GOPs can't govern. Gerrymandering and The Bubble keeps them from accountability

This is part of a great thread by the Washington Post's Greg Sargent, who recounts a conversation with Wisconsin native Ben Wikler.

As @benwikler recounts, during the last government shutdown fight over the DREAMers, progressive groups presented Democrats with private polling.

It showed that Trump and Republicans would bear the blame for the shutdown:https://t.co/3s8ksYYnJz pic.twitter.com/I133CN55Nv

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) December 21, 2018

4) After this, Democrats caved in two days.

But @benwikler’s explanation for *why* this happened is eye-opening:https://t.co/3s8ksYYnJz pic.twitter.com/rQnQalRTzY

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) December 21, 2018

5) Dems privately told progressive groups that they couldn’t withstand the mainstream media heat over the shutdown.

But this gets at a much bigger issue: An extremely important asymmetry in our politics.

This dispiriting quote gets to the heart of it:https://t.co/3s8ksYYnJz pic.twitter.com/iK46Vq2JaQ

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) December 21, 2018

This explains why Republicans care more about symbolic poses than actual governing. They worry more about what the goofballs and media grifters in BubbleWorld than they do the majority of Americans. Because of gerrymandering, keeping the attention and approval the base dimwits matter more to these guys than the people outside of their districts that represent the Silenced Majority.

You see the same dynamic in Wisconsin, where WisGOP slime from the 262 suburbs and our state run to the shelter of KLAN Radio 1130 (especially) and the more "respectable" race-baiters on 620. Meanwhile, the majority of us who put Dems in power and don't live in those resentful communities are ignored, because gerrymandering allows the GOPs the luxury to do so.

The GOPs are rotten and filled with bad faith in DC and in Madison. Neither should be respected or negotiated with until they grow up and deal with the mess that GOP recklessness has resulted in.

Meanwhile, bad things are Also happening outside the Capitol.

Just leaving this here #TrumpResign pic.twitter.com/6k0EoYBwuG

— BlockchainProf (@BlockchainProf) December 21, 2018

So what about 3,400 points in 2 1/2 weeks? (Shakes head)