More than 250 Democrats congregated in Fort Worth on Wednesday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and condemn Texas Republicans' proposal to redraw the state's congressional districts.

A push by Texas Republicans to redraw congressional maps to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House has kicked off a no-holds-barred battle between blue and red states, each threatening to redraw their own House seats.

The maps achieve a five-seat swing largely by shaving slivers of Republican strongholds from ruby red districts and placing them inside three urban districts.