Congress can't stop Trump from picking Census chief who believes competitive elections are bad

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Congress can’t stop Trump from picking Census chief who believes ‘competitive elections are bad for America’
Travis Gettys 21 NOV 2017 AT 08:16 ET

The Trump administration appears likely to name Thomas Brunell, a political science professor who believes “competitive elections are bad for America,” to oversee the U.S. Census Bureau.

The University of Texas at Dallas professor has testified more than half a dozen times in favor of Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts — which always seem to target likely Democratic voters, reported Politico.

That would put Brunell — who has no government experience — in position to oversee the 2020 Census, which determines whether states gain or lose electoral voters and seats in the House of Representatives.

The top operational job has traditionally gone to career public servants with a background in statistics, and Congress would have no power to block him.

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/congress-cant-stop-trump-from-picking-census-chief-who-believes-competitive-elections-are-bad-for-america/

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1. Just Another Way Toe Install Permanent GOP Goovernment For A Decade.

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2. I'm beginning to think the DUer who stated, that

for every year Trump is in office, it will take ten to clean up the damage. Gorsuch alone will take decades.

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3. The destruction will be immense

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4. If Republicans get to exploit yet another census

They will grab even more power locally and statewide. Rachel had a segment on that last night. How are the Democrats going to counter that? They need to win elections in landslides to get anywhere near 50% representation in a lot of state legislatures, and it's only going to get worse. The only thing that will put an end to this undemocratic power grab is winning lawsuits against gerrymandering - something that's going to be near impossible, too, once Trump is done stacking the courts.

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5. This country is being taken over by the 1% and their fascist foot soldiers

Republican, religious right and Russian.

If they are not stopped we will be living in a dictatorship soon and freedom will be a distant memory.