{"id":9618,"date":"2026-05-01T10:26:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/trump-us-house-speaker-prod-gop-states-to-gerrymander-after-voting-rights-ruling-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T10:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:26:52","slug":"trump-us-house-speaker-prod-gop-states-to-gerrymander-after-voting-rights-ruling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/01\/trump-us-house-speaker-prod-gop-states-to-gerrymander-after-voting-rights-ruling-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, US House speaker prod GOP states to gerrymander after voting rights ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to capitalize on a U.S. Supreme Court decision weakening the federal Voting Rights Act as he urged one governor to gerrymander his state and praised another for suspending an approaching primary.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The court\u2019s decision on Wednesday struck down Louisiana\u2019s congressional map as unconstitutional and empowered other Republican states\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/us-supreme-court-limits-use-race-congressional-district-remaps-diluting-voting-rights-act\" target=\"_blank\">to break apart districts\u00a0<\/a>where most residents are Black for a partisan advantage.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/25pdf\/24-109_21o3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">opinion<\/a> could reinvigorate Trump\u2019s push for states to redraw their maps to give Republicans an edge in the November midterm elections. The president\u2019s party typically performs poorly in the midterms and Trump\u2019s approval has fallen in polls, making Democrats hopeful they can retake the U.S. House.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and state Attorney General Liz Murrill\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lailluminator.com\/2026\/04\/30\/louisiana-governor-ag-says-they-will-postpone-u-s-house-primaries-following-callais-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> on Thursday that the state\u2019s congressional primary election, set for mid-May, would be suspended. The pause gives state lawmakers time to draw a new map aimed at ousting at least one, if not two, Black Democrats.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump thanked Landry on his social media platform, Truth Social, for \u201cmoving so quickly to fix the Unconstitutionality\u201d of the state\u2019s map. In a separate post, Trump wrote that he had spoken with Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee, who faces calls to immediately gerrymander the state.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI had a very good conversation with Governor Bill Lee, of Tennessee, this morning, wherein he stated that he would work hard to correct the unconstitutional flaw in the Congressional Maps of the Great State of Tennessee,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116494706928688681\" target=\"_blank\">Trump wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A spokesperson for Lee didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<h4>The redistricting rush\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Historically, states draw new maps once a decade after each census but eight states have now broken that norm after Trump urged Republicans to gerrymander.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Texas, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio and Utah have drawn fresh GOP-leaning maps, as well as Florida, whose legislature approved a gerrymander hours after the Supreme Court\u2019s decision. California and Virginia have enacted new maps favorable to Democrats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Before Wednesday, the redistricting war was essentially a wash. But the court\u2019s decision gives Republicans more options to gain the upper hand this year, if states can move quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Alabama, Georgia, Missouri and Tennessee are among the red states with upcoming primaries where lawmakers could theoretically still act. In some states \u2014 like Georgia and Tennessee \u2014 top Republicans haven\u2019t ruled out action. In others, like Alabama and Georgia, GOP leaders have ruled out or played down the possibility of action this year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, urged states to gerrymander their maps before the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI think all states that have unconstitutional maps should look at that very carefully and I think they should do it before the midterms,\u201d Johnson\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mkraju\/status\/2049859366480654341?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">told CNN<\/a> on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Dems also talk gerrymandering<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Democrats have also floated the possibility of additional gerrymanders \u2014 whether this year or ahead of the 2028 election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said on social media after the court\u2019s decision that she would work with the legislature to change the state\u2019s redistricting process. New York currently uses a commission system to draw maps, limiting opportunities for partisan gerrymandering.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At a news conference hosted by the Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday, Rep. Terri Sewell, an Alabama Democrat, suggested she would support additional Democratic gerrymanders.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt values partisan politics over discrimination,\u201d Sewell said of the court\u2019s decision. \u201cIt\u2019s really, really, really \u2014 I mean, it takes us back. So to the extent it\u2019s urging, it\u2019s inviting red states to totally take away all of the Democratic seats and be totally red, it also encourages blue states to do exactly the same.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to capitalize on a U.S. Supreme Court decision weakening the federal Voting Rights Act as he urged one governor to gerrymander his state and praised another for suspending an approaching primary. 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