{"id":1056277,"date":"2025-09-28T17:49:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T21:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056277"},"modified":"2025-09-28T17:49:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T21:49:31","slug":"dnc-statement-on-missouri-gov-kehoe-signing-trumps-rigged-maps-into-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-statement-on-missouri-gov-kehoe-signing-trumps-rigged-maps-into-law\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC Statement on Missouri Gov. Kehoe Signing Trump\u2019s Rigged Maps Into Law\u00a0"},"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>Today, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe answered Donald Trump\u2019s call to rig Missouri\u2019s congressional maps so Republicans can try to save their razor-thin House majority. Once again, Republicans are proving they have no backbone and will enable Trump\u2019s despicable schemes \u2014 including a systemic attack on voters in Missouri and across the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, Missourians aren\u2019t backing down from this fight. Missouri organizers have launched a ballot initiative signature process to allow Missourians to vote directly on whether these rigged maps will go into effect. The DNC stands side by side with Missourians who are spearheading this valiant fight to protect their voting rights and put a stop to Republicans\u2019 attacks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signing Republicans\u2019 rigged maps into law, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Ken Martin released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the order of Donald Trump, Governor Kehoe and Missouri Republicans have shown they care more about holding onto power at all costs than the fundamental rights of the Missourians they were elected to represent. This is a right-wing power grab so Republicans can avoid accountability for voting to take away the health care of hundreds of thousands of Missourians. But the battle in Missouri isn\u2019t over. Missourians have the opportunity to put this craven power grab up for a vote. The DNC supports Missouri organizers collecting ballot signatures to take democracy back into their own hands and defeat these rigged maps once and for all.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe answered Donald Trump\u2019s call to rig Missouri\u2019s congressional maps so Republicans can try to save their razor-thin House majority. Once again, Republicans are proving they have no backbone and will enable Trump\u2019s despicable schemes \u2014 including a systemic attack on voters in Missouri and across the country.&nbsp; But, Missourians aren\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"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-1056277","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>DNC Statement on Missouri Gov. 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