Another Top Democrat Warns Party Will Redistrict Blue States If Republicans Move Forward In Texas: 'All Is Fair In Love And War'

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has become the latest high-profile Democrat to warn that the party will engage in redistricting in blue states if Republicans move forward with such an initiative in Texas.

"All's fair in love and war. We are following the rules. We do redistricting every 10 years, but if there are other states that are violating the rules and trying to give themselves an advantage, all I say is I'll look at it closely with Hakeem Jeffries," Hochul told press on Thursday.

Comments of the kind have also been made by California Governor Gavin Newsom, Senator Elisa Slotkin and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. They come after

President Donald Trump said earlier this month that he would push Texas to re-draw its congressional districts to benefit his own party ahead of the midterm elections. The Texas GOP-controlled legislature is scheduled to begin a special session during which it will consider new congressional maps to further marginalize Democrats in the state.

"Texas will be the biggest one. And that'll be five," Trump said after he was asked about the possibility of adding GOP-friendly districts around the country.

Trump's allusion to "other states" likely includes Ohio, which is required by law to draw congressional maps this year and could give Republicans up to three more seats. It is unclear which other states he sees as opportunities for midterm pickups, Politico reported.

In this context, AOC backed redistricting in Democratic states if Republicans move forward. "If Republicans want to play by these rules, we shouldn't have one set of rules for one and one for another. We need an even board but ideally what happens is that Texas preserves their lines as they voted," she added.

Slotkin, on her end, warned that she will back going "nuclear," claiming that Republicans are "trying to pick their borders, to redraw the lines in the middle of the decade so they have more seats."

"I'm not going to fight with one arm tied behind my back.Ii don't want to do that, but if they're proposing to rig the game, we're going to get in that game and fight," she added.

Newsom, in turn, warned that "two can play that game" when reacting to the possibility. "It's all on the table when democracy is on the line," he added.

"We may have a higher moral ground, but the ground is shifting from underneath us, and I think we have to wake up to that reality," Newsom said in an interview with Pod Save America.