Source: The New Republic

Trump Tried to Personally Bully This State Into Gerrymandering Its Map

Edith Olmsted

Thu, September 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM EDT·1 min read

President Donald Trump inexplicably claimed that Missouri's 2024 general election had been rigged, using that falsehood as an excuse to try to convince state Republicans to redistrict.

Writing on X Thursday, Missouri Times editor Jake Kroesen said that during a meeting of Missouri state Senate Republicans the day before, Governor Mike Kehoe had called in with a surprising guest: the president of the United States.

And Trump had a mission: convince the lawmakers to pass the state's newly gerrymandered congressional map that would erase the Democratic seat in Kansas City.

Trump ranted to lawmakers about how popular he was for about 20 minutes, reciting inflated poll numbers and claiming he could even win a third term in office.

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