Former Republican and founder of The Lincoln Project Rick Wilson on Sunday delivered a stark warning for Democrats as Texas Republicans work to change the state’s congressional map to provide President Donald Trump with more reliably red districts.

“Republicans are looking for a cheat code for the 2026 election,” Wilson explained on MSNBC. “They recognize already they’re in deep trouble in a lot of these House districts across the country that are contested seats. They are now looking for a way to cheat on this.”

“As a former Republican, I will tell you, the ‘Just Win, Baby’ rule is the first and only rule,” he continued. “If the Democrats do not go into this and think, ‘We’re going to have to have a countervailing amount of new seats in other states,’ they’re insane They will get their heads handed to them.”

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“Play the game the way they’re playing it, because this is the game we are in,” Wilson urged Democrats.

Journalist Molly Jong-Fast agreed with Wilson, warning Democrats are in “an existential fight.”

“If [Republicans] have control of the House in 2026, I don’t think they’ll certify a Democrat in 2028, no matter who it is,” Jong-Fast explained.

Wilson later slammed Texas Republicans for kowtowing to the Trump administration.

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“The whole image that Texas Republicans had of themselves were, you know, ‘We’re the libertarian independent cowboys. We don’t need that that federal government telling us what to do,’” Wilson said. “And now it’s like, ‘Yes, master, i’ll go sit in the c——— chair.’ These people have lowered themselves so far into Donald Trump’s obedient little errand boys that none of this fits with the so-called character that they play on TV. They’re not independent. they’re doing what Trump wants.”

Watch the clip below or at this link.

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