The Wall Street Journal Slams Trump Over Failed Texas Gerrymander That Could Cost ‘Republicans Their House Majority’

Isaac Schorr Nov 21st, 2025, 9:55 am

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warned that President Donald Trump’s failed effort to push through a mid-decade gerrymander in Texas could ultimately cost “Republicans their House majority” in a new editorial.

After making note of a federal appeals court’s decision to strike down the new map drawn at Trump’s behest on the grounds that it constituted a racial gerrymander, the influential center-right newspaper rebuked the GOP effort altogether.

“Give that a second to sink in: The opinion says the Trump Administration wrongly claimed the first Texas map was a racial gerrymander, which prompted the state to attempt to undo it with an actual

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