On Thursday, Sept. 5, my Democratic colleagues, state Reps. Jeremy Dean of Springfield and Elizabeth “Lily” Fuchs of St. Louis, began sitting on the floor of the Missouri House of Representatives.

Not because it’s comfortable. Not because it’s convenient. But because the majority party has forced our hand.

Republican lawmakers, at the urging of Donald Trump, are pushing through a mid-cycle gerrymander that slices up Kansas City and silences the voices of thousands of Missourians.

They refused to acknowledge us on the floor, broke rules meant to safeguard debate and then left for the weekend — while we stayed put. We chose to hold the floor because the people of Missouri deserve better than a map designed to entrench power at the expense of their voice.

Let’s be clear: Democrats did not

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