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Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.), who introduced legislation earlier this year with the Trump administration’s backing to push back the deadline, said the administration’s efforts to manipulate the results were unprecedented. He also said the maneuver could backfire.
Gomez said that if the counting were to be stopped now, for example, it probably would result in his state picking up additional congressional seats. Gomez, who studied census history in graduate school, said it’s also possible that by rushing the data collection, the census could also undercount rural areas where the president has a steadfast base of support.