Tennessee's Republican-led legislature passed a new congressional map that eliminated the state's only majority-Black district, then House Speaker Cameron Sexton stripped all Democratic lawmakers from committee assignments after they protested during the special session. The core facts are verified — the district was split and Democrats were punished for objecting — but the post frames this as Republican desperation over midterm losses without evidence of that specific motive. A recent Supreme Court ruling has made it legally harder to challenge vote-dilution claims, which complicates whether this redistricting will ultimately be ruled illegal gerrymandering.