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'Monumentally dumb': MAGA Republican scheme blows up in Trump country
What happened
AlterNet reports that Missouri Republicans’ attempt to engineer a seventh GOP-held U.S. House seat was blocked before the November midterm election. Acting on President Donald Trump’s advice, Republican lawmakers approved new boundaries in September 2025 that weakened the Kansas City-based district represented by Democrat Emanuel Cleaver. Courts ultimately required the state to use its previous congressional map.
People Not Politicians collected more than 300,000 signatures seeking a referendum. Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins initially refused to certify it, arguing…
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