Georgia House GOP Say No to Redistricting Efforts Before Special Session
The GOP will never learn.
The Republican leaders in the Georgia House of Representatives told Gov. Brian Kemp they would not consider any calls to redistrict the state during the upcoming special session.
The leaders wrote:
In regard to your request to redistrict for the 2028 election cycle, the House has always conducted redistricting with considerable time for public input and with careful attention to constitutional requirements and the interests of every Georgia community. Since this process has the potential to impact every voter, it deserves the same responsible, fact-driven approach that guides every policy we consider as lawmakers, especially as we seek to understand the full implications of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais.
There are a number of cases pending where judges are currently analyzing the impact of the decision in Callais on redistricting. Several of those cases involve Georgia’s prior and current maps. We are confident that Georgia will prevail in the pending appeals and look forward to receiving additional judicial opinions to assist us in our future map-drawing efforts.
Changes to Georgia’s maps should take place only when members of the General Assembly and citizens have been given ample opportunity to gather the facts, provide input, and engage in meaningful discussion. For this reason, we will not be taking up congressional or legislative redistricting for the 2028 election cycle during this special session.
“I do not believe there is reason to delay the apportionment process, especially with the legislature already convening,” Kemp shot back. “Legislative districting, however, is the responsibility of the General Assembly, and it is within their discretion to defer the issue until a later date.”
Senate President Pro Tem Larry Walker III and Senate Republicans agree with their House counterparts, too.
“Because any changes to our current congressional or legislative districts would not go into effect until 2028, we believe it is prudent to take the appropriate and necessary time to do this important duty the right way and not to rush through it,” said Walker.
Sheesh.
The GOP loves to shoot itself in the foot. The Democrats play dirty, and the Supreme Court handed them a victory in Callais.
I have no idea what implications the leaders are referring to regarding Callais. It’s not hard to understand the impact of Callais since SCOTUS didn’t beat around the bush. It’s simple: You cannot use race or any other minority to draw your Congressional map.
It’s ridiculous that judges have been analyzing Callais.
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The stupid party rides again!
Cowardly cucks. They must enjoy the fu*king they regularly take from the Dims. I always felt there is something particularly pathetic and weak about old ‘genteel’ Georgians.
Follow the money…… I bet
it tracks back to Dems/RINOs.
Cowards.
They’re afraid of being called racists so instead of treating all races equally they go all Animal Farm and treat some animals more equally than others.
And I am certain of this as I am that the sun will come over the horizon in the morning – they’ll be called racists anyway.
George Carlin was right about the intelligence of the average person.
Idiots just idiots
Can’t we all just get along party
Never mind that they have illegal, racially gerrymandered Maps. They should be mandated to redistrict
“We’re not really opposed to the Leftists here, we just want to carve out a niche in office to capitalize on these personal opportunities.”
It’s not like they don’t have enough time to do the job. Wusses.
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The GOPe is embedded like ticks in Georgia as well as Texas. .And the disease they carry is far worse than Alpha-gal or Lyme.
Deeply red states with a political superstructure totally out of line with the citizens.
The not so hidden ‘dirty little secret’ about ‘minority majority districts’ is that it benefits the establishment. They carve out ‘safe’ districts for themselves by using the ‘minority majority’ district as pressure release valve. If they ended the practice it would redraw their nice safe +10 district making it more competitive and instead of simply being the GoP candidate who gotta win in Nov they’d start having to deliver or get primaried. They wouldn’t be able to campaign as X then govern as Y blaming the ‘system’ or the bureaucracy for failure to deliver on campaign promises but relying on the fact they are the GoP candidate in the Fall to coast to victory by party line votes. Not just Congressional districts but State legislative districts as well. Maybe even City/County council/commission districts. Lots of vested interests gonna get their apple cart overturned. The grifting grifters gonna delay the reckoning as long as possible.
Once again the Republicans brought a knife to a gun fight!
Republicans really do have a death wish.
Either that or they’re terminally stupid.
Indiana Republicans did the same thing.
Spineless weasels, as usual….
What did you expect from a party that put football ahead of honest elections?
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/senate-advances-landmark-protect-college-sports-act-ignoring-sec-big-ten-opposition-clock-ticking
Me and my wife lived in Georgia from 05 to 22 when I retired and we moved to Charleston, SC to be closer to our oldest son and his family. My youngest son after moving out of home after graduating HS later moved to North Atlanta suburbs when he finished Trade School and got work. He now has a house in Cherokee County and will not be happy with this. He is not happy with Georgia politics of both parties and the way the run elections and thinks it is rigged.
Wait, hold your horses everyone. Did no one notice this:
“In regard to your request to redistrict for the 2028 election cycle…”
“For this reason, we will not be taking up congressional or legislative redistricting for the 2028 election cycle during this special session.”
“Because any changes to our current congressional or legislative districts would not go into effect until 2028, we believe it is prudent to take the appropriate and necessary time to do this important duty the right way and not to rush through it,”
Kemp’s request was that they rush to redistrict now, but not for this cycle. And the reason is obvious: Georgia’s congressional primaries have already been held. They were on May 19. Callais wasn’t decided until April 29, two days after early voting had already begun. So it’s far too late for the legislature to redistrict for this year. Any redistricting will not take effect until 2028, so what’s the rush? What advantage would we get from rushing it through now in a special session, rather than going through the normal process of deliberation, waiting for the ongoing litigation to resolve, and passing a new Callais-compliant map some time in 2027, in plenty of time for 2028?