President Donald Trump says Missouri "must be able to use the map that was in effect just a couple of months ago, in the Primary"
Donald TrumpPresident of the United States, posting on his Truth Social account
Trump wrote on Truth Social that the Supreme Court of Missouri's ruling was "horrible, ridiculous, and unConstitutional" and that there would not be enough time to change the map back. He said Missouri "must be able to use the map that was in effect just a couple of months ago, in the Primary."
“The Missouri Supreme Court just ridiculously ruled in favor of changing the maps back to what they were a long time ago. It’s called, Ancient History! The problem is, according to Legal Scholars, that not only was the ruling horrible, ridiculous, and unConstitutional, but there won’t be enough time to change the map back with the Election coming up in a very short period of time. The Election Process, as usual, is being disturbed in America! Missouri must be able to use the map that was in effect just a couple of months ago, in the Primary. This is a Dark Day for “Justice” in Missouri!”
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Should Missouri be allowed to use its 2025 congressional map in the 2026 general election?
Missouri lawmakers passed a new congressional map, House Bill 1, in September 2025, and the State used it in the August 4, 2026 primary. On September 3, 2026, the Supreme Court of Missouri ruled unanimously that a referendum petition kept the map from taking effect and that the 2022 map remains in force for the November general election. Gov. Mike Kehoe, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and President Donald Trump said in early September that the primary map should be used in November, and the Eighth Circuit held on September 21 that using the 2022 map violates the U.S. Constitution. People Not Politicians, the Campaign Legal Center and the ACLU argued that Missouri law makes the 2022 map the only valid map and that ballots had been mailed under it. On September 25, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court, in an unsigned per curiam order that records no dissent, stayed the federal injunctions, said that under state law the 2022 map must be used, and said lower courts should not require use of the 2025 map in the 2026 election. Kehoe called that decision disappointing and said Missouri will follow the order.
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Trump's own post on Truth Social, published hours after the Supreme Court of Missouri's ruling. The archived copy is an independent archive of his Truth Social posts.
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Report on the Supreme Court of Missouri's September 3 ruling, with reactions from Attorney General Catherine Hanaway, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, Richard von Glahn and President Donald Trump.
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Report that President Donald Trump demanded on social media on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 that the Missouri Senate pass the House-approved congressional map.
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The Supreme Court of Missouri ruled unanimously that day that the 2025 map cannot be used in the November general election. In September 2025, Trump had urged the Missouri Senate on social media to pass the map as it was.
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Attorney General Catherine Hanaway said the same day that her office would seek relief from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Trump says Missouri must be able to use the primary map, which is the 2025 map. His criticism of the state court is criticism of a third party, so the closest competing label, condemns, does not fit the reference point.
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