Obama to headline fundraiser in response to GOP redistricting efforts

[RandySF]

Barack Obama and Donald Trump are squaring off over Republicans’ push to remap two red states, with the former Democratic president fundraising against his successor’s effort to maintain control over Congress next year, according to an invitation obtained by POLITICO.

Obama will headline an August fundraiser in Martha’s Vineyard for a Democratic redistricting group that’s fighting the GOP-led efforts in Texas and Ohio, per the invitation.

The dinner and discussion — which will benefit the National Democratic Redistricting Committee and its affiliates — is in response to Texas Republicans angling to redraw their state’s maps to more heavily favor their party ahead of the midterms. Also attending the event are NDRC chair Eric Holder, who was Obama’s attorney general, and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Obama’s involvement in the fundraiser underscores the importance of the issue for Democrats, who have a chance to retake control over the House next year, after losing both chambers of Congress and the White House in 2024. Trump, recognizing his party’s slim hold on the House, is pressuring Republicans to take an aggressive approach to redrawing congressional maps in at least two states.



https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/23/obama-holder-redistricting-fundraiser-00471594

[Lovie777]

1. K & R..................

[Cha]

2. Brilliant Obama! Mahalo Nui Loa!💙

Best of Great Luck to Texas Dems!

TY

[themaguffin]

3. Good. Dems need to be aggressive

[electric_blue68]

4. Good! Part of the actions we need.

Glad President Obama will get out there!

[progressoid]

5. A fundraiser in Martha's Vineyard ?

I get that is where the money is at but...ya know...the optics aren't that great. Martha’s Vineyard.

How about raise the money on the side and then make a couple appearances in the trenches where us proletariat live.

[RandySF]

6. Nobody is going to care even if they know.