Running away to Illinois to escape gerrymandering is like fleeing to Chicago to escape political corruption, but that’s what a bunch of Texas Dems did, breaking quorum to avoid a new congressional map less favorable to Democrats.

Illinois billionaire governor J.B. Pritzker, who appears to be nursing presidential ambitions somewhere in his belly, is milking the publicity stunts for all it’s worth.

Opposing gerrymandering is a noble quest, but if Texas Dems really oppose it, they’ll have plenty of chances to do it in their new state.

Here’s an Illinois congressional district.

There is absolutely no excuse for a congressional district that looks like this unless the mapper were extremely drunk.

Here’s the backstory behind this beautiful example of Illinois’s finest gerrymandering.

Seabrook: Perhaps the most egregious Democratic-drawn gerrymander on the current congressional map is in Illinois. The worst example is the 13th district, which connects disparate pockets of Democratic voters in Champaign, Urbana, Decatur, Springfield and East St. Louis. The district splits six counties, as well as multiple townships, cities and even precincts, contributing to a 14-3 Democratic edge in the state overall.

Gaber: This noncompact, narrow district is drawn to connect the Democratic suburbs of St. Louis, Springfield and the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign to create an unusually shaped Democratic district.

Shoucair: Illinois is the most aggressive Democratic gerrymander in the country, reducing five Republican seats to three. It did so by drawing districts such that a large number of Republican votes are “wasted,” either in districts that are already overwhelmingly Republican or in districts where they are vastly outnumbered by Democratic votes.

As I noted in my upcoming article, “In Illinois, where Trump won 43% of the vote, there are 14 Democrats and only 3 Republicans for 82% control by the ruling party.”

“Even if Texas were to go ahead with its plan, it would be at 78% Republican control.”

Texas Dems fleebagging it to the one of the most corrupt and gerrymandered states in the country, don’t oppose gerrymandering, they’re firmly in favor of it unless it turns against them.