Ron DeSantis just exposed one massive problem with Biden’s numbers that has Democrats in full damage control mode

The 2020 census was supposed to be straightforward.

Count every American, allocate House seats fairly, and move on.

But Ron DeSantis just exposed one massive problem with Biden’s numbers that has Democrats in full damage control mode.

DeSantis demands justice for Florida’s stolen House seats

Governor Ron DeSantis isn’t waiting around for the next census to fix what he calls a rigged system that cheated Florida out of congressional representation.

The Florida Governor announced this week that his state is preparing to redraw congressional districts – with or without new census data from the Trump administration.

“We are going to have to do a mid-decade redistricting now,” DeSantis declared during a Melbourne press conference.¹

The timing wasn’t coincidental.

President Trump had just called for a complete redo of the 2020 census, claiming the U.S. Census Bureau produced faulty numbers that systematically hurt Republican-run states while padding Democrat strongholds like California.

DeSantis sees an opportunity to finally get Florida the representation it deserves.

“If they did do it and came up with something in the next six months and they gave us a seat that would require us to redraw the lines,” DeSantis explained.²

But even without new federal numbers, DeSantis believes Florida has grounds to act.

“Short of that, we’re in a situation where we believe there’s defects in the current map,” he continued.³

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The Governor pointed to recent Florida Supreme Court rulings that may already justify redrawing congressional boundaries.

Biden’s census manipulation finally exposed

Here’s what really happened during the 2020 census that has DeSantis so fired up.

The count began in 2019 under Trump’s first administration, with data collection wrapping up in October 2020 – still during Trump’s presidency.

But the results weren’t released until 2021, four months after Biden took office.

That timing allowed Biden’s team to manipulate how the data was processed and analyzed.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier laid out his case in a detailed letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick this week.

“Indeed, prior to the Biden Administration, Florida was projected to receive two additional Congressional seats,” Uthmeier wrote. “But when the data was finally published, Florida received only one. And as described below, the Census Bureau has since conceded the undercount failures that resulted in Florida’s loss of a second seat to which it was entitled, as well as the additional electoral votes and federal funding.”⁴

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Uthmeier argues that the Biden administration’s use of “differential privacy” in analyzing the census data resulted in systematic errors.

According to the Attorney General, this data processing method led to 14 states having population overcounts or undercounts that the Census Bureau has since acknowledged.

The pattern was crystal clear – every “error” benefited Democrat states at the expense of Republican ones.

“Imagine that, all the errors benefited Democrat states,” DeSantis said, pointing to what he sees as a suspicious pattern.⁵

The real numbers tell a different story

DeSantis isn’t just complaining – he’s backing up his claims with hard data.

A Florida TaxWatch report found that three Democrat states were awarded one too many House seats after the last census, while three Republican-leaning states, including Florida, were shortchanged by one seat each.

The Governor believes the true scope of Florida’s growth has been dramatically undercounted.

“If you actually did a mid-decade census, California would lose five or six seats. I mean, it wouldn’t even be close,” DeSantis predicted.⁶

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“Florida, we would probably gain four or five seats if they did a mid-decade census. Definitely, we’d gain at least three,” he added.⁷

The math makes sense when you consider Florida’s explosive population growth over the past five years.

While blue states like California and New York hemorrhaged residents during the pandemic, Florida became America’s top destination for families fleeing Democrat-run disasters.

Democrats panic as their scheme unravels

The prospect of Florida gaining multiple House seats has Democrats and their allies in full meltdown mode.

Minority advocacy groups who previously sued Florida over congressional maps are already demanding the Legislature resist DeSantis’s redistricting push.

“We hope he finds the same courage to safeguard our democracy and not be complicit in this brazen power grab,” complained Genesis Robinson from Equal Ground.⁸

Notice how Democrats always scream about “democracy” when they’re about to lose political power.

These are the same people who stayed silent when Biden’s Census Bureau admitted to systematic undercounting that cheated Republican states out of representation.

Democratic consultant Matt Isbell tried to downplay DeSantis’s claims, arguing that Florida also has undocumented residents who were counted in 2020.

Isbell’s argument sidesteps the real concern here.

Sure, Florida has undocumented residents – but so does every state. What makes this different is the timing and processing decisions that happened after Biden took office. The same census data that was collected under Trump got analyzed using methods that Uthmeier claims systematically favored blue states.

Florida prepares to act

DeSantis knows he can’t sit around waiting for Washington, D.C. to fix this mess.

The Florida Legislature is already moving. House Speaker Daniel Perez announced this month that he’s creating a Select Committee on Congressional Redistricting.

The Florida Legislature is preparing for a potential special session to redraw district boundaries based on more accurate population data.

Uthmeier’s letter to the Commerce Department proposes a “tailored and streamlined manual recount” in states that had proven undercounts and overcounts.

“We should not have to wait until the next complete, fifty state census hoping that – this time – the bureau will get it right,” Uthmeier argued.⁹

“Steps must be taken now to right these wrongs.”¹⁰

The Constitution allows for mid-decade censuses in years ending in five, giving Trump’s administration legal authority to conduct a recount.

Republicans currently hold a narrow 220-212 advantage in the House, with that margin likely to shrink due to recent Democrat deaths in office.

The Biden administration thought they could bury their census manipulation forever.

But DeSantis just dug up the evidence and handed Trump the ammunition he needs to fix this mess.

Democrats better get ready – their days of stealing House seats through census rigging are about to end.

¹ Gray Rohrer, “Florida Gov. DeSantis says he’s ready for redistricting – with or without new census,” USA TODAY Network – Florida, August 11, 2025.

² Ibid.

³ Ibid.

⁴ Jacob Ogles, “Ron DeSantis, James Uthmeier say Florida deserves more House seats and wants them now,” Florida Politics, August 11, 2025.

⁵ – ¹⁰ Ibid.