Jeffries: We can no longer unilaterally disarm. We’re going to take a close look at how states like California, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and others can respond in ways that create the greatest opportunity to ensure the nationwide congressional map is as fair as possible.
Full interview and more from MeidasTouch here: youtu.be/g9vLVaE-m4I
.. Gerrymandering, Gerry-rigging, Tomato, Potato.
No fucking thanks
Sadly I find it hard to believe Meidas Touch. It seems like a lot of Mountains made out of mole hills. I know longer trust any news coming out of the US. On either side.
We're not giving up. I've protested, emailed and called congresspeople. We're trying, but if you think we're not, then feel free to do as you will.
On Facebook right now there are so many AI stories about people blasting, giving a knock out punch, stopping someone in their tracks, revealing the truth about Trump, Carolyn Leavitt, Mike Johnson etc and it’s not based on reality. Trump is signing deals and turning the White House into Versailles
Please ignore Facebook. Zuckerberg admitted there is no fact checking on FB. Just know we are trying to do all we can to rid ourselves of Trump and his admin. Things are NOT going well for the Republicans because of the Epstein files. We are not giving up... we need your support.
I’m in Canada. I have no support to give, your president has decided he has a right to interfere with our foreign policies as part of his tariff deals. WTF?
Not my president!
Ignore the moron! Most American do! The uneducated idiots voted for a convicted felon and rapist and now a pedophile, what the hell would you expect?
MAGA Mike needs to just simply resign if he cannot stand the heat. He could suck up to Chump like a good MAGAt even from outside Congress yet not doing any damage.
I love ‘fair and reasonable’ but can Dems fight this systemic corruption with simple aspirations of fairness?
I hear you! Fair & reasonable is out the window. Democrats must fight back harder—breaking rules & norms if needed—to stop Republicans from winning. Some warn breaking norms risks democracy, but failing to fight back enables authoritarianism. We must do whatever it takes to protect democracy.
This J.E. talk is a distraction ppl. We need to focus on ICE, Deportation & detainment, theft of funds by 47, DOJ, FBI and DOD, FAA, our states weather systems and our current midterm assignment.
And ignore what Trump and Epstein and so many others did to young girls? Yes, we need to focus on many issues but to ignore Epstein files would be horrific.
We can walk and chew gum at the same time. It all needs done, let’s roll up our sleeves and get to work.
Epstein had cameras at his island. Tapes of trump with girls may therefore exist. Anyone, even MAGA, who votes Republican after watching tapes of trump with girls is not human. Make the tapes public - win the midterms?
Completely incorrect. His base loves ICE, deportation and detainment. The pedophilia is what will stop him stealing a third term.
This is what Dems need to message around. Not to mention having a cohesive and clear plan for the direction for the country. Immigration is the hot button still and will be so there ought to be a message on that as well.
Republicans, MAGA, Trump & Vance - and responsibility?! Sinkholes are opening up beneath you. We see what you are. Predators, criminals, violent abusers, liars, gaslighters, authoritarians, fascists, power- &- profit-over-common-good-&-law. Weak, weak, weak. Responsibility isn't part of your makeup.
And about time, I am tired of living under minority rule.
It's been a long time with this shit. My whole adult life honestly.
After the Maos are settled, also need to have ORGANZIED MIGRATION to flip some districts, like how Kansas became a free state
No more close looks. Action. This should be happening NOW.
30 for every five!
Tik tok Jeffries.
Stop fucking around. For every seat they steal, Democrats need to steal two
Just start playing their game with the same rules.
Giving states the leeway to arrange voting "laws" any which way they want, impacts all the other states. Electing a MTG by heavy gerrymandering, for example, has exposed all of us to empty-headed hatred from a vile human being. We really do need federal voting laws so we all do things the same way.
F*ck fair. Fight back!!
Fair they still want to be fair. You need to do what the republicans do and that is anything but fair. Fight fire with fire.
Yes! The Democratic leadership in Congress continues their weak-ass efforts to save our country.
How is this weak-ass ?
Jefferies didn't push the button that makes different states he doesn't live in do whatever it is he wants.
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Idiots. They aren't playing "fair" and that's why they've just walked over 100 years of progress. Playing fair isn't something Hitler ever considered. Time to fight fire with a goddam flame thrower.
Exciting news! Hakeem Jeffries is going to take a close look. Wow.
No looking at it, no wringing of hands, no thinking about it. Just do it in all the blue states now! We're sick of talking things over until it's too late, while they dismantle our whole Constitution in warp time.
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We can fight legally. But also dirty.
We must fight just as dirty if not more dirty. I’m sorry. I like the high road. But this is not the time for that.
Absolutely agree..
Haha-Maryland is already so gerrymandered that we have one GOP rep. But if we can get that down to zero and get rid of Andy Harris, I'm 100% on board.
Do it!!! Fight fire with fire! Sometimes you have to get a little messy.
I'll believe it when I see them actually doing something.
Do it then please!!
Fight back ffs Hakeem
Exactly. Enough “exploring”
And fuck “fair” too. You can’t beat ruthlessness by nibbling. Find ways to make shit happen and then DO IT!
Thank you. The Dems should just go ahead and gerrymander their maps to the Nth degree. Now! It is that fucking urgent.
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The strategy has been to disarm?
Yo Illinois whaddup
I’m confused??
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social .. let’s bust a move already .. please and thank you
What if we took that idea but then said, “fuck it,” and went way beyond and tilted the scale all the way over to our side? Ya know, like the GOP has been doing for decades?
"Take a close look"? Motherfucker it's time to ACT!
Fair? Man, fight FFS.
Yeah get on it now before the whole country erupts. We're not going to last another year and a half.
Why in the fuck are you talking about being fair, when the rethugs don't give a damn about truth, fairness, or rule of law??
Don't just talk about it, BE about it! You have to fight fire with fire. Bring it on!
Why the fuck is the MeidasTouch network having a zionist fucking imbecile who refuses to endorse Zohran Mamdani for a goddamn interview?
Well said! I couldn’t agree more! I really hope that Ben reads our responses. He always says to tell him what we think. I think Jeffries is financially beholden to both AIPAC and Blackrock. Can’t pick a side so take money from both!!
Blah blah blah #Jeffries is sooooo behind where a leader needs to be. #ThePeople are ahead of him. Quit talking & get it done or get out of the way. #CAredistricting #TXGerrymandering
Start with taking a Senator away from Idaho, Montana and Wyoming!
The real question is: having counter-gerrymandered their way into power, will the Dem administration institute a rock solid, irreversible, unbreakable, independent organisation to design fair electoral maps? Or will they sit back and bask in power until the next administration breaks it all again?
Jeffries jumping on Newsom’s coattails. He’s always behind never in front.
Stop talking and just do it. Prove you are not afraid of them.
He can start by stepping down so someone who is actually fighting for us is in charge.
100%
AOC or Jasmine. Feckless Chuck can step down too and have Elizabeth Warren take over.
Exactly right!
And then Bondi will beat you about the head and shoulders for violations of the VRA. See how fascism works you dumb fuck?
If you live in a Blue trifecta state, call your governor in support of this statement because they’re the ones who can actually do it.
Not fair, even… there is a difference
Amazingly Democrats have not looked into the possibility of making elections more fair…because they are Democrats
After decades of inaction n disappointment, we have no faith in DEMs getting anything meaningful accomplished .... we need a 3rd party option
Fuck fair. Gerrymander the hell out of them. No more high road
Fairness is so passe, dimwit. He has no spine.
Tired of the talk
Finally!!! Desperate times call for desperate measures!!
inspiring as a frickin' Oklahoma river rock
JUST DO IT
FAIR?? 🤬 Burry those fuckers with their own methods god damn it!!!
Do it do it do it ASAP
The positive that may come from this gerrymandering war is it might finally be outlawed once all the dust settles. It's blatant cheating. It's wrong no matter what side is doing it.
I thought he said Jesus was on top of all of this?
"Fair" IS NO LONGER AN OPTION!!!
I'm not sure I'm comfortable with sacrificing principles Haven't we dumbed down systems enough?
What principal? Losing? When they go low- kick them in the face There’s no point to being “good rule followers” in an asymmetrical civil war
Following the war analogy, I wouldn't want 2 become the enemy: Resort 2 violence Invalidate or intimidate voters Make disinformation robocalls Republicans have shown corruption 4 power & money Voter trust is hard 2 get back once they believe "both sides are the same" Democrats have better ideas
Nobody is talking about doing those things
Beginning to see signs of life.
Meidas, stop bringing @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social on. He's all talk. You know he can't do anything with a state. Why aren't you bringing Newsom on? Atleast, he knows how to fight
Minority Leader Jeffries, I’m done with your “taking a look at this” shit! You should have already taken “the look” and have MFin plan to destroy the dump and his minions!!! DO IT OR GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY. PERIOD!
When will Israel end the genocide and let Palestinian children get baby formula? How do you feel about the hundreds or US citizens already killed by Israel since the war started? #freepalestine #feedpalestine #NEVERAGAIN
Please don’t aim for fair, the republicans are rigging everything and Dems are still following rules and bringing cupcakes to the opposition
How about bring missiles to a gunfight @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Louder!!
That is exactly how you take a fortified position: overwhelming force. The GOP has been fortifying for decades, but the people are not with them now.
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So change the rules in NY. Why can one side do whatever they want and Dems won’t fight. I hear no fight
Exactly, When the other side isn't playing by the rules....... JUST DO IT⁉️👍🏼
Actually, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @democrats.org, we need to do what Republicans have done-- weaponize gerrymandering to give Democrats 10-20 more seats by 2026-- to pressure them to give up the "Red Map" strategy they've been pursuing since 2010. 15 years!! www.magpictures.com/slaythedragon/
Make it UNFAIR. That's what they are doing.
I have no fucks to give when it comes to Jeffries.
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Yeah, I don’t get why we’re looking to him or Corey Booker for guidance when they’re both owned by AIPAC. And of course Schumer and Schiff. Here’s a list of Dem senators who voted against Sanders’s bill against Israel’s genocide. Cowards all.
Yeah, Booker gets over 850 thousand dollars from AIPAC!
Take a look? They haven’t gamed this out already?
She should have stepped down earlier.
I agree.
Yes. It's true. Look at CT.
Fair? We are going against a con man, fair is not an option.
Say the quiet part out loud: Dem states will be gerrymandering just like the magas. Get it done…
I want Democrats to have a party platform of extreme gerrymandering and expanding SCOTUS. Those are my top two issues now. Because together they will be the tip of the spear that saves our constitutional republic.
Going to take a close look? When is that? Not enough here. Just do it. Then announce a plan and follow through.
Less talk and more action!
I'm on as many block lists for hating Jeffries as anyone... But I appreciate that he's finally talking about effective options. I'll give a golf clap instead of throwing stones for the moment. Now. Do it.
Great, finally do something other than stand by while the country is taken over by Nazis
Take the fucking gloves off! Time to fight dirty! They have for decades!
We don’t care about fair with MAGA… winning and getting our country back is all that matters - Fight like they FIGHT
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov We dems are saying to you both - its a 5 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 to fight show up daily on every MSM with your action against these corrupt GOP’s, Prez and his unlawful regime or step down! We are done with your tweets &letters to this Gov thats a waste of time!
I believe the Republicans banned “fair” from their lexicon along with “DEI,” “trans,” “women,” etc. The GOP does not care about fairness. Or justice. Or equality. Or lawfulness. Power. They care only about power. “Fair” maps are not possible until sanity and decency are restored.
Hakeem @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social. Playing nice and bringing a butter knife to a gunfight just doesn't work anymore. Unless you get off the sidelines and start playing dirty, Republicans are going to cheat every time.
It's time to fight fire with fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥. If Republicans are going to take 5 seats away then Democrats need to take at least 15 seats away to level up the playing field. Gerrymandering and Redistricting are the best solutions. It's the only way
CA. Rules regarding redistricting would have to be changed. Not straightforward
When they don't play by the rules anymore.... we need to ACT NOW⁉️ Stop worrying about paying by the rules...... because they seriously aren't ⁉️😤👹⚖💙🌊💙⚖💙🌊
In Maryland, we need to rid ourselves of all Republicons in elected office!
Hey Pennsylvania ... @governor.pa.gov You listening? PA is an extremely gerrymandered State. How about we try fixing that?
Yes it is. I lived in a district that was impossible for democrats to win because it was so gerrymandered
Would it hurt to do a hand recount in 3 counties that have statistical anomalies in the 2024 results? Standard audits performed are not sufficient. It’s hard to ensure the 2026 election will be free & fair with outstanding questions about 2024. www.change.org/p/demand-a-h...
Same. NC Repugs have put Dems in a huge disadvantage with districting. They continue to work hard at voter suppression. They are brazen and unashamed. They are anti democracy.
So how come in many states such as Texas the Governor is gerrymandering his government to take seats away from Democrats. Cathy Hocul is now considering the same thing!
Jeffries is adapting how he communicates. That's good. Losing those long pauses is a good start. But he is still using jargon. I get that he is minority leader so he has to speak carefully. But spewing jargon sounds robotic. We don't need your terms of art. Break out and go poetic Hakeem
Talk is cheap.
While Jeffries is "having a look" Republicans have already changed several maps. Maybe take ACTION for once? Or will Jeffries write a strongly worded letter?
Jeffries is not a Governor, nor does he serve in state government. Light a fire under their asses.
As noted in a reply that got hidden and labelled as rude despite being 100% factual/civil: Republicans are planning to change maps. AFAIK they haven't been changed yet. Jeffries is House Minority Leader. He cannot take action on what any state governments do.
And while he can't personally take action he can go to the states and tell them what needs doing and pressure them to get it done NOW.
And if the states say no, don't have trifectas available, the math doesn't actually pick up many gains, and/or have voter referendums that make it difficult to impossible, what then?
I'm basically trying to feel out if this is a "we legitimately just want Democrats to try what's realistic and feasible" sort of thing, or if it's a "we will settle for nothing less than dictatorship and fairy wands" kind of thing. Because typically it's the latter.
We want Democrats to actually DO SOMETHING instead of just talking about possibly doing something... and usually preemptively surrendering. Democrats can change their maps. They have the ability to do so in many states, and add a ton of seats. Republicans do it all the time.
OK, and what do you want Democrats to DO that is realistic, useful, and legal? "They have the ability to do so in many states, and add a ton of seats" And that's what I'm asking for is the data that shows this.
Several states have new maps drawn and awaiting approval. Others are still working on the new maps. Florida is fighting their own courts trying to push out illegal maps. So they're already well underway. By the time Jeffries finishes discussing things, it will be 2028.
So IOW the maps haven't been changed, got it. And so basically you feel the federal House minority leader should override state governments?
Not what I said. But thanks for knowingly lying and putting up an idiotic strawman.
"But thanks for knowingly" Reasonable assumptions based on the sort of complaining style that Do Something Facebook/Twitter/Bluesky usually does. FTFY Don't have a history of behaving like Internet Karens and people won't expect that behavior pattern from you.
So when you said "By the time Jeffries finishes discussing things, it will be 2028" you really meant...
Jeffries is about as useful as an umberella in a hurricane. He looks sedated and acts like it.
Controlled opposition
He’s as useful as nipples on an alligator.
He's as useful as consonant "H" to French people.
And Jamaicans …
Perfectly said!!
Republicans haven’t passed any of their new maps yet.
The letter and do nothing else.
Fuck You and Your “Fair” elections Jeffries. The gop has been “rigging” the elections, at all levels, for decades. Time for some long overdue RETRIBUTION!
Do it. Do it now. Take off the fucking gloves. The other side DOES NOT CARE about norms and fairness. They will forcibly entrench themselves deeper and deeper in power while you sit around and write sternly concerned memos about decorum and bipartisanship. It’s time to wake the fuck up and see it.
JFC I'm so tired of the Democrats "shoulda,coulda,woulda." Their poll numbers are down and Trump and his regime are destroying this country. I mean, it literally took all of us taking Tesla down. Not them, us!!
I don't care if it's fair anymore. I just want to win.
FuckEmUp
When did the DEMS disarm? Oh that's right, when they left Harris standing on stage alone
Don’t wanna here diddly squat from this bag of tempid air until he endorses Mamdani.
About 10 years late broski. This is bare minimum.
Fuck fair, let's gerrymander the shit out of them and then fix all this crap once sanity has been restored to this country
Why are you always playing "fair"? When does the gop play fair? When do they even obey the rules? Time to get down and dirty.
But before we look into doing anything, we have to analyze the situation, and we will delve into possibly starting more research into what we are planning to do. As long as it done according to the parliamentary rules and regulations according to the proper etiquette. In a bipartisan way.
WE WANT BLUE STATES WHICH CONTRIBUTE THE MOST TO US ECONOMY (e.g. GDP, TAX REVENUE, etc.) AND DEMAND THE LEAST FROM US BUDGET REPRESENTED IN CONGRESS ACCORDINGLY! PERIOD.
Close look my hairy ass, we want a battle plan, not another strongly worded letter.
Fair??? and you're up against people who fight very very UNFAIRLY!!!!
Fuck that guy. He supports killing babies in Palestine. 🖕
He’s financially beholden to both AIPAC AND Blackrock!
Don't talk anymore. Just do the things now that all you and the Dems keep posting and talking about. Goodness 😔.
No talk... Do
Do it now!
Fight fire with fire. The time for playing nice isn't over.
“Spineless man promises to take a close look at growing a spine.”
After a vacation and some stock trading. Maybe next session.
blah blah blah blah. JUST FUCKING GET IT DONE.
They always show their cards and get efd
I'm done with Hakeem. All talk....
Let me shout this for the people in the back. FUCK FAIR Dems have to change all the congressional seat maps they can in their favor NOW and proactively. If after that, the GOP wants to sit down and redraw ALL states in a fair way, then I’m all ears.
Sorry they not gonna do nothing but vote for most of their bills
The opposition cheats. We play by the same rules
Don’t “take a close look.” Move forward like they did.
Blue States will redraw maps too…see how simple that was…
Fuck fair! Get 30 seats!
How long does taking a close look actually take? Do it now!! Gavin Newsom has already alluded to it as well as Hochul..
He is such a bitch. How about just fucking win.
He uttered the word "fair," which is not getting and never will get us nowhere. Who plays fair nowadays?
Stop hypothesizing on possibilities. Take action. Make the maps and start taking steps to make it happen in all of these states. The time for “taking a close look” and perhaps making plans is long gone.
Bad word choice (color me shocked!). “Fair” has nothing to do with it anymore! Texas further gerrymanders to gain five seats? California needs to gerrymander to add six, etc…. Fuck “fair”. Take the damned gloves off, Hakeem!
THIS!
Jeffries on the wrong side of history AGAIN. I don't want "fair". I want to WIN! Just like the Right, I'll say, "By any means necessary." Don't let them get away with their pedo-mandering.
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Yawn - Hakeem is nothing more than a pontificator
Going to…. As if you haven’t been already?
Looks who’s being dragged into the fray, kicking and screaming like he was going to the electric chair
JFC, do it!
As a Marylander I used to be concerned about our gerrymandering, now I say we were ahead of our time! We gotta fight these red idiots at their game.
People still listen to this guy?
Do it back to those who do it to us.
My will is for you to be ousted.
Take a look with letters and butter knives or actually, for once, go on the offensive and do something. Do it now. The governors of these states can’t just wave a wand. Don’t wait.
Not unilaterally disarming is a good first step. Next step? Arm yourself to the teeth and take the offensive!
Fair? Are you kidding me. Gerrymander the fuck out of every state . Maga Republicans don't care about fair either should we. Period end of story we are fighting for our lives here nothing less
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What the fuck did he say?
“Making sure we take a look? Making sure we explore opportunities?” We’re doomed if this is how they’re tackling mid-terms. This is what’s called circumlocution, equivocation, hedging & it’s as useful as a screen door on a submarine. FFS - the answer is, FIGHT back.
Let’s go!
Don’t talk, act!!!
Democrat states need to do everything the Republican states are doing. People need to see exactly what gerrymandering is all about. Im hoping it'll lead to reform and an independant body to set congressional maps. I'd eliminate all potential republican districts, that'll really show it up.
Well, well...whatta'ya know. The "leadership" has finally woken up. More like, got their heads out of their asses.
My first thought was just because he says this doesn’t mean he’ll do anything.
No shit,Sherlock
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Not to be off track here but @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, who did the fabulous art behind you in this video??
Fuck Jeffries. Did you ask him how much he’s accepted from AIPAC?
Hey Jeffries, you should not have been unilaterally disarming from the start! WTF?
There is no department of justice anymore its the department of injustice😢😢😢👾
Take a close look? Fair? Democrat politicians are useless. Trading people's lives for their self righteous cocoons. Concentration camps exist on American soil... They should have started fighting back yesterday.
No more bipartisanship kumbaya...it's time to play as dirty as they do.
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As long as fair means democrats have a majority.
Do it! They are, they have.
When?
Do it.
So he admits to disarming, then wants to make it a fair contest. He’s becoming so pathetically bad at this that AIPAC is gonna cut him off soon lol
Stop talking, do it!
Democrats have to stop being “fair” to the GOP bully who keeps stealing our lunch money
Hakeem stop taking money from Israel bc I find it hard to listen to someone complicit in the starvation of innocent people 😔 wtf.
Yes, we must fight fire with thermite!
Bla,bla,bla, compromise.
As fair as possible? How about grabbing the advantage for once.
Jeffries is a worm tongue, in my opinion. Lots of words, nothing of substance. He pulls the 'we have no power' bs. Grow a pair ffs!
they better fight to make this happen. i don't know how much more faith i can lose in the dems.
Fair? Really? Yall better man up Texas ain't doing it to be fair.. Fair doesn't exist anymore if they do what they are doing and we should respond in kind
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Don’t just go seat for seat. Get as many blue seats as you can. Go in the offense! #FightDammit
You can email him directly off his website and urge others to do so. He is the only Rep in the House that permits ppl from outside the state to contact them via email form.
fuck fair and fuck you, lil hakeem.
I don't trust Hakeem Jeffries anymore than I trust most other politician. He's a corporate hack.
Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social how about we stop studying everything to death and start doing! Dems need to take off the gloves and start hammering the trump GOP! They’re teeing it up and we need to hit it out of the park!
What?? Have you been playing tiddlywinks this whole time? If you won't just go away, at least be quiet.
It’s about damn time. Is Schumer still clutching his pearls?
Tired of Dems empty threats. Grow a pair and take some action. Start by endorsing Mamdani. The old party is dead.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Fight Fire with Fire!!! 🔥
Same energy for expanding the courts
Jeffries is part of the problem. Get aipac out of the Democratic Party. We don’t support Israel over America.
About time… hopefully they just don’t just work on writing a proposal for a report, just do it… We are running out of time to save the democracy. If we win: we will need to start enacting strict laws about how districts are created. And cleanup all the maps for fair elections. #resist
Genocidal AIPAC shill.
All talk. No actions.
I hate to say it because I used to be a big supporter of Hakeem Jeffries but now All I ever hear from him is political rhetoric that really isn't helping anyone but the Rino's.
He is a moron No more EXPLORING TIME! We have NO TIME LEFT! Everything he listed is already planned to be GONE
This criminal POTUS is in process of bankrupting America Will any of this matter once his takeover they allowed is over?
Washington state, too
fuck taking a “close look” - DO IT NOW. The raping and pillaging is well underway.
If the Dems gerrymander Speaker Johnson just won't seat them.
Fuck being “fair”! Do whatever it takes X 10 🤨
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Not saying the Dems shouldn't do this. They must. But in his farewell address, George Washington called the rule of political parties a kind of tyranny. He wasn't wrong.
We back you 100%. I asked about Colorado yesterday and wasn’t satisfied of the answer I got. I’m tired of taking the high road.
Do it!
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Don’t “study it” or “take a close look”, just f’cking do it!
To ensure the maps are fair as possible. Really? We are going to go scorched earth and burn these criminal magats to the ground. That's more like it.
