Trump Swings at Republican Leader Liz Cheney Over Her Criticisms of His Administration
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On Tuesday, President Trump released a memorandum stating that undocumented immigrants shouldn’t be included as part of the next process of apportionment, which would reduce the representation of states with higher undocumented populations. While left-leaning articles highlight that the memorandum is a partisan gambit to draw more GOP-friendly districts, right-leaning articles highlight that Trump’s order is part of the administration’s ongoing battle with the Census Bureau.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that Trump’s memorandum is a thinly veiled partisan gambit to draw more GOP-friendly districts. The Supreme Court ruled in the past year that the Trump administration’s stated reason - the Voting Rights Act - “seems to have been contrived.”
NPR published a centrist article reporting that the president does not have final authority over the census, and the move is likely to spur legal challenges and political spectacle in the last months before this year’s presidential election. The Constitution empowers Congress to carry out the “actual enumeration” of the country’s population in “such manner as they shall by law direct.”
A right-leaning article by New York Post highlights that Trump’s order is the latest salvo in his administration’s ongoing battle with the Census Bureau. After the 2010 census, New York and Ohio lost two members of the House of Representatives and Texas picked up four.
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Trump takes dig at Rep. Liz Cheney amid feud with other Capitol Hill Republicans
Washington Post