I don't know who needs to hear this, but Republicans are right now giving Democrats congressional seats in states run by Republican governors, Republican judges, and Republican legislative majorities, yet somehow this still isn't the five-alarm political fire dominating every news cycle, talk radio hour, podcast, and grassroots conversation in America.
We are watching our own side kneecap a president who just won the popular vote, swept every swing state, and brought millions of new voters into the movement. And instead of fighting like Democrats do, too many Republicans are shrugging, stalling, and hiding behind "process."
Start with Utah, one of the most reliably Republican states in the country, where Democrats just walked away with a free congressional seat after a GOP-appointed judge baselessly tossed the legislature's map and replaced it with one drawn by radical left activist groups. The ruling manufactured a Harris +24 district in a Trump +20 state, guaranteeing Democrats a seat in a delegation that had been four-for-four Republican. Despite the Utah constitution giving map-drawing authority exclusively to lawmakers, the Republican lieutenant governor, who refused to back Trump in 2024, then rushed to implement it.
And while Utah Republicans issued a strongly worded letter accusing the judge of "playing king from the bench," no appeal has materialized. Congratulations: With Republicans defending a five-seat majority, Democrats are +1 before a single vote has been cast.
Then we turn to Indiana. Here, Republicans have one of the clearest opportunities to help secure the majority, yet state Senate leaders announced Friday they would stand down and refuse to redraw. Trump called it out on Sunday, blasting "weak Republicans" and warning their refusal "could be depriving Republicans of a Majority in the House." He's right to be furious. Kansas backed out, and even Ohio made a Democrat's seat safer.
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Meanwhile, Democrats have spent decades gaming redistricting to lock in power they cannot win honestly. In state after state, California, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, Oregon, New Jersey, Maryland, New Mexico, they've built congressional maps that give them nearly 100 percent of seats with barely 55 to 60 percent of the statewide vote.
Nowhere is the theft bigger than in California. Harris won 58–38 percent and Democrats took 43 of 52 seats. A proportional map would be 31–21, yet Prop 50 pushes it to 48–4, while nearly four in ten voted for Trump.
That's 17 seats stolen.
That is not democracy. It is political cartelization. And Republicans are acting like spectators at their own robbery.
If Democrats can draw out Republicans in Illinois, California, New Mexico, and Massachusetts, then Republicans have no excuse in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Kansas, Ohio, and Indiana. That's the standard Democrats set.
Because this isn't just about maps, it's about what comes next. If Democrats retake the House, they'll immediately impeach President Trump and target private citizens like you and me who support him.
This is not some policy disagreement where everyone shakes hands afterward. This is existential. If Republicans hand them a majority through cowardice or laziness, they are handing them the weapon. And when Democrats pull the trigger, nobody should pretend they didn't see it coming.
Republicans should be protecting the mandate, standing with the president, and fighting for the voters who delivered both. That means going to war for every district, every map, every procedural tool, and every inch of political ground. If you live in Kansas, Indiana, Nebraska, or Florida, call your state representatives and state senators right now and tell them that surrendering seats is not an option. Democrats don't hesitate, apologize, or ask permission. They push, pressure, sue, organize, and redraw until they get what they want.
The question now is whether GOP officeholders will wake up before the country pays the price. Because if Republicans continue surrendering safe seats, delaying action, and letting activist-driven courts rewrite the map, we won't need to wait until election night to know who controls Congress.
Democrats will already have won it.
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