US Rep. Emanuel Cleaver faces off with Missouri lawmakers seeking to reshape his district
Facing those seeking to oust him from office, Democratic U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver warned Missouri lawmakers on Thursday that a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump is reopening decades-old racial divisions in Kansas City. Cleaver flew from the nation’s Capitol to Missouri’s statehouse in what he acknowledged was a likely quixotic attempt to stop a Republican plan that would dramatically reshape his Kansas City district to give the GOP a better shot at winning one more seat in next year’s election. Missouri’s Senate […]
