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Are the GOPers in Texas setting off a nationwide gerrymandering war?

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The GOP in Texas, at the request of the president, are going to try and gerrymander 5 more GOP seats in an attempt to hold on to control of the House in the next election. Now both the Dems in New York and in California are suggesting that they will do the same to counter the move by the GOP. Will these moves by both parties, but set off by the GOP, cause a gerrymandering war throughout the nation? Will each state controlled by one party and with both dem and GOP House members now try to gerrymander extra seats for their party and is this what our politics come down to?
 
Maybe they should have a gerrymandering war. Its the only way to teach those magats a lesson.
 
Yes, and it’s too bad Texas magats were’t protecting Camp Mystic girls instead of wrecking Democracy for trump.

Texas bills increasing youth camp safety face long odds, even after Hill Country floods

Competing legislative priorities and an industry that has pushed against certain regulations could challenge a suite of camp safety bills this special legislative session.
www.texastribune.org

nazi media now blames Newsom for wasting fire-damage money to have a gerrymander session.

Blue State Blues: Gavin Newsom's Gerrymander Is an Insult to Fire Victims

Newsom is gerrymandering the state's House districts -- a waste of time, money, and effort that would be better spent helping fire victims.
www.breitbart.com

Dems have to play 10x as toxic, as trump does, and it’s important to know what nazi magas are seeing, hearing, and doing.

Where’s a source for the OP?

Texas House panel advances redrawn congressional map that would add more GOP seats

The new district lines could be considered by the entire state House as soon as early next week.
www.texastribune.org
 

I am 100% A-OK with Democratic states like California, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, Washington, Oregon, Michigan, Minnesota all going forward with Gerrymandering if it is going to be used so nakedly by the Republican-run states, there is no reason whatsoever to tie our hands. It is like refusing to use machine guns or drones in warfare because they are "dishonorable". No, the time to consider magnanimity and abstemiousness is after victory, not before. Our states have higher populations. We have higher GDPs. I want California Gerrymandered. I hate being represented by scumbag fascist catamites who have done everything in their power to hurt their constituents like Vince Fong and David Valadao. Give me a Democrat to vote for who has a chance of winning, please.
 
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Nothing new here. We see this redistricting every election cycle somewhere.
 
Amazing people in states like Wisconsin who vote 450,000 in just one district don’t pounce all over and trash your dozens of poorly performing CDs, including Valadao.

The court has given permission to ‘extreme packing’, as we saw the court flip three seats in North Carolina, giving the House to trump.

I want Gov. Hochul to take out Rep. Malliotakis in NY.
Unfortunately, Democrats have the bed too many times for me in NY.

And let’s not do Floridem turds. (20-8 R and Ron will write a new map—GA scares me at 9-5; NC is 10-4 but could adjust the swing first)
We’re 14-3 here in Illinois, and should probably upgrade our maps to shore up weaker CDs, but Pritzker may go after my GOP 16th. R’s sure here.

Democrats should be having a national convention in Vegas to help them thru trump’s dark times and hold a rational conversation with America right now.
 
I'm sure Democrats won't do this.
 
The GOP has long had a gerrymandering problem, but if they are going to be this blatant about it, then yes the Dems should fight back for once.
 
Slartibartfast said:
The GOP has long had a gerrymandering problem, but if they are going to be this blatant about it, then yes the Dems should fight back for once.
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This isn’t the first time Texas Republicans have done this, without being ordered to.

2003 Texas redistricting - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org
Texas has quite the interesting history of redistricting.
This source also shows today’s hearing.

History

This is the official site for Texas Redistricting
redistricting.capitol.texas.gov
States will now gear up for redistricting every two years.
 
This seems, kinda, you know, important.



 
All of this and even if the Texas Dems stop it there, Dems across the country should move ahead regardless.
 
CaughtInThe said:
This seems, kinda, you know, important.



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You know, it's really nice to see a capitalist using their capital for the side of good for once, and not just for a payout, like Elon Musk and Starlink.
 
Felis Leo said:
You know, it's really nice to see a capitalist using their capital for the side of good for once, and not just for a payout, like Elon Musk and Starlink.
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People (online, if anyone is really a person online) keep saying we need a lefty Trump. JB might just fit the bill. Just, you know, a real billionaire.
 
Very possible, even probable.
 
Donald J Trump, convicted felon; "So look. All I want to do is this. I just want to find at least 5 more Republican districts, so we can try to keep the House, ok?"

(not an actual quote, as far as I know.)
 
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WisconIndependent said:
Will these moves by both parties, but set off by the GOP, cause a gerrymandering war throughout the nation?
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Probably.

Keep in mind that both parties have engaged in gerrymandering for years. Republicans do a bit more of it, and Texas is being ridiculously blatant about it. But yes, Democrats have also gerrymandered in many states.

By the way, it's not like Texas' districts were drawn fairly in the first place. In fact, there's a good chance their redistricting will backfire if it makes numerous districts more competitive. And who knows what will happen with Republicans' attempts to use Democratic protest to seize total power in Texas?
 
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A hotel owner politican offering hotels for political reasons!?

What the heck. I bet Democrats love this.
 
That "gerrymandering war" has been going on for years. Both sides are combatants.

Mark
 
markdc said:
That "gerrymandering war" has been going on for years. Both sides are combatants.

Mark
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True. And Mad King Donald just poured gasoline on that fire.
 
NO, California and Newscum are. What Texas is doing is within their state laws. Newscum is threatening to bypass a committee established by California law to prevent what he is trying to do. What will happen is that Red States will follow suit. With many states like Illinois having already gerrymandered most Republicans' representation out of existence, I think that Red States can move the needle in favor of them when this all breaks loose.
 
Bullshit.

Here are the requirements;

The federal constitution calls for reapportionment of congressional seats according to population from a decennial census (Section 2, Article I). Reapportionment is the allocation of a set number of districts among established units of government. The 435 congressional seats are reapportioned among the 50 states after each decennial census according to the method of equal proportions. The boundaries of the individual congressional districts within each state are then redrawn by the state legislature in accordance with state and federal law.

Redistricting is the revision or replacement of existing electoral districts, resulting in new districts with different geographical boundaries.The basic purpose of decennial redistricting is to equalize population among electoral districts after publication of the United States decennial census indicates population has increased or decreased over the last decade.

The Texas Constitution requires the legislature to redistrict Texas house and senate seats during its first regular session following publication of each United States decennial census (Section 28, Article III). After each census, State Board of Education seats also must be redistricted to bring them into compliance with the one‐person, one‐vote requirement.

Legal Requirements

This is the official site for Texas Redistricting
redistricting.capitol.texas.gov

What they are doing at Mad King Donald's insistence bears no resemblance to what is stated here.
It doe snot in any way represent equal proportions, and Texas has already gone through a redistricting post-census.
They are literally picking voters.
It is corruption.
Let's not pretend otherwise.
 
What was bullshit about what I posted? Texas is gaining population like crazy from people fleeing liberal states. They want to make changes and are following Texas law. What is BULLSHIT IS NEWSCUM jumping into a matter that is not any of his business. BTW, the picking voters comment is EXACTLY WHAT ILLINOIS HAS DONE, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER BLUE STATES.
 
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