There is no more urgent fight right now than that for free and fair elections.

Donald Trump and the Republicans are trying to thwart the will of voters by rigging congressional maps.

But lawyers like me will we're fighting back, and so are an increasing number of Democrats.

In this video, I'll explain what is happening in the war over redistricting,

from red state gerrymandering to litigation,

to blue state redraws. And by the end, I'll give you three things you can do right now

to help protect free and fair elections in 2026. But before we get into it, subscribe to this channel

to stay informed about how you can defend democracy. Anyone who follows my work or, frankly,

is paying attention to democracy knows that Donald Trump and the Republican Party is waging an all-out

attack on free and fair elections. Donald Trump is terrified that he will have a Republican Congress

after the 26 midterm elections.

Republicans in Congress are obviously terrified because they'd lose their jobs.

And this is all coming to a boiling point in one particular area, and that is redistricting.

Right. If you wanted to pay attention right now to the one thing, the one thing that will tell you what will happen in the midterm elections, it is the congressional redistricting process.

Now normally in 2025, smack dab in the middle of a decade, you would expect there'd be virtually nothing going on with redistricting.

But earlier this year, Donald Trump engaged in a strategy, a cynical strategy, a dangerous

strategy, a strategy that threatens the future of free and fair elections across this country,

aimed at retaining power after 2026.

And that strategy is in a nutshell this.

He went to states where Republicans control all branches

of the state government, both houses of the legislature and the governor's mansion. And he told them,

we in Washington, D.C., not you in the states, we in Washington, D.C., are going to send you new maps.

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