A legal fight that began after Missouri Republicans passed a new congressional map last September has now dealt Donald Trump and the GOP a major setback. As MS NOW reports, at the center of it sits a Kansas City congressional seat Republicans spent months trying to redraw out of Democratic hands, part of a broader push in several GOP-led states to protect a House majority that keeps looking shakier the closer the midterms get.
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the new congressional map passed by Republican lawmakers cannot be used this November, restoring the old district lines instead. The decision effectively rescues Rep. Emanuel Cleaver’s 5th District, the longtime Democratic stronghold that GOP mapmakers had split up to make it winnable for Republicans.
