Georgia GOP Rejects Trump's Push to Redraw Legislative Maps Ahead of 2028 Elections

Georgia GOP Rejects Trump's Push to Redraw Legislative Maps Ahead of 2028 Elections

Georgia's state Legislature has rejected a push by President Trump to redraw congressional and legislative districts. Republican Governor Brian Kemp had proposed a special session to revise Georgia's political maps ahead of the 2028 elections. But on Wednesday, Republican lawmakers revolted, declaring there would be no vote on redistricting, after protesters filled the state Capitol, many of them chanting, "Black voters matter!" This is Tennessee state Representative Justin Jones, who traveled to Atlanta to join the protests.

Rep. Justin Jones: "I'm here because what happens in Atlanta is connected to what happens in Nashville, connected to what happens in Jackson, Mississippi, connected to what happens in Montgomery, Alabama. They're waging a battle against multiracial democracy in the South, so we have to show up for each other. But what we saw in real time was the power of people. You saw an almost entirely white caucus up there who represents the new Confederacy. We represent a new South that is multiracial, rooted in racial justice, rooted in protecting our vote."