Emanuel Cleaver
Role at the time: U.S. Representative for Missouri's 5th District, posting on his official @repcleaver account
Condemned
Statement summary
Cleaver said state officials had spent more than a year on an effort to "silence the voices of Missouri voters and steal a congressional seat". He said that after more than 305,000 Missourians demanded a say, the Supreme Court had put what he called a "shameful and unlawful scheme" to rest.
“For more than a year, state officials have spent precious time, energy, and resources on an effort to silence the voices of Missouri voters and steal a congressional seat. Tonight, after more than 305,000 Missourians demanded a say, the Supreme Court has put this shameful and unlawful scheme to rest. Power to the people.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Rep. Emanuel Cleaver on X: the Supreme Court has put this scheme to rest · Emanuel CleaverFull X post, published September 25, 2026 at 23:53 UTC (6:53 p.m. CDT), quoting an Associated Press post
Why we used this label
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Cleaver welcomes the Supreme Court's order and describes the effort to use the map as an unlawful scheme to silence voters, which condemns that use. The closest competing label, “Mixed or conditional”, loses because he attaches no condition.