As Donald Trump continues to attempt to get Republicans on board to rig the congressional maps to cling to power in the midterm elections, new reporting from Politico shows this undemocratic push is causing a deep divide within the Republican Party. Despite Trump’s best efforts, many Republicans know that regardless of what Republicans do, Americans across the country are hellbent on holding Trump and his congressional minions accountable for their votes to rip away health care and food assistance from millions of Americans. One thing is for certain: It’s time for Republicans to grow a backbone, stand up against Trump, and put a stop to this once and for all. 

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Politico: A strange GOP divide is forming over Trump’s gerrymandering plans

By Lisa Kashinsky and Meredith Lee Hill

• President Donald Trump’s aggressive redistricting push is sparking public concern from an unusual mix of Republicans.

• While many are backing Trump’s gambit to protect the GOP’s House majority in the midterms, a growing number of Republican lawmakers are airing concerns — a list that spans lawmakers from swing districts in blue states to safe territory in ruby-red Florida.

• … senior GOP members of the impacted state delegations are quietly raising concerns about the fallout, though they ultimately fear crossing the president. Other Republicans — particularly those in blue states — are increasingly vocal about the potential fallout as Democratic governors threaten to redraw or outright erase their already difficult-to-win districts in retaliation for Trump’s plan.

• New York Rep. Mike Lawler blasted the Trump-driven effort in Texas as “wrong,” while California Rep. Doug LaMalfa warned Texas’ gambit “is going to start a grass fire across the country.” Another New York Republican, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, said she’s “not somebody who’s supportive of any type of gerrymandering.”

• House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris, the Maryland delegation’s lone Republican, cautioned that “we should probably shy away from mid-cycle redistricting” …

• Utah Rep. Blake Moore, the vice chair of the House Republican Conference who previously co-chaired the anti-gerrymandering group Better Boundaries, called mid-decade redistricting “a step too far.” 

• And Florida Rep. Randy Fine, who Trump boosted to office in a special election earlier this year, is questioning whether the process is even possible in his state given voters approved a measure prohibiting lawmakers from redrawing districts to help incumbents or a particular party.

• California Rep. Kevin Kiley, who is spearheading the seemingly dead-on-arrival legislation to ban mid-decade redistricting, insisted there’s a “very strong majority for taking our foot off the accelerator on this” as states race to counter each other.

• In Indiana, Gov. Mike Braun has been noncommittal since meeting with Vice President JD Vance and other top Trump officials about it last week. 

• Yet former Gov. Mitch Daniels slammed the effort as “just wrong.” And several Republican state lawmakers have voiced opposition, including hard-right state Rep. Jim Lucas, who panned it as “politically optically horrible.”