Hochul said Monday that New York should toss out its 2012 redistricting reforms that were aimed at removing partisan politics from congressional maps — while standing alongside Texas Democrats at

Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Monday threatened redistricting armageddon in response to the Texas Republican redistricting push. It signaled the deep blue state could make dramatic steps to retaliate to the GOP plan to manipulate Texas congressional district boundaries in their favor.

Texas lawmakers gathered in New York to blast Republicans’ redistricting proposal after more than 50 Texas House Democrats fled the state ahead of a scheduled legislative session on Monday. As the GOP seeks to redraw congressional maps and add as many as five congressional seats in their favor,