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riversedge

(81,351 posts)
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 02:33 PM 4 hrs ago

Trump Eyes Tennessee Map Reset After Supreme Court's Voting Rights Decision

Source: newsweek.com

updated Apr 30, 2026 at 01:32 PM EDT

By Gabe Whisnant and Jesus Mesa

President Donald Trump said Tennessee officials are moving to respond to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on congressional maps, urging Republican Governor Bill Lee to pursue redistricting that could benefit the GOP.


Trump’s comments came as states across the country react to a high court decision that weakened minority protections under the Voting Rights Act and prompted election disruptions in Louisiana, where congressional primaries were suspended after the court struck down a majority-Black district............

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/trump-tennessee-redistricting-supreme-court-ruling-11899819

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Trump Eyes Tennessee Map Reset After Supreme Court's Voting Rights Decision (Original Post) riversedge 4 hrs ago OP
Very possible now angrychair 4 hrs ago #1
The Iran war and the price of gas, goods and services are going to be higher under the 47 disaster reign of terror kimbutgar 3 hrs ago #3
We in Tennessee are already gerrymandered up the Farmer-Rick 3 hrs ago #2
The unconstitutional Supreme Court is destroying this country!!! Multichromatic 2 hrs ago #4

angrychair

(12,419 posts)
1. Very possible now
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 02:36 PM
4 hrs ago

For every southern state to erase every blue district but there is no guarantee that the voting results will turn out like they think it will.

kimbutgar

(27,446 posts)
3. The Iran war and the price of gas, goods and services are going to be higher under the 47 disaster reign of terror
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 03:48 PM
3 hrs ago

The approval ratings for him are down. The Democrats need to pound out everyday this is because of republicans you are payng more and it’s their fault.

And don’t get me started on the federal deficit increasing exponentially. Endangering our social security and Medicare.

Farmer-Rick

(12,757 posts)
2. We in Tennessee are already gerrymandered up the
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 03:45 PM
3 hrs ago

Kuzu. How much more f*cked up are they going to make it?

My district is a snake along the North Carolina border. Half my county and part of my farmland is in another district. How much worse are they going to make it?

Bunch of idiots, all of them.

Multichromatic

(182 posts)
4. The unconstitutional Supreme Court is destroying this country!!!
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 04:10 PM
2 hrs ago

I wish God, karma, or something would put all these smug criminal Republicans in their place. I'm SO SICK of the Supreme Court and the Republican party running this country into the ground. I'm so sick of them making all our live more difficult.

Please go get raptured all you conservative fuckers!!!

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