DeSantis’ Congressional Gerrymander Gives GOP Four New Seats

Two days after Florida’s Republican legislative leaders publicly announced that they would let Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) draw the state’s new congressional map — an unprecedented move in its own right — the governor released a map Wednesday afternoon that was wildly slanted in his own party’s favor. 


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Manchin said this would not be an issue. We have courts and systems in place.

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Since we are a post racist society this will A OK with the Supreme Court.

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The same source claimed that DeSantis has been in regular contact with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

That’s encouraging. If anybody respects our constitution and our laws, it’s ginni.

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And they’re doing their damnedest to make us a post democracy society.

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“FedSoc, ALEC, Heritage and the Fascist Five Have Worked with DeSantis Has On A Plan To Cram Much Of Florida Into New GOP Districts”

FIFY

If you think this is just DeSantis’ dreaming and doing, you’re fuckin crazy. This goes all the way to DeSantis having direct contact with Thomas.

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(The state gained a new congressional seat as a result of population growth as reflected in the 2020 census.)

I wonder now who created that population growth? I have a strong feeling that FL got an extra seat in part because of non US citizens.

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What the actual fuck?

The same source claimed that DeSantis has been in regular contact with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

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A non-partisan commission that devises simple, national standards for congressional maps would be something that I could really get behind.

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can we just call him Ayatollah DeSantis since he now has his own gestapo to look into ‘election irregularities’, no abortion after 15 minutes, only preapproved candidates to run in now gerrymandered elections :skull:

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DeSantis will be taken down by someone in his own party. His little Hitler parody might work for a while but he has made serious enemies and that political party is not known for fighting fair.

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The horse has already left barn. Republicans are making sure that they will keep majorities in Congress, and already passing laws allowing Red State legislatures to correct their voters if they make vote democratic. But yeah lets trust Garland and the DOJ and the courts.

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And thus dies the beating heart of our democratic republic, where people chose their representatives rather than the other way around.

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And people in Florida love him…

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DeSantis Has A Plan To Cram Much Of Florida Into New GOP Districts

What a coincidence. I have a plan for DeSantis to cram stuff, too!


I would wager a good portion of the population growth is due to Puerto Ricans who fled the island after that devastating hurricane.

And as luck would have it, they ARE US citizens and, unlike on their home island, can vote in presidential elections if they live on the mainland.

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is it because he’s managed to keep the monorails running on time? :skull:

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Fascists completely drunk on their own sense of power are the worst.

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I’ve always wondered how other Republicans in say Iowa feel about Grassley holding onto that Senate seat, since Methuselah was still in diapers? I thought the same thing about Trump, this interloper nabbed the prize without putting in any of the slogging work.

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The fucking census needs to be redone - that’s so obvious. The MFWWNBN fucked with this one.

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This is on the Dems ignoring local elections for so long the gop is now in control in red states and there is not much anyone can do to stop them

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