Former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke called on Democrats to break the rules to "maximize Democratic Party advantage" at a rally on Saturday against the GOP effort to redistrict Texas congressional districts.

A judge temporarily barred O'Rourke's political group from helping to fund Texas Democratic lawmakers who left the state.

A Texas judge has blocked former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke and his political action committee from funding Democratic state lawmakers who left Texas to hold up a Republican-backed redistricting plan that could add five GOP congressional seats.