Paul suggests gerrymander square-off could lead to violence

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., suggested that the ongoing gerrymandering war between Democrats and Republicans could led to violence if people feel they lack representation.

Republican-led states, at the urging of President Donald Trump, have pursued redistricting in a bid to give the GOP an edge for the 2026. Some Democratic states, such as California, have retaliated with their own maps. Indiana lawmakers, this week, declined to adopt a redrawn map, to the chagrin of the president.

Paul, for his part, suggested that affected voters in such states could lose faith in the Democratic process if they feel devoid of any representation.

“I think there is the potential that when people have no representation, that they feel disenfranchised, that it can lead, it might lead to violence in our country,” he said on NBC News. “I’m concerned if there are no representatives, like no Republican representatives in California or no Democrats in Texas, that it will be so thoroughly one-sided that people will feel like their vote isn’t counting."

Additional Republican states are mulling redistricting efforts and the Supreme Court is set to soon rule on race-based districts under the Voting Rights Act, which could trigger a series of redraws.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.