Democrats are all in on the hypocrisy when it comes to the redistricting battle.
They've been gerrymandering to help themselves for years. But suddenly, when the Republicans do redistricting, it's an evil abomination that puts "democracy at stake." "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker nailed Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on this hypocrisy on Sunday. Some of the runaway Texas Democrats fled to Illinois, and he was helping them. Pritzker, who has been sending out 2028 vibes about running for president, couldn't even come up with a reasonable explanation for their hypocrisy. But he did say he wasn't ruling out a run in 2028. If he keeps answering questions like that, I wouldn't bet on his chances.
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Then there are other media responses, including this headline from Politico on which our sister site Townhall reported.
Ah, you have to love such head-spinning media. When Democrats do it, it's "tactical." It's "D" — different.
Somehow, it's stunning and brave when the Democrats do it. People on X weren't buying it.
The article references Pritzker "pushing back" against the thought that Democrats’ gerrymandering efforts are similar to Republican plans to extract five new seats in Texas.
As for their own party’s coming redistricting efforts, national Democrats say the time is now to fight fire with fire.
Republicans say that’s hypocritical.
Trump won nearly 44 percent of the vote in Illinois last year, slightly more than the percentage that then-Vice President Kamala Harris won in Texas. But just three of Illinois’ 17 House seats are held by the GOP. Princeton University’s Redistricting Report Card gives the state’s map an F for partisan fairness.
"Republicans say." No, it is hypocritical. And Democrats have been doing this for years. For Democrats to act like this is somehow a new Republican thing is wild.
If you're fleeing to another state, you're not exactly facilitating democracy — you're stopping it from working. You're putting all the work that's supposed to be going on for the people of Texas on hold because you don't want to lose, because you know you don't have the votes. It has nothing at all to do with "saving democracy," it has to do with throwing a tantrum for attention and trying to spin reality.
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Politico may run with this headline. But the hypocrisy is glaring — the Democrats can't argue it away. They're just mad that Republicans are taking action.
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