Trump says Tennessee next to redistrict after SCOTUS ruling and ‘give us one extra seat’
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Tennessee's current congressional maps are split 8-1, favoring Republicans. If the maps are redrawn, the states only Democratic seat could be split up.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had a “very good” conversation with Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) about redrawing Tennessee’s congressional maps to give the GOP “one extra seat.” The president’s plan to push redistricting in the Volunteer State comes after the Supreme Court on Wednesday handed down a ruling on the Voting Rights Act that gives states more freedom to redraw congressional maps without prioritizing racial outcomes by raising the bar for what qualifies as racial gerrymandering.
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