| In a now-deleted tweet, vulnerable Republican Ann Wagner seemed to blame the state of California for opposing Missouri’s efforts to rig its congressional map.
The problem? Wagner was responding to a post from a newspaper based in California, Missouri.
Oops!
At least Wagner was right about one thing: “Missourians will choose Missouri’s future.” As of yesterday, more than 300,000 Missourians signed onto a petition to halt Missouri’s new gerrymandered (and deeply unpopular!) map until voters have a chance to weigh in on it themselves.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“If Ann Wagner was actually paying attention to Missouri, she’d know people are furious that Jefferson City Republicans are splitting up communities in a desperate attempt to hold onto power. Wagner is showing just how out of touch she is – both with Missouri voters and with the basic geography of her state.”
In case you missed it…
Kansas City Star: Missouri lawmaker slams elections ‘decided in California.’ She missed one detail
- A Missouri Republican lawmaker last week blasted out-of-state influence amid an ongoing redistricting fight, writing on social media that “Missouri’s elections aren’t decided in California.”
- But the post that U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner criticized was not about the state of California. It was an article from the California Democrat, a small newspaper in California, Missouri.
- Wagner’s apparent social media misfire has sparked criticism from her opponents, who framed it as an example of her being out-of-touch with Missouri voters.
- The article that Wagner re-posted centered on a campaign collecting signatures to force a statewide referendum vote to strike down the map. The newspaper wrote about signature collectors in California, a roughly 4,500-person city in the middle of Missouri.
- Polling both nationwide and in Missouri has consistently shown that voters overwhelmingly oppose gerrymandering.
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