{"id":1055950,"date":"2025-09-09T16:05:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T20:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055950"},"modified":"2025-09-09T16:05:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T20:05:24","slug":"dnc-on-the-house-passage-of-the-rigged-missouri-congressional-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-the-house-passage-of-the-rigged-missouri-congressional-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on the House Passage of the Rigged Missouri Congressional Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Missouri Republicans once again bow down to the whims of Donald Trump, Missouri House Democrats fought like hell for the people of Missouri<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Missouri House Republicans voted to pass Trump\u2019s rigged congressional maps out of the Missouri House of Representatives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Missouri House Democrats fought like hell, including three members hosting a \u201csit-in\u201d in the legislative chamber for nearly a week, and Democrats will continue to use all tools at our disposal to fight these rigged maps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement:<\/strong><br><br>\u201cMissouri House Republicans following the lead of Donald Trump to rig the state\u2019s congressional maps is corruption at its worst. Missouri House Democrats fought back every step of the way \u2014 including Representatives Reed, Fuchs, and Dean, who hosted a sit-in since Thursday to stand up for Missouri voters. The American people are fed up with Donald Trump and his Republican circus. Costs are rising, the economy is tanking, and his signature legislation is a massive transfer of wealth from the bottom to the top. No wonder Trump is trying to rig the game \u2014 he knows Republicans can\u2019t win elections on their abysmal record. Democrats will continue to fight back every step of the way \u2014 and make no mistake, this fight in Missouri isn\u2019t over.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missouri Republicans once again bow down to the whims of Donald Trump, Missouri House Democrats fought like hell for the people of Missouri Today, Missouri House Republicans voted to pass Trump\u2019s rigged congressional maps out of the Missouri House of Representatives.&nbsp; Missouri House Democrats fought like hell, including three members hosting a \u201csit-in\u201d in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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