At President Trump’s request, Republicans in Texas and possibly other states are eyeing redistricting plans that could add seats to their U.S. House majority. Democrats are warning they might retaliate, in an escalating battle for House control.
If the Dems had two brain cells they’d do it while loudly publicizing it at every step of the way and relentlessly messaging that everything they’re doing is completely legal because Republicans want it to be legal, and they have a bill ready to end gerrymandering whenever they want to end it.
Alas, that would require a will to do politics and not just sit and cry that Republicans aren’t playing fair.
One state doing it isn’t enough, it’s a dog and pony show. The Republicans sure as shit haven’t gerrymandered just one state. And doing it without simultaneously pushing a bill to end gerrymandering (to my knowledge there is no bill before the current Congress) becomes a poison pill, an actual example of how both sides really are the same.
If the Dems had two brain cells they’d do it while loudly publicizing it at every step of the way and relentlessly messaging that everything they’re doing is completely legal because Republicans want it to be legal, and they have a bill ready to end gerrymandering whenever they want to end it.
Alas, that would require a will to do politics and not just sit and cry that Republicans aren’t playing fair.
I mean, that’s pretty much what Newsom is doing right now.
One state doing it isn’t enough, it’s a dog and pony show. The Republicans sure as shit haven’t gerrymandered just one state. And doing it without simultaneously pushing a bill to end gerrymandering (to my knowledge there is no bill before the current Congress) becomes a poison pill, an actual example of how both sides really are the same.