GOP redistricting splintering Florida community angers Republicans and Democrats

Florida Republicans rage against new GOP map — and warn it could backfire

President Donald Trump and his Republican Party are vigorously gerrymandering all over America after the Republican-leaning Supreme Court gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act — but this may boomerang in the red state of Florida.“Under a new congressional map signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) last week, the growing community of Puerto Ricans and South Americans on display in Kissimmee will be splintered across four districts,” The Was…

GOP redistricting splintering Florida community angers Republicans and Democrats

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said population growth necessitated redistricting Florida’s House map. But an overhaul of a majority-Hispanic area sparked a backlash.