two dozen state lawmakers, a packed hearing room, two overflow rooms and a robust virtual waiting room, Texans condemned the Legislature’s plan to redraw the state’s congressional map at the House redistricting committee’s first public meeting on Thursday.

The legislature is meeting in special session to draft plans that could give the party five more seats in Congress.

As Texas, under pressure from President Trump, considers redrawing congressional lines to boost GOP numbers in Congress, California considers responding by boosting the state's Democratic districts.

State Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, a Southlake Republican, responded after a report published by conservative website Current Revolt.

President Trump is using his influence to help Republicans avoid messy primary fights as the party prepares for the midterms. Trump recently waded into both Michigan’s Senate race and the

Since the story broke, The Texas Tribune reports, Republican Representative Briscoe Cain, another prominent anti-abortion lawmaker in Texas’s House, called for Capriglione’s resignation, and urged the body’s Committee on General Investigating to probe the matter.

Texas lawmakers could change their legislative districts at the urging of President Donald Trump to pick up GOP seats in Congress.