Originally published at: Speaker Johnson Comes Out Against Midcycle Redistricting … When Dems Do It - TPM – Talking Points Memo
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has been careful to not publicly disagree with the Trump administration as it pressures Texas Republicans to engage in mid-decade redistricting to help the party potentially net five new U.S. House seats in the 2026 midterms. Vulnerable blue state Republicans in his conference — like Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY), Andy…
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Speaker Jesusbot will do anything to rig elections just like King Turd.
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But hasn’t that been the Republican way for a long, long time now? “Because THE DEMOCRAT PARTY has been” [ insert some kind of electoral atrocity that Democrats just do not do, or have done very little of, or haven’t done in living memory, but Republicans have been doing enthusiastically ], we MUST … [ keep doing that thing, but phrased as "reluctantly soil ourselves by doing it ].
This week, it’s partisan redistricting.
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Is it possible to overdose on hypocrisy? To become septic from irony?
When are these fuckers going to realize that Trump’s mind is gone and it is not coming back?
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Watching Johnson scrape and bow to Trump is pathetic, but emblematic of the man.
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No. Republicans are naturally resistant to hypocrisy, like opposums and rabies…
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Speaker Johnson Comes Out Against Midcycle Redistricting … When Dems Do It
Because it goes against the binding precedent of IOKIYAR…
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Honest question: are they severely unable to understand basic concepts, or are they arguing in bad faith?
The California bill, as far as I know, only goes into effect if Texas does it first. Right? So the simple thing to do is to not do it in Texas.
This is obvious. Isn’t it?
Is Mike Johnson dumb, or a liar? If he’s a liar, who is believing his lies?
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When one “side” or party or whatever operates exclusively and uniformly in bad faith, it’s impossible to have a functioning political system. See now in the U.S. for an illustration.
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TX: 46% Democrat, 12 US House seats - 31%
IA: 45% Dem, 0 US House seats - 0%
MT: 45% Dem, 0 - 0%
AK: 43% Dem, 0
OK: 38% Dem, 0
NE: 38% Dem, 0
AR: 36% Dem, 0
ND: 35% Dem, 0
SD: 35% Dem, 0
UT: 34% Dem, 0
ID: 34% Dem, 0
WY: 32% Dem, 0
WV: 30% Dem, 0
Grok?
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We all know this answer.
He’s not. Bad Faith is all the faith they truly have
A Republican (liar)
No one.
Its all bad faith in furtherance of monied interests. And racists playing along to own the libs
Even the prototypical “stupid poor republican idoit” doesnt believe it.
It’s BS “plausible argument” because you cant prove intent no matter how transparent
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“Democrats across the nation have played politics with redistricting for decades, and this is just the latest example. Republicans who are following state and federal laws will not be lectured by people who abused the system…”
Bring it, closeted megachurch phone-porn guy.
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Why, if Republicans didn’t constantly exhibit bad faith …
… you’d never know that they have any faith at all!
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This is a thinly veiled reference to the VRA.
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NM: 43% Dem, 3 US House seats (100%)
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Is it a coincidence that Rep. Collier is black? And female?
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And…?
Do the full list.
You’ll see that Dems are, like always, merely playing catch-up.
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That isn’t “authoritarianism”.
It’s “a hostage situation”.
Literally.
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They know. They don’t care.Their power and bank balance are all that matter.
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