Missouri Republicans have begun the process of redistricting congressional maps, following the lead of Texas Republicans after they passed a bill giving the state five more Republican House seats.
“The Great State of Missouri is now IN,” President Trump announced on X on Thursday morning, noting that he’s “not surprised.”
Trump also noted that “It is a great State with fabulous people. I won it, all 3 times, in a landslide.”
“We’re going to win the Midterms in Missouri again, bigger and better than ever before!“
The Great State of Missouri is now IN. I’m not surprised. It is a great State with fabulous people. I won it, all 3 times, in a landslide. We’re going to win the Midterms in Missouri again, bigger and better than ever before!
As The Gateway Pundit reported, the Texas House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a redistricting plan that hands five additional U.S. House seats to Republicans.
The Texas State Senate is expected to quickly approve the new maps, sending the bill to Governor Abbott’s desk for his signature.
Missouri seeks to add one more seat to its current six Republican districts.
“Our goal, if we move forward — and there’s no decision to move forward — is to make sure Missouri’s values are reflected in Washington, D.C.,” Governor Mike Kehoe told reporters on Tuesday. “And I’ve said many times that I think our current speaker does a very good job of matching the values of Missourians.”
Per Missouri Independent:
There’s a new congressional district map for Missouri circulating that was produced in Washington, D.C. But a top Republican said Wednesday that she’s been unable to get a look at it.
Jennifer Bukowsky of Columbia, vice chair of the Republican State Committee, said she expects a special session of the Legislature to be called after there is agreement between the Trump White House and the Republican National Committee on how to revise current boundaries.
President Donald Trump and his political advisers are pushing Missouri to join Texas in redrawing districts to favor the GOP. Any proposal is likely to split the 5th District, which is mainly in Kansas City, by adding Republican voters in sufficient numbers to take it away from incumbent U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.
That would give Republicans seven of the state’s eight seats in the U.S. House instead of the current six.
This is a developing story.
