Former Obama AG Eric Holder claims GOP-led House may refuse to certify 2028 presidential election

“This is not a Texas problem. Yeah, this the focus of this issue is Texas," Holder said. "But this is a national problem. And you got to understand, if somehow, some way Republicans are able to hold on to the House next year, and in spite of the fact that I think they should lose because of, you know, the big budget bill that, you know, took health care away from millions of people, they gave tax breaks to billionaires who didn’t need it."

“If they were somehow able to hold on to the House in 2026, that is the House of Representatives that would have to certify who won the presidential election come 2028, 2029.”

“Now, if you want to play with fire and that’s what we’re doing here, you put in a bunch of partisan hacks who are not supposed to be in the House, who are there because of gerrymandering and a whole range of other things that Republicans are doing, and then put at risk the possibility that that body would not certify who the next president was. That is a that’s why this is a national problem,” he added.

The 2028 presidential election would actually be certified on January 6, 2029, by members of Congress who will also elected to Congress in 2028, not those in the 2026 midterms, as drawn out in the 20th Amendment to the Constitution.

As Texas has moved to redraw its congressional lines, some blue states have responded, saying that they will retaliate with their own redistricting, including New York as well as California.