CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 12, 2026
TRADITIONALLY, STATES RE-DRAW CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS AFTER THE CENSUS, WHICH IS EVERY TEN YEARS. THIS YEAR LEGISLATURES ARE ON A TEAR TO DRAW DISTRICTS FAVORABLE TO THEIR PARTY.
TEXAS STARTED IT WITH PRESSURE FROM DONALD TRUMP. DEMOCRATS QUICKLY
FOLLOWED. THE EFFORT IN VIRGINIA THAT WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED ALL BUT ONE REPUBLICAN DISTRICT WAS RULED UNCIONSTITUTIONAL BY THE STATE SUPREME COURT.
PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING, ONCE A DOMINANT TOOL FOR DEMOCRATS, HAS SHIFTED IN FAVOR OF REPUBLICANS.
THERE IS A LOT AT STAKE. A DEMOCRAT HOUSE MAJORITY GUARANTEES A THIRD TRUMP IMPEACHMENT. THAT WILL KEEP MUCH BUSINESS FROM GETTING DONE, INCLUDING ADDRESSING THE DEBT WHICH ISN’T A PRIORITY FOR EITHER PARTY.
REPUBLICANS APPEAR TO BE WINNING THE BATTLE. THEY’VE ALREADY PICKED UP SOME GOP MAJORITY DISTRICTS IN ALABAMA, SOUTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE AND FLORIDA. THERE WILL BE OTHERS.
PREDICTABLY, DEMOCRATS ARE CRYING RACISM BUT THE SUPREME COURT HAS
RULED RACE CANNOT BE A FACTOR. AS PROFESSOR JONATHAN TURLEY HAS WRITTEN, POLITICIANS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO PICK CANDIDATES; VOTERS SHOULD.
PAY ATTENTION AND ACT WHEN YOU CAN. THIS ONE COULD BE FOR ALL THE
MARBLES. I’M CAL THOMAS.
