He and Democratic officials in New York and other states have been publicly considering how they might beat Republicans at their own gerrymandering game by redrawing maps to offset the impact of what’s going on in Texas.
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Many blue states have measures in place, like the indy commissions, to prevent against the exact kind of partisan gerrymandering that Republicans in Texas are trying to pull off mid-cycle.
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States like California and New York have adopted these protocols — where an independent, non-partisan panel is tasked with drawing congressional maps, based on census data, for state legislatures to vote on — in order to ensure fair representation in Washington.
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Texas and many other red states don’t have those kinds of rules (though some have laws in place against race-based gerrymandering) because they’re totally fine with partisan map drawing if it favors Republicans.
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Johnson's statement today, of course, completely ignores that logic. Read more (and pls subscribe if you can!) here:
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Because he knows if Blue states do it Republicans will lose the house by 50+ seats.
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Cute curtsy there, Mikey!
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LOL
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It’s like redrawing the three point line, but only on your side of the basketball court!
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And therein lies the problem. Dems try to be fair, the GOP tries to screw the Dems.
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