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Uncle Joe

(62,921 posts)
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 04:06 PM Saturday

Texas Republicans Admit They Screwed Up BIG TIME With Gerrymandered Maps



Just moments after Republicans in Texas successfully managed to gerrymander their state to ensure a Republican majority forever, they realized that they had made a huge mistake. It turns out that these geniuses in the GOP didn't realize that they were securing 5 seats with the new districts but also creating a total of TEN new swing districts that could actually see Democrats end up with MORE power than they have now. Farron Cousins explains what happened.
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Texas Republicans Admit They Screwed Up BIG TIME With Gerrymandered Maps (Original Post) Uncle Joe Saturday OP
I hope that such blatant rigging of district boundaries is taken all of the way up to the Supreme Court. How could SWBTATTReg Saturday #1
exactly what i' e been saying. there's only so thin u can cut shit. mopinko Saturday #2

SWBTATTReg

(25,618 posts)
1. I hope that such blatant rigging of district boundaries is taken all of the way up to the Supreme Court. How could
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 04:20 PM
Saturday

in anyone's book, this be legal? In effect, you're downsizing the value of certain votes simply based upon locations.

mopinko

(72,886 posts)
2. exactly what i' e been saying. there's only so thin u can cut shit.
Sat Aug 23, 2025, 05:50 PM
Saturday

and it was already stretched pretty damn thin.

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