From the other 98%
This is what happened in ONE DAY in this country. The Virginia Supreme Court struck down redistricting maps that voters approved through a hard-fought referendum. The will of the people, tossed.
Tennessee Republicans passed a map eliminating the state's only Black-majority congressional district so fast that one rep literally wore a MAGA flag as a cape while doing it. Tennessee is now 9-0 Republican congressionally. In a state that is 17% Black. Alabama Republicans pushed their own redistricting bill forward during a tornado siren, couldn't even wait for the all-clear.
And in Louisiana, the Supreme Court fast-tracked the gutting of a Black-majority district so aggressively that they tossed out the existing map while votes had already been cast.
Tens of thousands of ballots. Already submitted. Didn't matter.
This is what it looks like when one side plays for keeps and the other side writes press releases about "respecting the process."
Republicans don't win arguments. They don't need to. They take territory and never give it back.
Every procedural hurdle that stops Democrats dead in their tracks doesn't even register for Republicans. When they want to gerrymander, state legislators vote yes in lockstep and it's done by lunch.
When Democrats want to do it, it takes a months-long referendum campaign, millions of dollars, and a prayer that a packed court doesn't throw it out anyway.
The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, legislation that was paid for in blood on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. And within days, every red state in the South started racing to eliminate Black representation like it was a fire sale.
Democrats might win the midterms. They might even take the House. But the sea level is still rising. The structural tilt, 30+ extra House seats, 10+ extra Senate seats for Republicans beyond what proportional representation would give them, that doesn't go away with one good election cycle. It means Democrats have to win by 10-14 points just to break even.
One side grabs everything. The other lets it slip through their fingers like sand.
This isn't the death of a party. It's the unraveling of the republic. And if you're not paying attention, you will be soon, because this is coming for everyone.
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