Missouri GOP Leaders Try to Surrender on Redistricting — and Receive the Backlash They Deserve

Imagine that you are a GOP legislative leader in a state that Donald Trump won by 15 points in 2020. Then imagine that as a GOP leader in that state, you also enjoy a nearly three-to-one advantage in both chambers of the legislature and have a conservative governor. Further, imagine that as this GOP leader in this deep red state, you are faced with blue states heavily gerrymandering in an attempt to retain the House of Representatives in 2022. What would you do when it comes to redistricting if you were in that position? You’d fight fire with fire because the stakes are just too high, right?-- More...