Each state has their own rules and laws. I think the bigger problem is that the majority of states are run by republican legislatures so even if democrat run states went tit for tat with each map change the repugnants would have an advantage.

The ratchet effect at work.

This is my exact take too. Opening the floodgates for ultra gerrymandered maps.

Don’t forget the 6th

I think this is the incident you are talking about:

In December 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice released an FBI tip in which a complainant alleged President Donald Trump witnessed her uncle kill her newborn child and dispose of the body in Lake Michigan when she was 13 and being trafficked for sex by Jeffrey Epstein.

This is the way. Lol