Politics Without Shame: Gerrymandering Makes Hypocrisy a Political Punch Line

Politics Without Shame: Gerrymandering Makes Hypocrisy a Political Punch Line

Below is my column in The Hill on open hypocrisy of many denouncing the Texas redistricting effort. While I have been a critic of gerrymandering for decades, the faux outrage of Democrats in heavily gerrymandered states would make Captain Louis Renault blush. Here is the column: Former diplomat and Democratic senator Adlai Stevenson once remarked that “a hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump …

Watch These Dem Govs Get Wrecked on National Television Over Gerrymandering Hypocrisy

Watch Dem governors struggle with gerrymandering hypocrisy on national TV.

'You're using the same tactics': Watch JB Pritzker duck question when pressed on Illinois gerrymandering hypocrisy * WorldNetDaily * by Harold Hutchison, Daily Caller News Foundation

'They know that they've made an enormous mistake'

‘You’re Using The Same Tactics’: JB Pritzker Ducks Question When Pressed On Illinois Gerrymandering Hypocrisy

'How do you preserve democracy'

JB Pritzker Ducks Question When Pressed On Illinois Gerrymandering Hypocrisy

Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker ducked questions from Kristen Welker about Illinois’ congressional map while claiming Republicans were trying to “steal seats.”

IT’S (D)IFFERENT: NBC’s Kristen Welker Lets JB Pritzker Pontificate on Texas Redistricting, Unchallenged

IT’S (D)IFFERENT: NBC’s Kristen Welker Lets JB Pritzker Pontificate on Texas Redistricting, Unchallenged The standard in what passes for elite legacy media doing their jobs is so eroded that we’ve almost allowed ourselves to cheer when they do something as rudimentary as ask a Democrat politician a question that might seem just a teensy bit uncomfortable. But, as we can learn from the latest episode of NBC’s Meet the Press, merely asking a ques…