Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke holds anti-redistricting rally in FW

Opposition meantime to the redistricting plan is growing louder. In recent weeks citizens have participated in a number of public comment hearings and protests across Texas. Former Democratic Congressman Beto O'Rourke hosted a rally today over in Fort Worth. O'Rourke and his political organization have now come under fire by the state AG's office. Fox 4's Amelia Jones attended that event and she joins us live now to give us a debrief. Things wrapping up, Amelia. They are K. C. Beto O'Rourke stepped down from the stage about 30 minutes ago and it was a packed house for this rally this afternoon in Fort Worth. The energized crowd showed up to support the Texas House Democrats and their fight against redistricting. The rally was hosted by powered by the people, an organization founded by Beto O'Rourke and recently the subject of a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton's office. The lawsuit claims that the organization is fundraising for the Texas House Democrats to help pay for the fees that representatives get for every day they break quorum. The Tarrant County District Court ruled in favor of Paxton and issued a temporary restraining order on the organization, which puts a pause on fundraising efforts. Paxton called this a win. O'Rourke responded by filing a lawsuit of his own against Paxton this afternoon. O'Rourke was joined by other Democratic leaders from across the state, including Texas House Democrats who joined virtually. I was sued by Ken Paxton not once but twice this week, but we didn't react. We didn't respond. We didn't defend. We took this fight right back to him and we sued him in court in El Paso, Texas. He tried. He tried to stop us from holding this rally here today in Fort Worth. He tried to stop us from raising money to support these Democrats in the fight he lost. Now there was one disruption during this rally. When O'Rourke came to this stage, there was a woman in the crowd who was protesting against the rally. She was quickly escorted out by police. In addition to redistricting, today's speakers talked about health care, voting rights and immigration. It was also brought up multiple times that other Democrat states like Illinois and California need to step up and do redistricting of their own. Coming up on Fox four news at nine, we will have a recap of today's rally and more information on the legislation, the controversy that has people fired up for now. Casey back to you. Yeah, a lot of moving parts to this. A lot of opinions. Fox four's Amelia jones on it for us tonight. Amelia, thank you.