Trump Says GOP Can Get 5 Extra Home Seats Redistricting Simply One State

[ad_1] President Donald Trump is pushing a handful of states to redraw their congressional maps to provide extra seats to Republicans within the U.S. Home.

Trump instructed reporters on Tuesday that there are 5 states the place Republicans may acquire seats by means of a redrawing of their respective congressional maps. He solely named one, nonetheless: Texas, the place the president mentioned that Republicans may decide up 5 seats.

“Only a quite simple redrawing, we decide up 5 seats. Now we have a few different states the place we’ll decide up seats additionally,” Trump instructed reporters earlier Tuesday.

Later, Trump expanded his state rely to 5, saying that three states may give Republicans one seat every and a fourth may give Republicans two to 3 subsequent Congress.

“There’s about 4 [states other than Texas]. I’ll allow you to determine that one out, however we now have about 4 of them. In three instances it’s one [seat], and in a single case it’s two or three,” Trump instructed reporters. “And Texas could be 5.”

The president mentioned that in a case the place California redistricted to create extra Democratic-leaning districts, his administration would sue.

“We’ll combat them. You realize, they’re so corrupt in California,” the president mentioned when requested about California’s potential to redistrict. “You by no means know what’s going to occur, however we’ve performed fairly properly within the courts in California, as you see. We’re batting about 1,000, finally. We begin off slightly gradual, after which we get lots of hits.”

Trump and the Division of Justice have reportedly pushed Texas Governor Greg Abbott to guide redistricting within the Lone Star State to assist Republicans keep management of the Home after the 2026 midterm elections. Abbott has instructed the state legislature to redraw the congressional map throughout a summer time session.

Texas presently has 38 Home seats. Twenty-five of these are presently held by Republicans. Whereas redistricting may make some Democrat-held seats extra favorable to Republicans, it may additionally make some GOP-held seats extra aggressive.

One of many different states that the White Home is focusing on to strengthen Republicans’ hand going into 2026 might be Ohio, which is required by legislation to redistrict forward of the approaching midterm elections.

Nationwide Democratic leaders are pushing Texas Democrats to stage a walkout to disclaim the legislature from passing a redistricted map that would create extra favorable situations for the GOP. To ensure that the Texas Home to go laws, a minimum of 100 members of the 150-member physique have to be current. Democrats may thwart Republicans if 51 of their 62-member coalition walked out.