“[Brattin called the outcome] the most unprecedented form of voter disenfranchisement in American history, and Missouri voters deserve far better. … Judges are not kings, and courts are not legislatures.
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Rick Brattin
Republican
Missouri State Senator • Missouri
Republican Missouri state senator representing the Harrisonville area.
Statements (6)
“A federal court has ordered Missouri to use the HB 1 map for the November election. Secretary Hoskins should not be punished by a state court for complying with that order. If the federal ruling is disputed, the proper path is an appeal through the federal courts.
“While I am disappointed that the U.S. Supreme Court was not able to grant relief, I understand that the standard for review in our nation's highest court limits what they can do in an unprecedented case such as this one.
“I am glad for the citizens of our state that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri issued a temporary restraining order that will allow the use of the Missouri First map for the general election, ensuring voters will not be disenfranchised by being forced to vote in a different district for November.
“I'm not surprised that a liberal activist majority on the Missouri Supreme Court has handed Democrats a decision they desperately needed in their effort to help national Democrats retake the U.S. House of Representatives.
“I think his whole campaign strategy was hoping that the courts would do his bidding for him. I don't think that he represents Missouri values.