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CanonRay

(15,942 posts) Tue Jan 3, 2023, 03:53 PM Jan 2023

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What we are witnessing today in the House [View all]

is the result of winning elections through gerrymandering.

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What we are witnessing today in the House [View all] CanonRay Jan 2023 OP

Indeed. K&R ck4829 Jan 2023 #1

map of McCarthy's gerrymandered district! pirsquared Jan 2023 #53

Sorry, I don't see it... Shipwack Jan 2023 #54

Excellent point. nt crickets Jan 2023 #2

Recommended. H2O Man Jan 2023 #3

It's akin to inbreeding... Blue Owl Jan 2023 #4

no thanks! GenXer47 Jan 2023 #6

Rofl Joinfortmill Jan 2023 #40

Yes. And lips stuck to TFG's posterior. yellowcanine Jan 2023 #5

Yeah the GOP is about to learn that land does not equal people. Initech Jan 2023 #7

YES INDEED! They are. They're also about to find out white will no longer always equal right Maru Kitteh Jan 2023 #58

Pass the butter! Initech Jan 2023 #59

I've got some lovely cannabutter in the fridge, I'll go get it! Maru Kitteh Jan 2023 #61

Nice! Initech Jan 2023 #62

CanonRay,,,,,,,,,,,, Upthevibe Jan 2023 #8

Watching the GOP eating their young... RevBrotherThomas Jan 2023 #9

Elect trash expect garbage StClone Jan 2023 #10

yes, garbage in garbage out Kittycatkat Jan 2023 #13

Exactly. calimary Jan 2023 #36

Elect kkklowns, expect a cirkkkus. n/t markodochartaigh Jan 2023 #44

No kidding! calimary Jan 2023 #45

It's like a constitutional crisis on day 1 of gop control of the house AlexSFCA Jan 2023 #11

Or Could We Call It "Winning" Despite Losing the Popular Vote? The Roux Comes First Jan 2023 #12

Unfortunately, Rs had 3 million more House Votes. MarcA Jan 2023 #39

Very good point. yardwork Jan 2023 #14

The pardon posse is extorting the sedition party. Love it!! Comfortably_Numb Jan 2023 #15

You are in largely correct. But gerrymandering is only a major part of it. BadGimp Jan 2023 #16

+1 ShazzieB Jan 2023 #23

How do we get rid of gerrymandering? The courts have refused to do anything about it in spite Lonestarblue Jan 2023 #17

I wish I knew CanonRay Jan 2023 #18

We do, voted on it twice. DeWine put himself on the board True Blue American Jan 2023 #29

Even Racial Gerrymandeering yankee87 Jan 2023 #19

Win more governorships and state legislatures back Tarc Jan 2023 #30

Some of the State Legislatures are heavily gerrymandered. n/t MarcA Jan 2023 #37

Every state has its own fight against gerrymandering FakeNoose Jan 2023 #56

Most of the GOP pickups were in blue NY state IronLionZion Jan 2023 #20

No. What we are witnessing is a continuation of January 6, 2021. Thunderbeast Jan 2023 #21

It's also the result of having no plans or policies Warpy Jan 2023 #22

"..play[ing] to the morons back home so they can stay in office." Septua Jan 2023 #26

That is exactly what it is. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2023 #52

Precisely stated. Permanut Jan 2023 #46

TFG is probably at Mar-A-Lego, sitting by the phone waiting for the "We need you!" call. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2023 #24

Commentators on MSNBC think Kev is finished. ShazzieB Jan 2023 #25

McCarthy's team is going to shiv back anyone who comes forward from that maga lot. sunonmars Jan 2023 #27

You said it and our state is the worst! True Blue American Jan 2023 #28

Yes indeed. And paying homage to a red meat, burn it all down 11% "base." Evolve Dammit Jan 2023 #31

I call it the Lord of the Lies... Historic NY Jan 2023 #32

Gerrymandering enables radical fringe candidates to win elections they otherwise would lose bucolic_frolic Jan 2023 #33

Exactly! CanonRay Jan 2023 #34

I'm enjoying it. It's like a hung parliament! roamer65 Jan 2023 #35

Welcome to day 1 of GOP non-governance. COL Mustard Jan 2023 #38

It's all they have left orangecrush Jan 2023 #41

There are other factors as well diva77 Jan 2023 #42

If you're not cheating, you're not trying. They mean it. czarjak Jan 2023 #43

Very true. The gerrymandering of Texas, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania is enough DFW Jan 2023 #47

NC actually fixed the Republican gerrymandering enough mnhtnbb Jan 2023 #49

...Along with the thorough and complete corruption of the Republican Party, which is now beholden Ford_Prefect Jan 2023 #48

That's why we have to start work, right now, to take the House back. calimary Jan 2023 #50

A few well documented arrests wouldn't hurt either. Ford_Prefect Jan 2023 #51

WWMMD? What Would Mitch McConnell Do? If the courts were majority Democratic-president-appointed, LaMouffette Jan 2023 #55

Texas gerrymandering gave the GOP its narrow "majority" LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #57

That's part of it Zeitghost Jan 2023 #63

many are not gerrymandered but all GOP pols depend heavily on their local & state RW radio stations certainot Jan 2023 #60

The GOP's "majority" is due to gerrymandering LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #64