REDISTRICTING HYPOCRISY

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 7, 2025

     REDISTRICTING IS IN THE CONSTITUTION. IT IS SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW A CENSUS TAKEN EVERY TEN YEARS TO DETERMINE WHETHER AND WHERE OUR POPULATION HAS GROWN. STATE LEGISLATURES THEN REDRAW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS TO REFLECT THEIR POPULATIONS.

     REDISTRICTING HAS BEEN USED FOR BAD PURPOSES, AS IT ONCE WAS IN THE SOUTH TO KEEP BLACKS FROM VOTING OR HAVING REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS. IT HAS ALSO BEEN USED TO KEEP ONE PARTY IN POWER.

     IT’S NOW BEING USED BY REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS IN TEXAS HOPING TO WIN FIVE MORE REPUBLICAN SEATS IN THE HOUSE. DEMOCRATS IN TEXAS FLED THE STATE AND HAVE HOLED-UP IN ILLINOIS OF ALL PLACES. ILLINOIS IS AMONG THE MOST FLAGRANT VIOLATERS OF THE CONSTITUTION AS IT HAS REDISTRICTED IN WAYS THAT GUARANTEE DEMOCRAT VICTORIES IN EVERY ELECTION.

NOW, NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL AND CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM SAY THEY WILL ALSO INSTRUCT THEIR DEMOCRAT LEGISLATURES TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF TEXAS.

WE NEED TO GET BACK TO FOLLOWING THE CONSTITUTION ON THIS ONE AS WE HAVE DONE ON OTHER ISSUES, LIKE ABORTION. OTHERWISE, THIS TIT-FOR-TAT WILL GO ON AND ON TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE COUNTRY. I’M CAL THOMAS.