Remember! Only Republicans gerrymander and cheat to get more representatives in the House.
Democrats never gerrymander. They’re always fair and square. Look at the proposed New York map, especially Nadler’s 10th District.
The new map gives Democrats 22 out of the 26 districts. It basically eliminates Republican Reps. Nicole Malliotakis and Claudia Tenney:
The proposed map is designed to maximize the prospects for Democrats ahead of the November election, when that party could lose its five-seat majority in the U.S. House. New York is one of the most strongly Democratic states, with supermajority control of the legislature and a Democratic governor, Kathy Hochul, getting final say over the maps.The configuration put together by legislative Democrats would give their party an edge in as many of 22 of the 26 new districts and reduce the number of GOP-friendly seats to four from the current eight.State Republican Party Chairman Nick Langworthy missed [sic] a written statement calling the maps “the most brazen and outrageous attempt at rigging the election to keep Nancy Pelosi as Speaker.”“For all of their phony protestations about transparency and fairness in elections, what they’re doing is textbook filthy, partisan gerrymandering that is clearly in violation of the New York State Constitution,” Langworthy said. “We are reviewing all of our legal options to protect the voices of millions of New Yorkers.”
Malliotakis is the only Republican who represents New York City. She won the 11th District against Democrat Max Rose in 2020. He plans to challenge her this year.
But the district absorbs precincts in Brooklyn, which would make it a Biden favorite. It also means Rose has a chance to beat Malliotakis in November.
The headlines about this topic are ridiculous. They all basically say, “Republicans in danger of losing seats!” or “Democrats could gain three more seats in the new map!”
You know if it was the other way around the MSM would say, “Republicans gerrymander map to disenfranchise the minors and poors” or “Republicans gerrymander their way to control the House.”
Disgusting. Both parties do this, but I am sick of the double standards. It’s wrong to gerrymander and cheat no matter the party.
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