Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin urged members of his party to forget their usual rulebook and go all in on partisan redistricting Tuesday.
Martin made his comments in Illinois, where most of the fleeing Texas Democrats headed to prevent their state Legislature from reaching the quorum needed to consider Republicans’ proposed map that could earn them five additional seats.
The prominent Democrat championing this strategy demonstrates that his party is increasingly ditching play-by-the-old-rules tactics that have limited its ability to push back on Republicans’ pursuit of power at every level of government.