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BumRushDaShow

(158,917 posts) Sun Jul 27, 2025, 05:04 AM Jul 27

Trump is trying to 'rig' the next election with a blatant 'power grab': lawmaker

Source: Raw Story

July 26, 2025 5:41PM ET

President Donald Trump appears to be trying to rig the 2026 primary election, according to one Democratic lawmaker. Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) made the comments on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation" with Al Sharpton on Saturday. The conversation occurred at a time when numerous states led by both Democratic and Republican legislatures are considering whether to redraw their electoral maps, a process known as mid-cycle redistricting.

"Congressman, how bad of a crisis is this?" Shaprton asked. "[ Trump] is trying to rig the next election to make sure he can keep a Republican majority in the House of Representatives," Veasey said. "That is what this is all about."

Earlier this month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced state lawmakers would be debating redistricting measures during a special legislative session. The announcement came after the devastating floods in Texas's hill country that killed more than 130 people and displaced hundreds more.

Texas said its redistricting efforts were included in the special session because they received a memo from Trump's Justice Department saying the state had four illegally drawn districts. Coincidentally, all four districts are represented by Democratic lawmakers.

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Trump is trying to 'rig' the next election with a blatant 'power grab': lawmaker (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Jul 27 OP

With every new transgression liberalgunwilltravel Jul 27 #1

"It's still 'stunning' to watch it play out"? whathehell Jul 27 #4

I thought liberalgunwilltravel Jul 28 #11

I guess whathehell Jul 28 #12

It happened in Nashville. We had a safe Democratic seat, Tanuki Jul 27 #2

Yes, that happened right when we moved away from Nashville. OldBaldy1701E Jul 27 #3

And none of this is new. Republicans gerrymandered a district in Kansas held by Dem Dan Glickman Bengus81 Jul 27 #5

Did they do so during a non-redistricting year? mahina Jul 28 #10

Which is why Beto O'Rourke and apparently a couple of blue State Governors are saying Democrats should beat them KPN Jul 27 #6

Shocking!😳 Clouds Passing Jul 27 #7

Trump tells voters they 'don't have to vote again' if he's elected.............Proof.... NGeorgian Jul 27 #8

Count on it. And call it out. "Voter suppression; disenfranchisement, rigged, manipulated, cheating, fraud." Whatever. Evolve Dammit Jul 27 #9

liberalgunwilltravel

(898 posts)

1. With every new transgression

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 07:07 AM

Jul 27

We are getting closer and closer to people voting with bullets instead of ballots. Even though I am aware as to the causes of the rapid devolution of America, it’s still stunning to watch it play out in real time.

whathehell

(30,249 posts)

4. "It's still 'stunning' to watch it play out"?

Reply to liberalgunwilltravel (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 08:13 AM

Jul 27

Any response beyond fascination, or should we just sit back and enjoy its entertainment value?

liberalgunwilltravel

(898 posts)

11. I thought

Reply to whathehell (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 06:00 AM

Jul 28

I spelled out the response pretty clearly in the first sentence.

whathehell

(30,249 posts)

12. I guess

Reply to liberalgunwilltravel (Reply #11)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 10:02 AM

Jul 28

you were mistaken.

Tanuki

(16,015 posts)

2. It happened in Nashville. We had a safe Democratic seat,

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 07:29 AM

Jul 27

Last edited Sun Jul 27, 2025, 08:22 AM - Edit history (1)

and citizens of our county vote Democratic by a 2 to 1 margin. The GOP state legislature carved us up into three parts and attached each one to a deep red rural district. My congressman in a MAGA creep who lives 80 miles away. The surgical precision with which my district was carved up made it mathematically impossible for a Democrat to win, and the GOP stole themselves a Congressional vote by effectively robbing us of representation.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2022/jan/25/nashville-tennessee-gerrymandering-congress-republicans

"Republican lawmakers in Tennessee gave final approval on Monday to an aggressive plan to split Nashville, a Democratic bastion, in a deeply Republican state, into several congressional districts as part of an effort to tilt the state’s congressional map in their favor. The plan is now waiting for approval from Governor Bill Lee, who is likely to sign it.

Nashville currently sits in the state’s fifth congressional district, represented by Jim Cooper, a Democrat who has held the seat for nearly 20 years. It’s a solid Democratic district – Joe Biden carried it by nearly 24 points in 2020 – but on Tuesday, Cooper announced he was retiring from Congress.

“Despite my strength at the polls, I could not stop the general assembly from dismembering Nashville. No one tried harder to keep our city whole,” he said in a statement. “I explored every possible way, including lawsuits, to stop the gerrymandering and to win one of the three new congressional districts that now divide Nashville. There’s no way, at least for me in this election cycle, but there may be a path for other worthy candidates.”

The new districts crack the concentration of Democratic voters in Nashville and cram them into three districts that stretch across the state and are filled with reliable Republican voters. Donald Trump would have easily carried all three of the proposed districts in 2020. The plan is one of the clearest, and most brazen, efforts to dismantle a Democratic district to benefit Republicans."... (more)

OldBaldy1701E

(8,830 posts)

3. Yes, that happened right when we moved away from Nashville.

Reply to Tanuki (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 08:00 AM

Jul 27

And, I am not surprised that those rethugs in the legislature are doing this.

They cannot win without cheating and rigging. We should start making sure this phrase appears beside every single rethug rep.

They cannot win without cheating and rigging.

They cannot win without cheating and rigging.

They cannot win without cheating and rigging.

Over and over.

Bengus81

(9,219 posts)

5. And none of this is new. Republicans gerrymandered a district in Kansas held by Dem Dan Glickman

Reply to Tanuki (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 27, 2025, 08:23 AM

Jul 27

for years until 1994. It's never had a Democrat since. That re-draw is what got us a flaming RW POS like Todd Tiahrt for years and is now held by Rubber Stamp Ron Estes.