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Stacey Abrams Accuses Mike Johnson of Celebrating The 'Return of Jim Crow'
Mike Johnson shrugs off Black voters concerns about GOP gerrymandering: This brings back fairness
A third of the Congressional Black Caucus could lose seats amid redistricting fight
Rep. Clyburn says GOP redistricting push is part of larger Black disenfranchisement effort
I told the Supreme Court what would happen if it ruled against Louisiana's map. And I was right
Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress
spanone
(142,054 posts)Keep telling yourself that
CincyDem
(7,410 posts)Botany
(77,859 posts)Stopping the black vote has been the cornerstone of the Republican Partys agenda.
Wednesdays
(23,126 posts)Kendra Horn, in the 5th district. She won the 2018 election, but the Republicans hurriedly gerrymandered Oklahoma after 2020, so there are only Republicans representing the state now.
Botany
(77,859 posts)
. and his brother was Ray Shafer who was Governor of PA, to this day he was one of the finest
man I have ever met, and he was a Republican too. His kind is long gone.
mcar
(46,354 posts)PatSeg
(53,546 posts)I'm so tired of these people.
Harker
(18,155 posts)A willing one.
PatSeg
(53,546 posts)Harker
(18,155 posts)PatSeg
(53,546 posts)dalton99a
(95,256 posts)


B.See
(8,856 posts)hvn_nbr_2
(6,817 posts)Mike Johnson, John Crow Roberts, the Supreme Cult Klan, and everyone who supports John Crow (the new Jim Crow) are brazen racists.
bobalew
(473 posts)in front the Supremacist Court;
"Fuck You TOO! WHITE BOYS!";
Just to point out the abject racism....
Goonch
(5,586 posts)
FakeNoose
(42,406 posts)
Mike Johnson's district #4 - that's shown in red on this map - why is the green #6 District cutting right through the center of his 4th District? I'm sure it has to do with the high concentration of Black voters in certain areas, and Johnson decided he'd rather not represent them.
The incumbent holds onto power, and at the same time excludes the voters he prefers not to represent. This is how gerrymandering works.... the incumbent has his thumb on the scale to make sure he gets re-elected. The Black candidates won't get a chance because their numbers are diluted everywhere except Districts 2 and 6.
ck4829
(38,093 posts)mitch96
(15,876 posts)""Fair means one side gets exactly what they want in a way that the other side can't complain about it. There's no such thing as fair."
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BattleRow
(2,711 posts)orangecrush
(31,144 posts)modrepub
(4,189 posts)Then its undoubtedly about race.
pfitz59
(12,922 posts)always has been
purr-rat beauty
(1,447 posts)Is just pure bullshit
He is just a place holder
Not a Speaker of the House
rurallib
(64,831 posts)Dave Id
(329 posts)Mike Johnson is from the historical slave trade state of Louisiana.
OhioTim
(399 posts)if they expected to vote.
BumRushDaShow
(172,228 posts)
(but I expect you are being facetious)
OhioTim
(399 posts)Irony
BumRushDaShow
(172,228 posts)
And it is encompassing a laundry list of things that they have planned to take us "back".
twodogsbarking
(19,339 posts)J_William_Ryan
(3,580 posts)Republicans will continue to advance the lie that white Republican politicians will represent voters of color.
They wont.
GiqueCee
(4,736 posts)... do you know about "fairness", you suppurating pustule of bigotry? You're a racist weasel utterly devoid of even a rudimentary understanding common human decency. "Returns fairness"? Lynchings were fair? Guess how many jelly beans if you want to vote was fair? You are from the South. You long ago forfeited ANY right to White-splain the Voting Rights Act to anyone, never mind to People of Color, and the same goes for the Sinister Six currently defiling the Supreme Court. May God strike you all dead.
lonely bird
(3,034 posts)Should be w-h-I-t-e-n-e-s-s but he couldnt say that out loud.
Uncle Joe
(65,520 posts)has the American People grown enough beyond ourselves since the 1960s to offset all this jerrymandering?
Thanks for the thread EarlG
Aussie105
(8,173 posts)Your concept of 'fairness' has a few flaws.
Of course, if it is an admission that you are white racist trash, carry on.
And tell people who you really are.
58Sunliner
(6,411 posts)valleyrogue
(2,793 posts)They are both from the same state.
58Sunliner
(6,411 posts)valleyrogue
(2,793 posts)Newt was ruthless, but he wasn't a fucking idiot Christofascist. Johnson is absolutely worthless.
Worse still, he is totally slimy, just disgusting to listen to for any length of time.
I can't stand him.
Volaris
(11,794 posts)and he possesses no agency of his own.
Aussie105
(8,173 posts)House elf? Check.
The 'slimy' label would hurt though, he thinks he is projecting honesty, truth, you-can-trust-me, and intelligence.
B.See
(8,856 posts)the op, the graphic, and the associated links therein. And to those who replied with many added references.
Bookmarked, K&R.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(137,393 posts)Abstractartist
(450 posts)Seems to me the right and all their ilk are only opening up an invitation for some vigilante action.
Hey, lets beat them at their own game. Get out and vote for every democrat running in the primaries and beyond. Break their right wing asses and lets finally get our country back.
wendyb-NC
(4,729 posts)His sweet talking attempts to gas light the populace, for his lord and savior d0n@!d t^u#%.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,250 posts)La Coliniere
(1,993 posts)Nothing this racist cristofacist says can be believed. Hope he rots in hell a place he seems to believe is real.
3catwoman3
(29,801 posts)...sanctimonious, sycophantic, ass-kissing sicko defy description.
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