Democracy Dies in DarknessRepublicans and Democrats are engaged in a brazen effort to redraw House lines.May 12, 2026State troopers remove demonstrators from the Tennessee House gallery during a special session Thursday to redraw voting maps. (George Walker IV/AP)Back in August, President Donald Trump appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” and said of a proposed plan to redraw a state’s congressional district lines, “We have an opportunity in Texas to pick up five seats ... I got the highest vote in the history of Texas, as you probably know, and we are entitled to five more seats.”