Congressional Black Caucus fears GOP redistricting will shrink its numbers

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Source: ABC News

November 29, 2025, 5:07 AM


President Donald Trump's redistricting push to preserve a Republican majority in Congress and allied voting rights cases in Texas and Louisiana could wipe out nearly a third of the 62-member Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) if all the electoral and judicial dominoes fall his way.

Missouri Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, who has served 11 terms in the House, called the efforts as "blind, and sometimes even mean-spirited, political decisions that those who perpetuate it could easily deny it." Cleaver's district is one of those in the crosshairs of Trump's march to enlist statehouses and the courts to increase Republican seats in Congress at the expense of Democrats -- many longstanding, dozens of them Black and Brown.

"There are probably some good and decent people who, but for their cult-like political attitudes, would not like something like this to happen," Cleaver added as he tried to make sense of how he and his district are threatened by what he says is a double-barreled salvo aimed at the Voting Rights Act and state legislatures.

Cleaver's senior colleague from South Carolina was more blunt. "These are people who are trying to rig the system, making it very clear that there are certain people who will not be represented in Congress," said Democratic Rep. James E. Clyburn, who has worn multiple House leadership titles along with being a Presidential Medal of Freedom holder. He has represented the Palmetto State since 1993 and, like Cleaver, once led the CBC -- a staple of Capitol Hill politics since 1971.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/congressional-black-caucus-fears-gop-redistricting-shrink-numbers/story?id=127777319

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1. Well I'm sure getting rid of the Black Caucus is on the eventual agenda.

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2. Disgusting! "Thanks Alot" Supreme Court! Continuing to march backwards.

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3. Statements like this:

"allied voting rights cases in Texas and Louisiana could wipe out nearly a third of the 62-member Congressional Black Caucus" are ridiculous and possibly do more harm than good.

It's good to bring attention to the issue that the CBC could lose members due to redistricting. But to use scare tactics and claim the danger is far worse than it actually is makes me wonder why they feel the need to exaggerate.

For the record, the 4 Republican states who have redistricted (Texas, Ohio, NC Missouri) targeted only 4 districts currently held by CBC members. So even if everything goes according to Republican plans, the CBC would lose 4 seats, not 20 (And that doesn't account for seats that could be gained in California, Virginia and elsewhere).

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4. There are 26 CBC members who were elected in red states

NC's gerrymandering map was just approved by the court, which could potentially remove at least 1 CBC member.

The TX map is currently on hold by the courts (description of what was targeted is at that link).

45 bullied IN into trying again to gerrymander and they will probably target the lone CBC member there.

GA was also resisting and there are 5 House CBC members there.

FL is scheduled to start their redistricting at their upcoming session in January (where there are 3 CBC members).

Here is the list of members and where they hail from - https://cbc.house.gov/membership/state.htm

So I think that broad statement was essentially planning for a "worst case scenario" (since the entire 11 months of 45's term HAS BEEN a worst case scenario played out), with the assumption of being targeted everywhere in a red state that they exist, and thus there is a potential for upwards of that many who could be removed.