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While the Squad Was Busy Endorsing a Man Who Helped the WTC Bomber, Republicans Won Two Redistricting Cases

While the Squad was busy endorsing a New Jersey congressional candidate whose pre-politics highlight reel includes carpooling with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing mastermind and testifying on his behalf at his terrorism trial, Republicans quietly locked in two massive redistricting victories that will shape elections for the rest of the decade. A federal judge blocked a challenge to Tennessee's new congressional map, and the Missouri Supreme Court unanimously upheld the state's new 7R-1D map — that's seven Republican seats to one Democrat seat, for those keeping score at home.

Two wins. One day. And most people didn't even notice because the political press was busy covering AOC's endorsement of a man whose idea of civic duty apparently included translating for a convicted terrorist.

Let's start with Tennessee. On May 26, a federal judge denied a temporary restraining order that sought to block the state's new congressional map from taking effect. The left tried to get the courts to do what voters wouldn't — hand them districts they can't win honestly — and a federal judge said no. As the Redistrict Network reported, the ruling clears the way for the new map to be used in the 2026 midterm elections. Sorry, Democrats. You'll have to actually earn votes this time.

Then there's Missouri, where the state Supreme Court didn't just uphold the new congressional map — they did it unanimously. The court ruled that a referendum petition couldn't automatically suspend the state's duly enacted map. Senator Eric Schmitt celebrated the win, saying, "The Missouri Supreme Court upheld the plain meaning of the Missouri Constitution and refused to let a referendum petition automatically suspend the state's duly enacted congressional map." He added: "Big win. The Missouri First Map keeps racking up court wins."

He's not wrong.

The Missouri map locks in a 7R-1D congressional delegation for the 2026 cycle. Seven to one. As Eric Daugherty put it: "The Missouri Supreme Court has just UPHELD the state's new 7R-1D Congressional map UNANIMOUSLY." That's the kind of margin that makes Democrat strategists reach for the bourbon — assuming they're not too busy vetting their next endorsee's relationship with al-Qaeda front organizations.

And it's not just Tennessee and Missouri. The redistricting landscape is moving in the GOP's direction across the board, according to Townhall. Louisiana already benefited from the Callais decision, which narrowed the Voting Rights Act provision that Democrats had weaponized to demand race-based districts. Alabama and Mississippi are still fighting in court, but the legal winds are blowing our way. And down in Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp has called a special session for 2028 redistricting — getting ahead of the game while Democrats are still trying to figure out why they keep losing.

Meanwhile, about a dozen South Carolina State Senate Republicans voted against cloture on their own redistricting effort, because apparently some Republicans still haven't figured out that winning is the point.

Here's the bottom line: while Bernie Sanders, AOC, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib were throwing their endorsements behind a congressional candidate with a complicated history involving a convicted terrorist, the adults in the room were building the maps that will keep the House red for years. Two court wins in 24 hours. The 2026 midterms just got a lot more comfortable, and the 2030 census cycle is already being prepped.

The Squad can keep endorsing whoever they want. We'll keep winning where it counts.

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