Originally published at: Missouri Republicans Count on Foot Dragging to Help Jam Through Gerrymander - TPM – Talking Points Memo
Missouri Republicans have been transparent about their strategy to drag out the response to a challenge to their new 7-1 congressional map, with state Attorney General Catherine Hanaway (R) saying publicly during a radio interview earlier this year that “delay works in our favor.” Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) proclaimed a petition voters brought…
When asked whether he expected Hoskins to try to slow walk the upcoming court process too, Hatfield-Stinson was succinct, pausing to sip out of a mug that read “we can’t fix stupid but we can give it a court date”: “Yes.”
I believe this may be my favorite sentence of political reporting ever.
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I’ll feel better when Hoskins and his ilk are renditioned to GITMO. We’ll get around to trials later. Maybe.
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“Look, get this straight. We can’t win if we don’t cheat.”
When asked whether he expected Hoskins to try to slow walk the upcoming court process too, Hatfield-Stinson was succinct, pausing to sip out of a mug that read “we can’t fix stupid but we can give it a court date”: “Yes.”
Now I want one of those coffee mugs.