Blue state Republicans sound alarm on redistricting tit-for-tat [View all]

Source: The Hill

08/08/25 6:00 AM ET


Blue state Republicans whose political futures would be at risk in retaliatory redistricting efforts by Democrats are sounding the alarm on Texas’s mid-decade effort to pad the GOP majority.

President Trump’s push to have Texas redraw its House maps — with a goal of picking up five more seats ahead of next year — has prompted red and blue states alike to consider redrawing their maps in response. Mid-decade redistricting being considered in California alone could cancel out Republicans’ wins in the Lone Star State.

The redistricting tit-for-tat is frustrating blue state Republicans.

“I think the whole thing is pretty disgusting,” Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.), whose reelection could be at risk if California Democrats pursue new maps, told The Hill of the redistricting battles across the country. Constituents don’t want politicians manufacturing “a temporary gain by — any side — manipulating lines.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5441651-blue-state-republicans-redistricting/

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YOUR party has become the most egregious and blatant about doing it. Democrats were pursuing and were able to begin implementing "fair maps" while YOUR party ignored that, and continued to gerrymander and gerrymander to "own the libs", all in order to satisfy their slovenly lust for power.