President Donald Trump commended both Gov. Bill Lee (R-TN) and Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) for redistricting efforts in their respective states following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that voided a race-based redistricting map in Louisiana, with major implications for Congressional maps nationwide moving forward.
Trump announced on Truth Social Thursday afternoon that he spoke with Lee and that efforts to redraw Tennessee’s map are underway. If successful, Republicans would likely get representatives from all eight districts in the state, picking up a net of one seat in the process.
“I had a very good conversation with Governor Bill Lee, of Tennessee, this morning, wherein he stated that he would work hard to correct the unconstitutional flaw in the Congressional Maps of the Great State of Tennessee,” Trump wrote.
He added:
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Likewise, all of the other Political Representatives of Tennessee have promised to do so. This should give
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