• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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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.

      • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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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