Democrats have a curious relationship with redistricting, curious as in self-serving, not civic-minded. When Republicans do it, it’s “gerrymandering.” When Democrats do it, it’s “preserving democracy.” In Texas, Democrats once again threw a tantrum and fled the state to block the GOP’s redistricting plan. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) actually praised this flight from duty as the “embodiment of good trouble.” Funny, last time I checked, legislators were elected to vote, not vacation. Republican Governor Abbott wasn’t amused. He ordered their arrest. The party of accountability sure has a habit of skipping town when it’s their turn to lose. But it gets worse. These are the same Democrats who scream about the “threat to democracy,” all while ducking democratic processes they don’t control.
In California, where democracy is apparently optional, Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom just blew past a voter-approved redistricting commission to add Democrat congressional seats. That’s right—Californians passed a constitutional amendment in 2008 to take politics out of redistricting. But when the map didn’t serve the party, Newsom grabbed the pen back. US Representative Kevin Kiley (R-CA) called it what it is: a blatant power grab. He’s introducing national legislation to ban mid-decade redistricting altogether. Newsom’s past tweet championing redistricting commissions has now aged like milk in the Mojave. Apparently, democracy is sacred only when it secures more Democrats in office. When it doesn’t, they change the rules and call it progress.
This is nothing new. I remember 1982 like it was yesterday. The Illinois Democratic machine redrew the congressional map to dump all the high-unemployment zones–caused by Jimmy Carter’s economic wrecking ball—into Republican districts. Voters, angry and broke, threw out their Republican congressmen, paving the way for Democrat upstarts like Dick Durbin. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how we got one of the most radical Democrats to ever walk the halls of Congress. Redistricting has always been a game of power, not fairness. But only one party pretends it’s saving democracy while rigging it. They accuse Republicans of cheating even as the Democrats rewrite the rules, skip the votes, and redraw the lines—then pat themselves on the back for being virtuous.
Let’s call it what it is: duplicity. The party of walkouts, workarounds, and weaponized maps doesn’t care about fairness; it cares about control. Redistricting is a constitutional duty of state legislatures. If you’re in the minority, you lose. That’s how elections work. Unless, of course, you’re a Democrat. Then losing just means suing, fleeing, or ignoring the law. These aren’t defenders of democracy—they’re demolition experts, trained in double standards. “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil,” says Isaiah 5:20, “who put darkness for light and light for darkness.” The light is on, folks—and the hypocrisy is blinding. Buying in to the Democratic Party gaslighting on redistricting is, say it with me…Stupidocrisy.
Sources:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/04/rep-kiley-introduce-bill-banning-mid-decade-redistricting-slams-newsom/https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/03/texas-house-democrats-flee-state-in-order-to-block-gop-redistricting-plan/https://x.com/GavinNewsom/status/1952135037207695633https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/08/04/hakeem-jeffries-cheers-texas-dems-who-fled-state-to-block-gop-map-the-embodiment-of-good-trouble/https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/08/04/gov-abbott-orders-arrest-of-texass-delinquent-house-democrats/
