Posted on 07/12/2025 6:02:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Donald Trump and his allies have the U.S. census in their sights as they continue to pursue their anti-democratic visions for the country.
Touring a controversial new immigrant detention center in Florida on Tuesday, Donald Trump excitedly backed a proposal from far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., that would drastically alter the U.S. electoral map if implemented. Greene said Monday that her proposal, which she said she will introduce in the House, would require the Census Bureau to “immediately” conduct a new census — even though the census takes place every 10 years, with the next one set for 2030.
“In conducting the new census of the U.S. population, it shall require questions determining the citizenship of each individual, and count US citizens only," Greene wrote in a post on X. "Upon completion of the census, the bill will direct states to immediately begin a redistricting of all U.S. House seats process using only the population of United States citizens."
Essentially, it would be an accelerated and further-reaching proposal than the bill House Republicans passed last year, which the Senate — controlled by Democrats at the time — didn't take up.
Speaking on behalf of himself and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who was standing beside him, Trump said Tuesday that they “love” the idea. He went on to frame the proposal as a response to his false claim that Democrats rigged the 2020 election by allowing “millions” of unauthorized voters to cast ballots.
DeSantis then accused the Biden administration of rigging apportionment to harm Republicans — an odd claim considering the ways the process seems to have benefited Republicans.
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Seems like a good ‘idea’, but what does the LAW say?
'Intentions' can shift, but actual WORDS stay a bit more firmly fixed.
I thought about it and realized you are right.
However, the total state population gets divided into smaller districts overall.
The democrat party cheats in every endeavor, and inveterate cheaters never stop unless and until the consequences become severe enough to rein them in.
If President Trumps, hello Senate supermajority. Then it is off to the races and that is exactly what the Marxists fear. The end of their whole scheme.
All this talk being bandied about, I thought it was a good idea if I looked at some ACTUAL census data - so here goes...
https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2023.B05001?q=non-citizen
Now they’re counted - so what?
It ain’t the ‘census’ that passes out freebies to anyone!
What about green card holders?
It’s the census that makes the congressional seats that elect the congressmen who vote for the cash to pass out freebies to anyone! And this is the house that Jack squatted in.
Me too! lol!!
Trump backs renewed push to derig the U.S. census by only counting citizens , as it should.
Do they ever read their headlines?
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Right after they translate it from Chinese.
Why should illegal aliens have any say in our government and which state has how many representatives? It’s because of illegals being counted in the census that democrap states like California have so much power.
Why should illegal aliens have any say in our government and which state has how many representatives? It’s because of illegals being counted in the census that democrap states like California have so much power.
Yes. Honest=according to US Constitution.
It’s not about votes, per se.
It’s about apportionment.
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One has to read the source to know whether it's MSNBC or the Babylon Bee.
“the new census...shall...count US citizens only" "the bill will direct states to immediately begin a redistricting of all U.S. House seats process using only the population of United States citizens"
Apparently the people at MSNBC disapprove of this. Do they honestly think that people who are not US citizens should vote in US elections?
MSDNC, I know I'm young, but I wasn't born yesterday. What's anti-democratic about counting ONLY AMERICANS? Oh, you mean it's ANTI-DEMOCRAT to only count AMERICANS!!
“Rig”??? What perverted nitwits in the media.
If anything, President Trump is attempting to UNRIG elections.
You can’t despise the worthless criminal media enough.
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