On Wednesday, McCown joined other Camp Mystic parents, some wearing buttons memorializing “Heaven’s 27,” in demanding that Texas lawmakers pass a bill that would boost camp safety, including generally keeping cabins out of flood plains, instituting new requirements for emergency plans and mandating weather radios.

Texas republicans are pushing a redistricting bill would create a new political map that could give the party five additional seats in Congress. Meanwhile, democrats are decrying the move as a political power grab.