Wesley Bell
Role at the time: U.S. Representative for Missouri's 1st District, posting on his official @RepWesleyBellMO account
Statement summary
Bell posted that the people of Missouri did not ask for the redistricting and that President Donald Trump did. He said that "Once again, the Supreme Court ruled to protect the rights of Missourians".
“The people of Missouri didn’t ask for this redistricting. Trump did. Once again, the Supreme Court ruled to protect the rights of Missourians.”
Post from Bell's official congressional account, a government-verified account, responding to the U.S. Supreme Court's September 25 order.
Why we used this label
The reference point is use of the 2025 map in the 2026 general election. Bell welcomes the Supreme Court's ruling as protecting Missourians and says the redistricting was Trump's request and not the people's, which condemns the effort to use the map. The closest competing label, “Mixed or conditional”, loses because he attaches no condition.