Texas Republicans unveil congressional map that could gift them five seats

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You would think that Democrats could find a state that isn't the most gerrymandered in the nation to flee to in order to protest..... gerrymandering.
LOL!

This is nothing whatsoever fair about the democrat-drawn 13th district; don’t you agree?

Illinois could do this if they wanted to.

We need blue states to do whatever is necessary to save the country.

[Anonymous]

The actions of the Texas GOP are not that of a party that likes their chances nationally in the 2026 midterms. The GOP HAS to change the rules around gerrymandering and voter suppresion to win elections because their ideas and platform are wildly unpopular.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You would think that Democrats could find a state that isn't the most gerrymandered in the nation to flee to in order to protest..... gerrymandering.
LOL!

This is nothing whatsoever fair about the democrat-drawn 13th district; don’t you agree?

Illinois could do this if they wanted to.

We need blue states to do whatever is necessary to save the country.

Doesn’t your position actually support what the Texas republicans are doing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The actions of the Texas GOP are not that of a party that likes their chances nationally in the 2026 midterms. The GOP HAS to change the rules around gerrymandering and voter suppresion to win elections because their ideas and platform are wildly unpopular.

Securing our southern border is not a wildly unpopular platform position.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The actions of the Texas GOP are not that of a party that likes their chances nationally in the 2026 midterms. The GOP HAS to change the rules around gerrymandering and voter suppresion to win elections because their ideas and platform are wildly unpopular.

Securing our southern border is not a wildly unpopular platform position.

And yet polls find an increasing number of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of the border.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The actions of the Texas GOP are not that of a party that likes their chances nationally in the 2026 midterms. The GOP HAS to change the rules around gerrymandering and voter suppresion to win elections because their ideas and platform are wildly unpopular.

Securing our southern border is not a wildly unpopular platform position.

No one said that it is, but we don't need the neo-gestapo to do it either. And the lying about the amount of drugs coming in from Canada to justify the BS on the northern border and tariffs is deplorable. All that need to happen was to pass the bi-partisan bill and the executive branch would have had the legal means to do what trump has been doing illegally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You would think that Democrats could find a state that isn't the most gerrymandered in the nation to flee to in order to protest..... gerrymandering.
LOL!

This is nothing whatsoever fair about the democrat-drawn 13th district; don’t you agree?

Illinois could do this if they wanted to.

We need blue states to do whatever is necessary to save the country.

Doesn’t your position actually support what the Texas republicans are doing?

DP...responding to a thread it different, no? Or should the democrats just sit on their hands and let the GOP continue to solidify its tyranny of the minority?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You would think that Democrats could find a state that isn't the most gerrymandered in the nation to flee to in order to protest..... gerrymandering.
LOL!

This is nothing whatsoever fair about the democrat-drawn 13th district; don’t you agree?

Illinois could do this if they wanted to.

We need blue states to do whatever is necessary to save the country.

The blue states have already gerrymandered the hell out of their maps.
Very little they can do.

Blue states with ZERO Republican House seats:

Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Hawaii
New Mexico
Connecticut
Delaware

Blue states with ONE Republican House seat:

Maryland
Oregon
Maine

Blue states with 2-5 Republican House seats:

Colorado
Minnesota
Illinois
Virginia
New Jersey

After that, you only have California & New York

The reason Democrats are screaming for Texas to stop redistricting is because Democrats have almost nothing left to gerrymander

They already rigged the map years ago and hate to see Republicans actually fighting back

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You would think that Democrats could find a state that isn't the most gerrymandered in the nation to flee to in order to protest..... gerrymandering.
LOL!

This is nothing whatsoever fair about the democrat-drawn 13th district; don’t you agree?

Illinois could do this if they wanted to.

We need blue states to do whatever is necessary to save the country.

The blue states have already gerrymandered the hell out of their maps.
Very little they can do.

Blue states with ZERO Republican House seats:

Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Hawaii
New Mexico
Connecticut
Delaware

Blue states with ONE Republican House seat:

Maryland
Oregon
Maine

Blue states with 2-5 Republican House seats:

Colorado
Minnesota
Illinois
Virginia
New Jersey

After that, you only have California & New York

The reason Democrats are screaming for Texas to stop redistricting is because Democrats have almost nothing left to gerrymander

They already rigged the map years ago and hate to see Republicans actually fighting back

Republicans are wildly unpopular in those small blue states, hence no Republicans elected in their House delegations. NH, in fact, has a Republican moderate governor who is quite popular.

The fact of the matter is that hardright Southern and Midwest Republicans ran the moderate "Rockefeller" Northeast Republicans out of the party. They've been calling them RINOs for the past 30 years. This is those chickens coming home to roost.

[Anonymous]

Gerrymandering needs to be illegal at a federal and national level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You would think that Democrats could find a state that isn't the most gerrymandered in the nation to flee to in order to protest..... gerrymandering.
LOL!

This is nothing whatsoever fair about the democrat-drawn 13th district; don’t you agree?

Illinois could do this if they wanted to.

We need blue states to do whatever is necessary to save the country.

The blue states have already gerrymandered the hell out of their maps.
Very little they can do.

Blue states with ZERO Republican House seats:

Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Hawaii
New Mexico
Connecticut
Delaware

Blue states with ONE Republican House seat:

Maryland
Oregon
Maine

Blue states with 2-5 Republican House seats:

Colorado
Minnesota
Illinois
Virginia
New Jersey

After that, you only have California & New York

The reason Democrats are screaming for Texas to stop redistricting is because Democrats have almost nothing left to gerrymander

They already rigged the map years ago and hate to see Republicans actually fighting back

Now do the red states with zero blue seats.
Let's also calculate how many people red state seats represent versus how many blue state seats represent.

At the end of the day, the minority in the House represents 56% of the population. The minority in the senate represents 56% of the population. That isn't how this is supposed to work.

[Anonymous]

Did everyone catch where Trump said he was "entitled" to five seats in Texas? Wha....?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did everyone catch where Trump said he was "entitled" to five seats in Texas? Wha....?!

Bernie Sanders said it best:

I have news for you, Mr. President:

You may not like it — but as long as we live in a democracy, you are entitled to NOTHING.

You still have to EARN the votes of the people in this country.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You would think that Democrats could find a state that isn't the most gerrymandered in the nation to flee to in order to protest..... gerrymandering.
LOL!

This is nothing whatsoever fair about the democrat-drawn 13th district; don’t you agree?

Illinois could do this if they wanted to.

We need blue states to do whatever is necessary to save the country.

The blue states have already gerrymandered the hell out of their maps.
Very little they can do.

Blue states with ZERO Republican House seats:

Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Hampshire
Hawaii
New Mexico
Connecticut
Delaware

Blue states with ONE Republican House seat:

Maryland
Oregon
Maine

Blue states with 2-5 Republican House seats:

Colorado
Minnesota
Illinois
Virginia
New Jersey

After that, you only have California & New York

The reason Democrats are screaming for Texas to stop redistricting is because Democrats have almost nothing left to gerrymander

They already rigged the map years ago and hate to see Republicans actually fighting back

This is an intellectually dishonest and in many cases flat out wrong portrayal.

Let's start with

Massachusetts - 0 GOP districts. They have a LONG history of dem dominance and the GOP votes are so geographically diluted that no amount of redistricting could feasibly ever make a GOP district

Rhode Island - only has 2 districts and both lean heavily Dem

Vermont - single at-large district, solidly blue

Hawaii - 2 districts, both solidly blue

New Mexico - possible argument to make about redistricting, but still heavily favors Dems nonetheless

Connecticut - only 5 districts, GOP too diluted to make a difference

Delaware - only 1 at-large district, solid blue stronghold

Maryland - yes, known to be gerrymandered against GOP

Oregon, only the rural east is GOP and they got their district

Maine - only GOP in rural north, they got their seat while Dems heavily dominate the rest of the state

Colorado - competetive map with GOP hold on rural and suburban seats. If even Boebert can get elected in Colorado you can't claim it's not fair

Minnesota - competetive and mixed, no evidence of gerrymandering

Illinois - yes, known to be gerrymandered against GOP

Virginia - court-drawn map, balanced and fair

New Jersey - Dems have advantage but lots of GOP seats in rural/exurban areas

So in only about 3 or 4 of those do you have an argument to make, trying to pretend that the GOP has been more widely gerrymandered out just isn't a credible sell to make.