WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Donald Trump has ordered the Commerce Department to conduct a new census in a desperate attempt to rig electoral maps because his devastating cuts to health care and food assistance, combined with his failing price-hiking tariffs and tax giveaways to the ultra-wealthy, have made him so toxic with voters that he can’t win fair elections.
This shameless census manipulation comes while Texas Democrats courageously break quorum to stop his gerrymandering power grab, and as his administration sics the FBI on those same Democrats to force through redistricting that would hand Republicans five new House seats. Rather than abandon the policies causing economic pain for American families, Trump is doubling down on election rigging, using the same census scheme he unsuccessfully attempted during his first term to avoid the electoral consequences of his own agenda.
In response, Defend America Action Senior Spokesperson Rodericka Applewhaite released the following statement:
“Donald Trump’s order for a rigged census is the latest desperate attempt by a president whose deeply unpopular agenda is driving Americans away in droves. Instead of delivering relief to flood victims in Texas or addressing the economic pain his policies have caused, now he’s weaponizing the census to rig the rules in his favor.
“This blatant attempt at manipulation is happening for one reason: Trump’s agenda of slashing health care, cutting food assistance, and imposing tariffs that drive up grocery costs is so catastrophically unpopular that Republicans know they’ll be wiped out in the midterms unless they cheat. Rather than abandon the Big, Ugly Bill that most Americans know will hurt them, Trump is wasting taxpayer resources to hunt down his political opponents and exclude entire communities from representation. Americans deserve leaders who will fight for lower costs and better lives, not a president desperate to avoid accountability.”
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