BEGUN, THE GERRYMANDER WARS HAVE: Missouri GOP leader says redistricting effort starts with congressional map drawn in D.C.

Jennifer Bukowsky of Columbia, vice chair of the Republican State Committee, said she expects a special session of the legislature to be called after there is agreement between the Trump White House and the Republican National Committee on how to revise current boundaries.

President Donald Trump and his political advisers are pushing Missouri to join Texas in redrawing districts to favor the GOP. Any proposal is likely to split the 5th District, which is mainly in Kansas City, by adding Republican voters in sufficient numbers to take it away from incumbent U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.

That would give Republicans seven of the state’s eight seats in the U.S. House instead of the current six.

To be fair, the Gerrymander Wars started long ago — it’s just nice to see the GOP finally hitting back.