Posted on 11/19/2021 6:59:03 PM PST by 11th_VA
Maryland Democrats are considering a radical overhaul of congressional district lines that would give them a chance to win all eight of the state’s seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, putting the lone Republican representative at risk.
Two of the four draft maps released by the General Assembly’s Legislative Redistricting Advisory Commission spell trouble for Rep. Andy Harris (R), who represents a district that covers the Eastern Shore.
Those proposals would add hundreds of thousands of voters from Anne Arundel County, home of Annapolis, in with voters from the less populous counties on the Eastern Shore. The two halves of the district would be connected only by the Bay Bridge, the four-mile span that crosses the Chesapeake...
“The issue of going to all-Democratic representation in the Congress in a state where we’ve got one-third of the voters who are in fact Republicans, I don’t know how you sell something like that,” Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D) said on WBAL on Wednesday. “I think that’s an overreach. For me, that’s a bridge too far.”
None of the four Democratic members of the Legislative Redistricting Advisory Committee returned requests for comment. The other two versions would largely keep Harris’s district intact.
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Even though Governor Hogan can be a RINO, this is one case where I am glad to have him in office. If they get too outrageous, like they did 10 yeas ago, Hogan will veto.
can be a RINO? HE IS A RINO.
” He spends 60-90 minutes a week on local talk radio talking to hosts and citizens”
I listen to WCBM most mornings,.
AH is a dead true role model for all ‘critters.
????? When was this fantasy?
Yes, but it could be worse.
Around year 2000, when Bush v. Gore was going on. Gilchrest, Morella and two others.
ping!
MD Freak State Gerrrymandering list ‘PING!’
FUN FACTS: Gerrymander is named after Elbridge Gerry, a Democrat, and it is pronounced Gary NOT Jerry. It isn’t paranoia if it is true, and Democrats are out to get us. I read an article over at WND about how, “Americans warned Congress making more moves against religion”, so give that a look. They took away fair election already, and medical freedom. Next is cutting off food supply then 2A and freedom of religion. The left’s ‘god’ is government. democRATs won’t be happy until all of our election resemble those of the former Soviet Union and of communist China.
democRATs ARE the aliens.
Kweisi Mfume = Frizzell Gerald Gray.
“They should do it. Then it would send a message to MAGA voters in the state. Maybe it’s time to relocate to greener pastures (Florida).”
Move now or be a refugee later.
MD rats have enough members to override a veto if they hold together.
They always hold together.
Democrats are nothing but collectivist communists. They are incapable of thinking for themselves at any level.
And? What do you think is happening in Texas, Georgia, Florida, and most other Red states?
Are Republicans concerned with Democrat representation for Democrat citizens? Spare us the fake outrage. Gerrymandering has been a fact of life in politics for hundreds of years. The Republicans happen to be better at it than Democrats.
“The issue of going to all-Democratic representation in the Congress in a state where we’ve got one-third of the voters who are in fact Republicans, I don’t know how you sell something like that,” Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D) said on WBAL on Wednesday. “I think that’s an overreach. For me, that’s a bridge too far.” None of the four Democratic members of the Legislative Redistricting Advisory Committee returned requests for comment.
"...and if you need me, I'll be on the other side of the river, after I cross the bridge."
Oh yeah Connie Morrella. Major RINO being from DC region.
But we didn’t seriously have 4 out of 6 Reps, no?
Not sure what you’re point is - but, yea Same thing. However, this is a thread about Maryland, not Texas, Georgia, Florida, etc.
This is hideous. Gerrymandering is seriously corruptible and should be reconsidered.
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