What to do...

 

As all of us here know, Republican Governor Greg Abbott is attempting to redraw the voting district lines in Texas in the middle of a census cycle (i.e., 2025).  Redistricting is something that is “normally” done by the (D/R) governor in charge of each state after the 10-year census is collected, and is so-called “based on the demography results” of the latest 10-year census. 

(And, btw, Abbott is also trying to get the Texas Supreme Court to officially vacate the seats of all the Dems who fled the state to avoid giving the Republican Texas Senate a quorum needed to vote on the redistricting.  You know, like the U.S. House of Representative left early on summer break to avoid the republicans having to vote on the Epstein files release.  But that’s another hypocrisy story.)

Many Blue (Dem controlled) state governors are threatening to do the same thing in their state if Abbott gets away with his redistricting plans.  Most notably, Governor Newsome of Calif is promising to do the same thing with his state, negating Abbott’s attempt to gain more House seats; the old “fight fire with fire.”

So, here are the questions:

1. If Abbott gets away with redrawing districts, should the governors of Democrat-controlled states counter with a tit-for-tat, "fight fire with fire" redrawing their districts?  Will that open the flood gates to voting chaos?
2. If the Dems don’t counter Abbott’s redistricting, will it be a case of the Dems wimping out again, taking the “moral high ground” and not escalating the situation?  I.e., is it better to have their morals intact, at the cost of losing the House to the Representatives… again?
3. If such redistricting becomes wide-spread, what does that portend for the future?  Speculate.
4. Or, is this whole thing just a tempest in a teapot, something to rial up the electorate and get attention?  It has no hope of succeeding?

(by PrimalSoup)