{"id":1229460,"date":"2022-01-21T09:25:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T14:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1229460"},"modified":"2022-01-21T09:25:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T14:25:35","slug":"republicans-battle-for-control-of-missouris-redistricting-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-battle-for-control-of-missouris-redistricting-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Battle for Control of Missouri\u2019s Redistricting Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frepublicans-battle-for-control-of-missouris-redistricting-map%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1229460&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Republicans in Missouri are advocating for a 7-1 congressional map in their favor after the Missouri House&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/2022\/01\/18\/missouri-house-votes-down-7-1-congressional-map-during-redistricting-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">approved<\/a>&nbsp;a 6-2 map that maintains current party divisions.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri Republicans initially proposed a 7-1 map in their favor, but the Missouri House instead approved a 6-2 map by an 84-60 vote. The 6-2 map would maintain the same balance as the state\u2019s current congressional map.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The rejected 7-1 map would have split the Kansas City district into two, making the area more competitive for Republicans. Instead, the approved map dilutes Republican strength in Rep. Ann Wagner\u2019s (R-MO) St. Louis seat.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri House Republicans hope to gain support from 25 additional members to reach the 109 vote threshold necessary to include an emergency clause, allowing the state to implement the maps before the upcoming primary elections in August.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16278338\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ann-wagner-ap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16278338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/ann-wagner-ap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this image from video, Rep. Ann Wagner (R-MO) speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 23, 2020. (House Television via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The battle of the two maps led to internal conflict among Missouri\u2019s Republican politicians. Although the 6-2 map passed the state House with Republican support, some of the more conservative politicians would like to see the 7-1 map approved.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is a fair bill, a fair map,\u201d&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/2022\/01\/18\/missouri-house-votes-down-7-1-congressional-map-during-redistricting-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;Missouri state Rep. Dan Shaul, who chairs the House Special Committee on Redistricting.<\/p>\n<p>The Missouri Senate\u2019s Conservative Caucus, Missouri Right to Life, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, and former Gov. Eric Greitens have been pushing for the initial 7-1 map.<\/p>\n<p>Republican support of the approved 6-2 map stems largely from fears of being defeated in court by Democrat activists. The Democrats have been preparing for court battles involving this decade\u2019s redistricting efforts for over five years.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Barack Obama\u2019s Attorney General Eric Holder created the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NRDC) in 2016. Holder\u2019s organization \u201cstockpiled millions of dollars to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/01\/20\/republicans-redistricting-more-ruthless-527445\">challenge<\/a> GOP-drawn maps as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders, particularly in state courts,\u201d according to&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not the threat of the lawsuit. It\u2019s the threat of losing the lawsuit because they have lost, and the trajectory is against them. I think Eric Holder deserves a ton of credit for that,\u201d NRDC president Kelly Ward Burton&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/01\/20\/republicans-redistricting-more-ruthless-527445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.\u201d I think that there is real merit to the strategy that he\u2019s been leading and we\u2019ve been running for five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, Ohio\u2019s highest court gave Democrats a huge&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/01\/14\/ohio-congressional-map-struck-down-527116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">victory<\/a>&nbsp;when they struck down a proposed map that would have given Republicans a 13-2 advantage. However, while some in the GOP are fearful, Democrats take no holds barred. Democrats have aggressively gerrymandered maps in New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, and Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look at what goes on in Illinois, those guys cut the hearts out of two Republicans,\u201d Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE)&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/01\/20\/republicans-redistricting-more-ruthless-527445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. One national Republican strategist called the Republicans\u2019 lack of effort \u201cembarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is embarrassing that Republican legislatures are pulling punches in redistricting while Democrats are out for blood. Any Republican who backs a Pelosi-friendly map this cycle should be forced to litigate that vote in a future primary,\u201d the strategist <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/01\/20\/republicans-redistricting-more-ruthless-527445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Former Gov. Greitens, who is running for U.S. Senate in Missouri, is leading the charge to get the 7-1 map approved by the state legislature.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some weak, woke RINOs in Jeff City have betrayed every America First patriot in Missouri and in America.<\/p>\n<p>They are trying to give Democrats extra seats in the US Congress.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve drawn a map to support Nancy Pelosi &amp; AOC when they should draw a map to support President Trump! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GloeMGZDC6\">pic.twitter.com\/GloeMGZDC6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Greitens (@EricGreitens) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricGreitens\/status\/1484301076673216514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Greitens appeared on Steve Bannon\u2019s&nbsp;<em>War Room<\/em>&nbsp;and called the move to approve the 6-2 map, an example of \u201cRINO corruption and cowardice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve got a group of lobbyist-led RINOs who are betraying the very people who put them into office, and unfortunately, Steve, they\u2019re not just stabbing Missouri patriots in the back. They\u2019re stabbing every America First patriot in the back,\u201d he&nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericgreitens\/status\/1484301076673216514?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted the fact that former President Donald Trump carried the state in a landslide victory, then said, \u201cthe map should be seven to one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve drawn a map to support Nancy Pelosi and AOC when they should have drawn a map to support President Trump but the fact is, we can beat them on that,\u201d said Greitens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans in Missouri are advocating for a 7-1 congressional map in their favor after the Missouri House\u00a0approved\u00a0a 6-2 map that maintains current party divisions. 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