Missouri state Rep. LaKeySha Bosley on Friday slammed proposed congressional redistricting as racist and an attack on Black political power.

“Let's call these maps what they are,” said Bosley, D-St. Louis. “They are racist. Period, full stop. And every one of you are going to probably sit there and pat ourselves on the back. ‘Oh, she's crazy.’ ‘Oh, she's fear mongering.’ ‘Oh, this is race baiting.’ No. You are the ones causing the race baiting. You're the ones getting people amped up and ready to go.”

Gov. Mike Kehoe called a special session to engage in mid-decade redistricting, which centers around converting Cleaver’s Kansas City-based 5th District into a more Republican-leaning seat. Lawmakers are also considering requiring constitutional amendments and statutory ballot items placed

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