Then the FACTS Wreck the Narrative.
Of all the cards they love to play, the Democrats' favorite undoubtedly has been the race card, which they've played with near-total impunity for decades.
We've seen that a lot in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision in the Louisiana v. Callais case, which ruled that congressional redistricting based solely on race is unconstitutional. Democrats have made a lot of references, for example, to what they describe as the "new Jim Crow South," while leaving out the inconvenient fact that Jim Crow laws, as they are widely understood, were put in place by Democrats.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) was among the many who deliberately used racially charged language to try to stoke fears, tweeting that "Confederate states are rushing through rigged maps to erase Black districts off the map," when he knows good and darned well that the "Confederate states" designation is a thing of the past, not the present.
Not to be outdone, an infamous Tennessee woketivist who also happens to be a member of the state legislature did some racial fan-flaming of his own, with a little help from the Very Online Left and a photojournalist with The Tennessean newspaper.
It involves state Rep. Justin Pearson (D-Memphis), who engaged in multiple meltdowns after the General Assembly passed a new map last Thursday that, if it stands, would effectively ruin any chance he might have of winning the primary for the 9th Congressional District, currently held by Democrat Steven Cohen, let alone win the seat itself outright.
In the photo below, we see Pearson strategically posing in front of the Sergeant at Arms as he is prevented from entering a Senate committee meeting:
The Tennessean newspaper lovingly helped set the narrative for such hot takes with how they framed the photo in a news article highlighting photographer Nicole Hester's work.
"All of her photos from this past week share a visceral quality that harkens back to some of the iconic imagery from the civil rights movement," they wrote.
There is so much wrong here that it's hard to know where to start.
As discerning readers probably picked up on already, it was a meeting of a state Senate committee, not a House committee. Pearson serves in the House, not the Senate. He was not being blocked from entering the House floor.
Secondly, he wasn't being "stripped of office." He's running for the 9th Congressional District seat, as noted above. He does not "represent" that Congressional district (and probably wouldn't even if the new map didn't get passed - Cohen has defeated many primary challengers in the majority-minority district in the past, including black challengers).
Third, he's not the only black lawmaker in the Tennessee General Assembly. His fellow woketivist, Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville), serves alongside him in the House. He was seen on video burning a paper version of the Confederate flag amid the redistricting debate. There is also Rep. Larry Miller (D-Memphis), and many others on the House and Senate side.
Social media netizens mindlessly retweeting the photo with its false description was one thing. But why did Pearson also share it while knowing the facts didn't in any way match up with how it was described?
Because for Democrats, the theatrics are the point, regardless of whatever the reality of the matter actually is. This is especially true when it comes to race, as Pearson has repeatedly demonstrated throughout his short, stunt-filled political career.
Such insulting antics might be one of the many reasons why more black and Hispanic voters are shifting to either the Republican Party or to an independent/unaffiliated registration, being sick and tired of the lies and manipulation from Democrats who, in reality, will say and do anything to retain power - including trampling all over the very groups of people they claim to want to help.
What everyone is doing with these redistricting wars is wrong. This is politicians electing the voters and not voters electing politicians. And I mean everyone, democrats, republicans all of them.
ReplyDeleteThis is the swamp fighting for THEIR survival. Once all seats in the House are safe republican or safe democrat seats then politicians on those seats are in fact immune to what the people think or want. They can only be challenged by someone more extreme in their own party and even that usually fails.
Fuck all these gerrymandering assholes. Gerrymandering has to be illegal at the Federal level for every election. There are republicans in Massachusetts that get no representation and the same for democrats in Alabama.
The only ones that win with these initiatives are the politicians. We the people get fucked again
Not all redistricting is 'gerrymandering.'
DeleteA lot of the redistricting being done by the Republicans is to correct the racial gerrymandering that was done by the Democrats.
Democrats have used race as a tool to gerrymander districts to push out Republican representatives.
Republican are redistricting to take race out of the equation as it should have always been.
I hope this has explained the major issue and distinction of redistricting vs gerrymandering for you.
I sense just a little bit of woke whining in your rant.