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The GOP calls it a "21st century racial gerrymander".............
Thats a bit rich coming from a party who excels in gerrymandering!!!
what is their problem with black voters?????
This argument is “a little odd” coming from Republicans, said Mark Gaber, senior director of redistricting at the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit that represented clients in the state litigation who favored the creation of a seventh Black district. That’s because the map the Republican-controlled state legislature initially drew, and wants the Supreme Court to adopt, reduced the number of Black-majority districts from six to five.
“It’s a very aggressive move, and it’s weaved in with a bunch of cynicism,” Gaber said.
Though the Republicans’ argument that the court should reduce Black voting power on the legal basis that the alternative harmed Black voters appears to be particularly cynical, it fits with the Republican Party’s efforts to reduce Black voting power across the country.
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Thats a bit rich coming from a party who excels in gerrymandering!!!
what is their problem with black voters?????
This argument is “a little odd” coming from Republicans, said Mark Gaber, senior director of redistricting at the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit that represented clients in the state litigation who favored the creation of a seventh Black district. That’s because the map the Republican-controlled state legislature initially drew, and wants the Supreme Court to adopt, reduced the number of Black-majority districts from six to five.
“It’s a very aggressive move, and it’s weaved in with a bunch of cynicism,” Gaber said.
Though the Republicans’ argument that the court should reduce Black voting power on the legal basis that the alternative harmed Black voters appears to be particularly cynical, it fits with the Republican Party’s efforts to reduce Black voting power across the country.

Wisconsin Republicans Want Supreme Court To Block Map That Adds A Black-Majority District
One voting rights expert called the state redistricting challenge from GOP legislators "an aggressive move … weaved in with a bunch of cynicism."