Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Trump Supports Her Push to Redraw Congressional Maps Without Counting Non-Citizens
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Trump Supports Her Push to Redraw Congressional Maps Without Counting Non-Citizens
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) announced this week that former President Donald Trump fully supports her new bill that would call for an immediate national census — one that counts only U.S. citizens for the purpose of drawing congressional districts.
In a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, Greene said, “I just got off the phone with President Trump!!” She added that she had briefed him on her legislation, which aims to “save America’s elections” by excluding non-citizens from the census count used in redistricting.
Her bill would require the U.S. Census Bureau to conduct a new census as soon as the bill becomes law. It would include a mandatory citizenship question and count only citizens toward population totals that determine representation in the U.S. House.
Once the new census is completed, Greene said states would be ordered to redraw their congressional maps based solely on citizen populations — a major shift from current practices.
“Thank you President Trump for your strong support of my bill, Making American Elections Great Again!!! Let’s get this done!!!” Greene concluded in her post.
Under current law, the next U.S. census is scheduled for 2030, with redistricting following in 2031. However, Greene’s proposal seeks to bypass that schedule and push for immediate changes.
A similar bill passed the Republican-led House in May 2024, but failed to advance in the Senate, which was then controlled by Democrats.
The issue of who gets counted in the U.S. Census has long been a topic of legal and political debate. While the Constitution has historically required that all “persons” be counted — regardless of citizenship — the interpretation has shifted over time, particularly following the 14th Amendment, which mandates the counting of the “whole number of persons in each state.”
Greene’s proposal, if successful, would mark a major legal and political shift in how population counts are handled in the United States.
