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      Texas has pulled this shit just about every decade since its founding The DeLay gerrymander from back in 2003 was arguably more egregious.

      Meanwhile, Dems had the fully power of the Federal Government in 2009 and again in 2021 and… did nothing. So white nationalists continue to pack and crack districts, while liberals wring their hands over DC or Puerto Rico Statehood because they can’t get broad bipartisan consensus.

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        Meanwhile, Dems had the fully power of the Federal Government in 2009 and again in 2021 and… did nothing.

        INB4 libs insisting democrats never actually had any power

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      They no longer care about voting? They must have the voting machines all fixed.

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        They wouldn’t need Gerrymandering if that were the case. They are doing this because they are still afraid of voting. Don’t preemptively build the apathy they want from us.

        They want people not to vote because while Gerrymandered maps make things more difficult, but far impossible to overcome. Hell sometimes gerrymandering backfires and leads to more flips when done poorly or there’s a big enough wave against the party. Don’t equate it as fully gone. That’s doing their dirty work for them

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    If you got to cheat to win, then you know you’re really unpopular.

    The Pedo Party needs to die off already. They’re a blight on this country…

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    It’s actually kind of amazing that it’s even possible to gerrymander TX more in favor of Repugs than it already is. Bravo.

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      Dems keep infiltrating their intricately drawn maps so they have to keep changing them to stay on power. No one wants them there but themselves.

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          They also make sure there’s more Republican voters in the districts in the first place.

          Unless you’re saying democrats shouldn’t think when they vote.

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            Im saying Republicans vote Republican because republican. I’m saying that this happens, with a complete absence of consideration of policy.

            Will it enrich me? Will it harm me? Who cares, vote Republican.

            The entirety of Leopards Ate My Face, is dedicated to Republican voters. That’s how fucking bad their complete disregard for predictable harmful consequences of their own actions is.

            If Trump told them to stick a fork in the toaster to earn Power Ups, you’d have to literally tackle a Trumpty Dumpty to stop him from electrocuting himself.

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    You yahoos need to get an independent election administration. This is crazy, no other country pulls this shit unless they’re another third-world shithole as well.