COLUMBUS, Ohio — President Donald Trump won't play a role in the Ohio redistricting process, according to House Speaker Matt Huffman, who said that he won't be pressured into giving the administration their desired maps.

Even though Ohio leaders just announced the Joint Committee on Congressional Redistricting on Wednesday, the process is already rocky.

"We're off to a bad start when the other side calls a press conference and says 'It has to be this or nothing else,'" Huffman (R-Lima) said.

The speaker and Ohio Republicans are disappointed in the Democrats, arguing that they are not playing fair because redistricting should be a bipartisan process.

The joint committee is supposed to start the process, drawing a map publicly. Each of the House and Senate leaders gets to appoint represe

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