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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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!

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This is nothing whatsoever fair about the democrat-drawn 13th district; don’t you agree? [/quote]
Illinois could do this if they wanted to.
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We need blue states to do whatever is necessary to save the country.[/quote]

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

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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[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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