{"id":1055835,"date":"2025-09-03T14:05:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055835"},"modified":"2025-09-03T14:05:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:05:57","slug":"on-trumps-orders-missouri-republicans-begin-special-session-to-disenfranchise-missouri-voters-and-rig-congressional-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/on-trumps-orders-missouri-republicans-begin-special-session-to-disenfranchise-missouri-voters-and-rig-congressional-map\/","title":{"rendered":"On Trump\u2019s Orders, Missouri Republicans Begin Special Session to Disenfranchise Missouri Voters and Rig Congressional Map"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe and Republican state lawmakers just started a special session to support Donald Trump\u2019s gerrymandering power grab scheme and attack Missourians\u2019 rights.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald Trump and his Republican lapdogs are on a mission to silence the voice of Americans nationwide to save their flailing majority in the midterms. The DNC is all in to support the Missouri Democrats fighting for our democracy and hold Republicans accountable for this undemocratic power grab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to the Missouri General Assembly beginning its special session to pass Republicans\u2019 gerrymandered map, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMissouri Republicans are showing the nation that they will answer to Donald Trump\u2019s beck and call \u2014 even if it directly undermines the will of Missourians. After ripping away health care and food from hardworking families to enrich billionaires, while also raising energy bills and destroying jobs, Republicans know they\u2019re going to be kicked to the curb. Republicans are orchestrating a cheating scandal the likes of which we\u2019ve never seen all because voters don\u2019t like them anymore. But Democrats refuse to be the only party that plays by the rules. We will not stand idle while Republicans rig the game. Democrats will continue to stand with Missourians on the front lines of the fight to protect voting rights and hold Republicans accountable.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe and Republican state lawmakers just started a special session to support Donald Trump\u2019s gerrymandering power grab scheme and attack Missourians\u2019 rights.&nbsp; Donald Trump and his Republican lapdogs are on a mission to silence the voice of Americans nationwide to save their flailing majority in the midterms. The DNC is all in [&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-1055835","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>On Trump\u2019s Orders, Missouri Republicans Begin Special Session to Disenfranchise Missouri Voters and Rig Congressional Map - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/on-trumps-orders-missouri-republicans-begin-special-session-to-disenfranchise-missouri-voters-and-rig-congressional-map\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-03T18:05:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-03T18:05:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1101\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"483\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/on-trumps-orders-missouri-republicans-begin-special-session-to-disenfranchise-missouri-voters-and-rig-congressional-map\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/on-trumps-orders-missouri-republicans-begin-special-session-to-disenfranchise-missouri-voters-and-rig-congressional-map\/\",\"name\":\"On Trump\u2019s Orders, Missouri Republicans Begin Special Session to Disenfranchise Missouri Voters and Rig Congressional Map - 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