Tennessee Republicans are poised to split up the Democrat-heavy congressional district in Nashville as they redraw Tennessee’s congressional map, further diluting what little power Democrats have in the state.
Look, if God wanted these people to get representation, he would have made them Republicans to start with.
I wonder if these folks had a look at what the Texas legislature has been doing to Austin for the past couple of redistrictings. Very similar strategy.
ETA: Here in Kansas, redistricting is on the legislative agenda, and there’s speculation that the GOP will try to re-draw the boundaries of KS-3 (Kansas City metro area), which elected Sharice Davids, Kansas’ only Dem congresswoman.
ETA (2): An interesting article on intra-GOP dilemmas in Missouri regarding their own redistricting. The pressure to draw a 7-1 map instead of tinkering with the present 6-2 one is coming from pro-life people who want a Congress more favorable to passing laws restricting/banning abortion, but GOPers (currently) need Dem votes to approve the maps thanks to Gov. Parson’s not having filled GOP vacancies in the state legislature:
Republicans often dictate a hard-right agenda in the legislature. But they now find themselves in a precarious position – to the potential benefit of Democrats – amid a redistricting process that will help determine who represents Missourians in Congress over the next 10 years. Six vacancies in the House have cost Republicans their supermajority status and Gov. Mike Parson shows no sign yet of calling special elections to fill them. The openings mean that without highly unusual procedural maneuvering, Republicans will need the help of Democrats to implement new congressional maps before August primary elections.
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article257196887.html
Wait, what? Didn’t blacks go for the Party of Lincoln back in the day? I guess that whole Southern Strategy wasn’t perfect. 
Well, you know how it is. There’s the Party of Lincoln, and there’s the GQP.
Lincoln would be criticized by them and called a socialist for his “big spending” “large government” programs such as the transcontinental railroad and the Morrill act which created land grant colleges as well as creating the academy of science.
They’d also gripe about him being too close to the Blacks particulate that “radical Douglass”.
Democrats should try campaigning in the southern states by saying if you vote Democrat, you’ll improve your chances of winning a national football championship.
Just sayin’…
The Party of Trump offers the Democrats a choice: Either we prevent you from voting or we make your vote meaningless.
They couldn’t do it if they didn’t have the money. It is people vs money.
These assholes are not even subtle about what they are doing to rig the election process. The NC “legislature” is doing/has done the same thing. It is in the courts…again…but they know damn well that there will not be a definitive decision before the midterms. The last case against them that the NC Supremes said was done “with precision” to disenfranchise black voters has not made it’s way to the SCOTUS yet, and now that that court is stacked with reactionary right-wingers, there is not much hope.
This time the disenfranchisement is purely political, aimed at breaking up Democratic districts so that no Democrat can possibly get elected.
as [Republicans] redraw Tennessee’s congressional map
No political party should be involved in any of this.
But there’s no need for the Voting Rights Act, because none of this is actually happening?
I don’t think Gov Parsons does jack shit. I can’t figure out if he doesn’t nothing because he doesn’t want to be seen as RWNJ, or whatever.
Well, right. It’s weird, though: his inactions in this instance have put his party at a decided disadvantage, and I don’t see how that fact isn’t going to hurt him and somehow not hurt his own party.
I honestly think that the ‘Republicans’ in MO don’t see Mike as their leader, or the leader of the party. He’s just a place holder who will do what they tell him to do.
I’m still pissed about Kevin Strickland, and how Parsons thought it was more important to pardon the McCloskeys than an innocent man who has been in prison for 42 years.
As a matter of fact - I’ve thrown away all of my umbrellas seeing as they worked so well last year. Rain, much like racism, is a thing of the past.
Jumping in here with no working knowledge of Gov. Parsons beyond what I’ve read here, it seems like the only Republicans “getting ahead” these days are the rabid leopards like Gaetz and Jordan or the empty suits that just rubber stamp whatever the leopards put in front of them, and otherwise try not to upset the leopards’ delicate psyches, in an attempt to not have their faces eaten off.
Parsons sounds very much like the empty suit variety of GOP critter, just doing the minimum of what’s expected of him by the party without any real ability or interest to act on his own initiative.
Mike Parsons is from a SW county close to Springfield MO. He has spent over 30 years in law enforcement before running for state representative and senator. He’s not flashy or mouthy. I don’t remember if Mike had a primary opponent when he ran for Lt. Gov. in 2016. And then when Greitens had to step down that’s how we ended up with Mike as Governor, and he won his own term last year.
I really don’t remember him being a leader with a loud mouth, but I think he was one those pols that could build consensus within the Republican party.
The only good thing about having Parson in the Governor’s seat is that he prevents some really obnoxious Republican from sitting there.
The GOP continuing to look forward to the day when they don’t have to worry about bipartisanship, since they plan on legislating themselves to be the only party.
and then the real fun begins. As much as Republicans want total control they have no experience with working together. I can just see if we end up with 80% Republicans in Congress then the backstabbing among Republicans will be lit!