Dems using redistricting to thwart democracy

 Victor Davis Hanson:

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The Democrats have a new narrative, the Left in general does, that they are saving democracy from President Donald Trump. And that justifies “almost any means” necessary to achieve the end of destroying or preventing Donald Trump from governing effectively.

The problem with all of this is they are destroying democracy to destroy Donald Trump.

What do I mean? One of the issues that they are agitating is the redistricting of congressional districts in Texas and California now. And the general problem the Left has is, if you look at gerrymandering to make these jigsaw puzzle piece-like districts, the Left is way ahead of the Right. In other words, states that have proportions of 30% to 40% to 50% for Donald Trump do not have that level of representation in the Congress.

And there’s been sophisticated studies of gerrymandering. And it boils down to the Republicans are short some six to 10 seats in the House, based on the proportion of the national vote they have received.

The Democrats know that, but they’re angry about the Texas reapportionment and gerrymandering. And their attitude is: “We’ve already gerrymandered our states to the maximum. Don’t dare try to emulate us.”

James Carville said that they have to get tougher. That’s the new mantra: Gotta get tougher. Gotta get meaner. Sen. Cory Booker screams and yells and throws a fit about every three weeks in the Senate. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries picks up his baseball bat. There’s usually a video with “the squad” or representatives using the word “s—” or the F-word, kind of pornographic. Rep. Jasmine Crockett periodically calls Donald Trump names that can’t be repeated on air. But you can see the anger.

And now the new idea is that they haven’t been tough enough. They have been too tough.

There’s been three great scandals in the 21st century. The first was the Russian collusion hoax that was prompted by Hillary Clinton and facilitated by the Obama administration on its way out. That almost destroyed the Trump campaign, sabotaged his transition, and ate up 22 months of his first two years.

The second was the Biden FBI and CIA—but especially the CIA and the intelligence agencies—got 51 people, former intelligence authorities, to lie to the American people on the eve of the second debate to affect the 2020 election, and claim, falsely, that Donald Trump was lying about the laptop of Hunter Biden, that it was “fake,” that it was a “Russian production,” and Donald Trump then was colluding, again, with the Russians.

That was a complete lie. It was Hunter’s laptop. We know because the FBI had it in its possession and authenticated it.

And finally, the great scandal that the Democratic Party and the obsequious media knew that President Joe Biden was non compos mentis, he was not cognitively able to fulfill the office of the presidency. And they kept that from the American people, until they could no longer keep it, when he finally challenged Donald Trump to a debate and melted before our very eyes. Sort of like the Wicked Witch in “The Wizard of Oz.” He melted into a non-entity.

So, my point is, if you look at the Democrats, they have staged three great scandals to try to destroy the Trump administration and by extension, democracy.
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The Dems' new mantra is that they are saving democracy by destroying it.   While Trump has been a good president, many Democrats act like he is the reincarnation of Hitler.  There are few lies the Democrats want tell when it comes to defeating an opponent.  They certainly lied a lot to get Biden elected.

Vance exposes Democrats' rigged system.

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Vice President JD Vance delivered a powerful revelation on Fox Nation this week, exposing a flawed system where illegal immigrants are counted in the U.S. census for apportioning House seats, unfairly boosting blue states’ representation. His sharp insight emphasizes his dedication to fairness, aligning with President Trump’s efforts to correct systemic imbalances that disadvantage hardworking Americans.

In a candid discussion with Maria Bartiromo, Vance shared his surprise upon learning a few years ago that “for apportioning representatives, you actually count illegal aliens.” He clarified, “So, even though illegal aliens theoretically are not supposed to vote … you still count illegal aliens for congressional apportionment.”
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