The Democrats' 'gerrymandering ban' was no such thing

The Democrats' 'gerrymandering ban' was no such thing

As Democrats support a deceptively worded ballot measure to create a rank partisan gerrymander in Virginia, they nevertheless claim the moral high ground, and many in the news media agree with the Democrats. Other than crying “Republicans started it,” they point to so-called “gerrymandering bans” that Democrats proposed and Republicans in Congress killed. WHAT IS GERRYMANDERING AND CAN IT BE STOPPED? NBC reporter Sahil Kapur made exactly that De…