Overview
- Speaking on NBC’s Meet the Press, Sen. Rand Paul said both parties’ mid‑decade map drawing is a mistake that could lead to more civil tension and possibly violence.
- He argued that eliminating meaningful minority‑party representation in states like Texas or California would leave voters feeling unrepresented and distrustful of elections.
- The warning follows Indiana’s state Senate rejection of a GOP‑favored map after President Trump threatened to back primary challengers, with at least 11 Indiana Republicans later facing threats or swatting, according to NBC News.
- Legal fights are mounting as a three‑judge panel barred Texas’s new maps in November for racial gerrymandering before the Supreme Court took up the case this month, a move reported to have cleared the way for Texas to use them.
- California voters approved Democratic‑drawn maps in November that could net the party up to five House seats, and the Justice Department has sued Gov. Gavin Newsom and Secretary of State Shirley Weber over those maps with a case set to begin Monday.