Internal memo reveals GOP panic as its greatest weapon backfires
While the Republican Party has made redistricting a key part of its political strategy — particularly after President Donald Trump demanded the gerrymandering of Texas last August — a new internal memo reveals that the GOP is worried that it will lose the upcoming round of redistricting battles in 2028, warning that the resulting map could deliver a "permanent Democratic House majority." This is according to the conservative outlet the Washington Examiner, which on Wednesday reported on a memo entitled "Battle Beneath the Ballot," in which the Republican State Leadership Committee argued that the party's failure to invest in down-ballot state legislative elections could mean the decision to launch a redistricting war was a huge mistake.
As the Examiner explains, the memo revealed that "Democrats' four largest groups involved in state legislative elections will outspend the RSLC's commitment of more than $50 million by almost three-to-one. Republicans have a huge fundraising lead nat…
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