The politics of gerrymandering

 Blaze:

Texas state Rep. Brian Harrison (R-Midlothian) defended his state's efforts to redraw its congressional map during an interview with CNN on Monday and managed to get the network to show how Democrats in other states have egregious examples of gerrymandering.

Harrison was asked by CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins why Texas is redistricting now instead of waiting for the new census. Collins said, "You mentioned what happened in Illinois, and that's a fair point to make there. But if that's how it happens, are you fine with other states, Democrat-run states, changing this in the middle of the decade as well?"

"Well, it's their prerogative to do it. But I mean, I do have to point out that I don't know of any, just about any major media, CNN included, that dragged [Illinois Governor JB] Pritzker on TV and asked him to justify the gerrymandering in his state or California," Harrison replied.

"Where I'm looking at right now, Republicans have 40% of the vote in California, but they only give 17% of their seats to Republicans. Same thing in New York. I mean, these are more gerrymandered than anything we're contemplating down here in the state of Texas. And quite frankly, what we're talking about doing is legal. It's constitutional. It‘s permissible. We should do it," he continued.
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California and New York are clearly rigging their elections to get more Democrats elected and reduce Republican representation.  They are doing so at a time when support for Democrats is at or near an all-time low.  That is clearly the case in Texas, which used to be dominated by Democrats.