Dagwood_Sanwich

"uNfOuNdEd!!" Prosecutors 5 years ago knew that soft on crime initiatives was a bad idea.

Same party. the "party switch" is a myth. The Democratic party of today is the same Democratic party of slavery, Jim Crow, and jerrymandering.

It was also full of Democrat shenanigans that they knew the Republicans would not vote for, so they tossed in jerrymandering, knowing the bill would never pass to make it look like they were for it.

Without jerrymandering, the Democrats would lose many seats because they'd no longer be able to take large swaths of rural and suburban areas, then make a wonky looking maps to link them to cities to ensure the suburban and rural voters get outvoted by the urban voters. They'd also no longer be able to carve out mostly black districts that they have no chance of ever losing.

Without their jerrymandering, they wouldn't have single party control of Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

The Republicans walked away to prevent the Democrats from saddling their constituents with new taxes. I remember the Democrats losing their shit over it, calling them traitors, wanting them to be imprisoned and lose their seats.

Now that the shoe is on the other foot, the Democrats want to be upset about it.

Sounds like you're just upset that the Republicans are following the Democrats' lead. It's like watching a kid cheat in a game, then watch the kid get upset when the other kid also starts cheating.

No, they simply call for "bail/prison reform" to let them back out on the streets, then try to wrap it in flowery language to mask the truth of what they are doing.

They both do it. Democrats are just the ones who invented it, then like everything they do, they cry victim when the Republicans also do it and try to act like they're filled with righteous indignation knowing that they also jerrymander.

Just wait until AI "partners" are a thing. Person: Honey, can you cook for me? AI: Sure thing. [proceeds to add highly toxic ingredients into the food]

If Democrats didn't heavily rely on jerrymandering to maintain control of blue states' legislatures and seats in the House, they'd have a leg to stand on.

I don't think Democrats can Jerrymander much harder than they have been since 1812.

Democrats won't fight for standard anything because they would lose many, MANY seats in their own states because they've been Jerrymandered all to hell to ensure that non Democrat voters are always the minority in their districts.