Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a new U.S. House map into law Thursday that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections.

Republican legislative leaders in Tennessee on Wednesday released a congressional map proposal they are hoping to put in place before the midterm elections that would eliminate the state's only Democr

The move follows a Supreme Court ruling removing Voting Rights Act protections for majority-minority districts.

Republican lawmakers in Tennessee have approved a new U.S. House map that carves up Memphis' majority-Black voting district.

The new map shows three districts in Memphis, two of which stretch all the way to the Nashville area, which has been carved up into five districts.

Amid raucous protests Thursday, Republicans in Tennessee enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections.

The new map shows three districts in Memphis, two of which stretch all the way to the Nashville area, which has been carved up into five districts.

Tennessee Republicans have passed a new congressional map that will likely strip Democrats of their one remaining seat in Congress.