Christian leaders in Houston are banding together to urge Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas House to reject redrawing the state's congressional maps during a planned special legislative session later this month.

President Donald Trump said he thinks Republicans could flip a handful of congressional districts in Texas next year through “​​just a very simple redrawing."

In order to stop the new maps from being created, House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries reportedly told Texas Democrats to “quorum bust,” or leave the state in order to prevent the legislature from meeting. Democrats used the tactic back in 2003 when Republicans did mid-decade redistricting to draw out several Democratic incumbents.

President Trump said he hopes Texas Republicans will pick up five seats in the House from a redistricting plan they hope to enact in a special legislative session later this month. Trump told reporters a “very simple redrawing” could yield five additional seats for the GOP in the Lone Star State.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he believed Republicans could pick up five seats in the U.S. House of Representatives by redrawing districts in Texas, which could boost his party's odds of defending its thin majority in next year's midterm elections.

In an effort to protect Republicans’ House seats in the 2026 midterms, Donald Trump’s White House is aggressively pushing for redistricting in Texas that would allow the GOP to pick up five additional seats in the state.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is pushing Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional maps to create more House seats favorable to his party, part of a broader effort to help the GOP retain control of the chamber in next year’s midterm elections.

Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, told Texas Democrats on a call on Tuesday that the moment required everyone to take extraordinary actions.

Redistricting is one of 18 items on the agenda during the Texas legislative special session that begins July 21.