Am I misreading this, or is Scott Walker complaining that Democrats draw "unfair" maps because they have more supporters than Republicans do and so they can redistrict to capture seats reflecting their popularity? https://t.co/FOL3pKAYmK pic.twitter.com/mrRPSt1dwx
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) July 3, 2019
And here's the full quote in place attached... pic.twitter.com/LRR1Okm7RQ
— Domenico Montanaro (@DomenicoNPR) July 3, 2019
It's an absurd word salad that I think is trying to argue that just because one area overwhelmingly votes blue, that the makeup of the state legislature shouldn't necessarily reflect the statewide vote.
Not incorrect in theory, except that it doesn't explain why Republicans have split up West Allis and Wauwatosa across several districts (when 1 district each could account for the entire population of those cities) and diluted their votes with the Waukesha County communities of New Berlin and Brookfield. Nor does it explain why one district in Eastern Dane County is connected to Oconomowoc and another is linked into Watertown.
But what else is Scotty saying about "urban voters"? Is he saying that us in the big cities (that, you know, have the higher-paying jobs and have the largest amount of tourists) should somehow count less than those people who live in areas that have more cows than people?
Wait, I got it! Just in time for the 4th of July, Scotty wants to get back to the rules at our nation's founding, where certain "others" counted as 3/5 of a person! He's such a "principled, constitutional conservative, ya knooow.
It's a purple state. I get it. I don't expect to get everything I wast as a Democrat. The reality is that because Scotty and the boys were able to swing a lot of votes lying to people about the ACA and the nation's first black president back in 2010, a redistricting year, Democrats in this state were functionally unrepresented for 8 solid years. Were it not for the Wisconsin governor's enormously powerful veto pen, this would still largely be the case.
ReplyDeleteIf anybody thinks that's OK based on Scotty's argument, please go talk to an Illinois Republican.
If the remapping was all so justly done, why was it done in a law office outside of public view under the cover of secrecy agreements?
Relax Republicans - you still own the entire legislature and the Supreme Court. No matter how the maps eventually get redrawn, that will be the case until at least January 2023.
12 years is a pretty damn good run to be in charge of damn near everything in a purple state.
So Scooter-Clown is attempting to argue, with a straight face, that partisan gerrymandering trumps truly representative government.
ReplyDeleteIt’s okay if he or some nitwit Republican (ah, but I repeat myself) were to win an election, even a recall, by (supposedly) receiving a majority of the votes cast by the electorate, but if a Democrat wins, which means a majority of the electorate cast votes for a Democrat, then voting districts need, actually need, to be gerrymandered.
You can’t make this sh*t up…but Scooter’s actual brain, meaning that cabal of sociopaths who do his thinking for him, “crafted” this pretzel logic that escaped from an asylum and ordered his secretary to write it and put his byline on it.
This is the idiot’s Second Act.
It deserves the ignominious end any parasite receives when the host body rids itself…
God I miss Scott Walker. I knew I would, but I wasn't prepared for how much. Do we ever even hear about Evers/Barnes attending a business opening or 'adding staff' event? Or does clueless, yellow-toothed One-Term Tony think the tax dollars just magically appear off the big Tax Tree? Don't go far Scott, we're going to need you again very soon!!
ReplyDeleteYou mean when Walker would hold some PR event at a campaign contributor to hype up some WEDC giveaway (only to find out 2 years later that they added no jobs)? I dont miss that at all, actually.
ReplyDeleteI like having a governor who has goals beyond "how can I look good and trick the rubes today." And one that actually seems to actually care about outcomes and what kind of state he leaves behind.
Walker is done as a statewide elected official as it is, and he looks worse with every needy tweet he makes. But grifter is gonna grift, you know.
Not even you believe the BS you're trying to peddle, Bradley Boy.
Lookeee! Widdle twoll ate the wong mushrooms again!!! Siwwy twoll! We know you are not responsible for the siwwy things you say when you're under the influence!!!
ReplyDeleteI mean, sewiouswy, widdle twoll, Scooter lifted a shovel at the groundbreaking of that FoxConn fiasco, in the company of fellow sociopaths and idiots, and the goggle eyed homunculus still, still, still can't brag that he reached his campaign promise to create 250,00 jobs, jobs of any kind, and can't touch any hope of ever being able to say his Koch-addled brain contributed to the creation of 250,000 family-supporting jobs.
Siwwy twoll! Time to wearn something about mushrooms!!!