The Daily Blast: Trump Has No Clue What His Supreme Court Is About to Unleash

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Last week, the Supreme Court gutted protections against racial gerrymandering, and Donald Trump is already urging Republicans to capitalize on it. We recently wrote that Trump has no idea what this will unleash, and that’s the topic of today’s episode. Indeed, Trump unleashed a Truth Social rant on Monday urging GOP state legislatures to maximize the gerrymandering, insisting this would net an additional 20 congressional seats in the midterms. In short, Trump didn’t bother concealing that this corrupt scheme is only about holding power amid cratering public support—which absolutely requires Democrats to respond. We talked to Max Flugrath of the voting rights group Fair Fight Action. We discuss how Democrats can undertake retaliatory redistrictings of their own, what the roadmap ahead for this looks like, and why it’s absolutely possible for Democrats to neutralize the GOP advantage. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.8	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
0:48.1	I'm your host, Greg Sargent. Last week, the Supreme Court gutted a key protection against racial gerrymandering, and Donald Trump is already urging Republicans to capitalize on it.
1:07.0	In a truth social rant, Trump called on GOP states to gerrymander their congressional maps to the max in time for this fall's elections.
1:16.1	That means eliminating as many seats represented by African Americans as possible.
1:22.1	By expressly putting this in the context of the midterms, Trump in essence openly admitted that this new gerrymandering push is all about keeping power in the context of the midterms, Trump, in essence, openly admitted that this new gerrymandering
1:29.1	push is all about keeping power in the face of his nosediving approval, which just hit yet
1:35.3	another new low, all of which will simply require Democrats to act in response.
1:42.0	Max Flugrath of the Voting Rights Group Fair Fight Action has been thinking a lot about
1:46.7	the roadmap ahead for Democrats, so we're talking to him about all this today. Max, good to have you on.
1:52.3	Greg, thanks so much for having me. So as you all know, the Supreme Court's ruling gutted the Voting
1:57.8	Rights Act yet again, removing a check on racial gerrymandering. On
2:02.2	truth social, Donald Trump urged GOP legislatures to act on the ruling by redrawing their
2:08.1	congressional district maps aggressively, saying, quote, Republicans will receive more than 20
2:14.4	house seats in the upcoming midterms, close quote. Now, Max, the idea that Republicans
2:20.0	can get 20 house seats in time for the midterms is pure bullshit, and we'll get to that. But for now,
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