@jerzzydevl @oath1789 @tommysantos14 Governors across the country shut down their economy because of Covid. They reopened their states and look, Biden crated 14 million new jobs.
Idiots!
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Mark Cook
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Mark Cook
@MarkCook185009
Trying to get by during the worst political times in my life. Blind partisanship sucks.
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True. You always pick the lesser of two evils.
Every Democrat president of the last 3 decades has presided over the creation of most of the job growth in this country.
Clinton, Obama, and Biden all ushered in multi-year economic expansions, while Republicans ushered in recessions, near depressions, and botched pandemic responses.
So Barb is right. Always pick the lesser of two evils.
And unless you think more money and economic prosperity are "problems" and you like paying more and not having a job, you pick Democrats every time.
Insurrection Barbie@DefiyantlyFree
This is your daily reminder that no matter how you feel about Republicans and how much of your frustration and anger they deserve because they are not the answer to your problems, the Democrats are the source of them. In politics, you pick the lesser of two evils.
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@JustIndianaGirl @shawood1969 Most of the court cases were dismissed because of standing, not on the merits.
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@shawood1969 @MarkCook185009 96.3% turnout is fiction. Try again.
Also, courts, audits, and election officials.. across both parties... reviewed fraud claims and found no evidence of widespread issues.
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IN's own data:
- 21 noncitizens voted
- 3 million ballots cast
Meanwhile, this law will block thousands of eligible Hoosiers.. especially seniors, low income voters, naturalized citizens, and married women from voting.
A fake problem... Real disenfranchisement. Every time..
Andrew Ireland@AndrewIrelandIN
While the Senate is stalling on passing the SAVE America Act, I’ll be fighting next session to pass it here in Indiana. Indiana already led the nation in requiring photo ID to vote. We can lead again as one of the first states to require proof of citizenship to register to vote
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@JustIndianaGirl @shawood1969 After you have say that election turnout depends on voter enthusiasm, where is your proof that Voter ID the cause of Indiana to rank 48th in Voter turnout?
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@JustIndianaGirl @shawood1969 Thank you admitting you are wrong.
The Democrats claimed that 989,000 registered voters would not be able to vote in that upcoming elections.
You are saying that that were wrong. The Voter ID law did not stop people from setting a new record.
Thanks for playing.
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@MarkCook185009 @shawood1969 2008 turnout was driven by a historic presidential election, not a law upheld days prior. That’s correlation, not causation. One election 18 years ago isn’t proof of anything today.
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@JustIndianaGirl @shawood1969 On April 30, 2008, the SCOTUS allowed Indiana to use their Voter ID law. 7 days later, Indiana set a new record for voter turnout while requiring voters to show an ID to vote.
Your argument is baseless.
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@shawood1969 Indiana ranks 48th in the country for voter participation. That’s not evidence everything’s working. That’s evidence people here face more barriers than in most states.
americashealthrankings.org/explore/measur…
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@JustIndianaGirl @babyblueice22 Indiana won the lawsuit in the SCOTUS in 2008 that allows Voter IDs. In fact, the majority opinion was written by a liberal Democrat.
You can complain all you like about this bill all you want, but the SCOTUS dismissed your arguments, thus they are meaningless.
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@babyblueice22 Who are they?
Are you aware of what political party runs the state of Indiana?
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@EthanMacD @micah_erfan @AtheistSpinster He we go again with the hypocrisy. It is ok for Democrat Presidents to use trickle down economics, but it is bullshit when a Republican does the same.
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@micah_erfan @AtheistSpinster There has been one undeniable theme throughout it all, Republican tax cuts for the wealthy. Trickledown economics was and always will be BULLSHIT.
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Fun Fact: Every recession since Reagan has happened under a Republican President.
NewsWire@NewsWire_US
Americans prefer Democrats over Republicans on the economy for the first time since 2010 — Fox News poll
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“Won’t back down” from what, exactly. Indiana Republicans just blocked students from voting with zero evidence of fraud. Their Secretary of State hired his brother-in-law and bought a $90k SUV with tax dollars. That’s not strength. That’s the whole problem.
Ben Reidy@BenReidy_
It’s time to elect strong Republicans in Indiana who won’t back down!
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@JamesTate121 The Democrats started this gerrymandering wars by stealing 3 seats in New York in 2024.
Now the Democrats are making up all kinds of lies to justify their theft. A sham bill, full of items that they knew Republicans vote for, and claim that the GOP was against the bill.
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Republicans voted against the anti-gerrymandering bill because they wanted to gerrymander to cheat. Democrats VOTED to stop them. PERIOD!
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@GeoRebekah Democrats steal 3 seats in New York in 2024, but when the Republicans use the same tactics against the Democrats l, this is an attack on Democracy.
Watch Democrats scream when the GOP get 19 seats because of Louisiana v Callias. And when the GOP get 14 electoral votes in 2030.
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So Texas, Florida, Lousiana can all gerrymander their states against the will of the people, but California and Virginia can't do it after the people voted to do it?
How about we ban ALL gerrymandering and everyone stops?
Oh, that's right. Republicans would never win the House ever again. So they won't stop, and now the democrats are doing it, and we're on track to party-states instead of fair representation.
CBS News@CBSNews
BREAKING: A judge blocks Virginia's new congressional maps one day after voters approved the measure — a roadblock in Democrats' efforts to redraw the state's congressional maps and tilt as many as four House districts away from the GOP. cbsn.ws/4cY6V8C
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@micyoung75 As per the SCOTUS ruling ing Crawford, Indiana offers FREE IDS for voting.
You can cry all you want, but Indiana doesn't have to prove fraud to pass election integrity laws.
Cry harder child.
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Student IDs accepted in Indiana for nearly twenty years. No evidence of fraud presented. A federal judge called the law a solution in search of a problem and blocked it.
The Seventh Circuit reinstated the ban with no explanation during an active primary. The lower court said wrongful disenfranchisement after an election cannot be remedied. The appeals order did not engage with that reasoning. Indiana students are now being turned away at the polls while judges deliberate.
Democracy Docket@DemocracyDocket
BREAKING: In a loss for Indiana voters, the 7th Circuit reinstated an Indiana law banning the use of student IDs for voting after a lower court blocked the measure last week. The new ruling means voters cannot use their student IDs to vote as litigation in the case continues. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/in…
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@zguy34 @BeingJWood Virginia judge blocks redistricting referendum from being certified wjla.com/news/local/vir…
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@MarkCook185009 @BeingJWood And guess what? It was a constitutional amendment to allow the redistricting. It already got up to the VA Supreme Court and they allowed the vote on it
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If Republicans can gerrymander Texas, Democrats can gerrymander Virginia.
The difference is Virginians got to vote on the matter.
Texans didn’t.
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@jdhughez @GeoRebekah We have already removed the white nationalist from the white house. I fail to see any of the white nationalist left on the SCOTUS.
I saw a report the other day that the descent is slow walking the order because they don't want the Democrats to lose those 19 seats in 2026.
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@MarkCook185009 @GeoRebekah Yeah that Captured Court is there to institute one party white nationalist rule, we are quite aware. Don’t hold your breath though, SCOTUS is notoriously unreliable at these things. Predicting rulings is a fool’s errand. They seem to be souring on MAGA lately.
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Virginia told the people exactly what they were going to do, and the people voted in favor of it.
In the context of what Republicans have always done to gerrymander their states, this may seem like a fair course-correction at the national scale.
Maybe it will provide some balance for those disenfranchised in other states, and if it's approved by the voters, it's hard to argue against.
But I don't celebrate this victory for my own party because it's a further erosion of our principles.
Gerrymandering is wrong no matter who does it, how they do it, or who grants consent.
If we want BOTH parties to stop it, then we need real reform.
Non-partisan, independent redistricting committees made of experts and academics in the relevant fields (e.g. Geographers, demographers, etc).
"They did it first" is a juvenile way of governing. What may feel like a temporary necessity can evolve into a practice of tyranny by majority.
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@MarkCook185009 @jdhughez If gerrymandering actually ended, Republicans would lose a lot more than that.
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@tom__builder @BeingJWood Virginia judge blocks redistricting referendum from being certified wjla.com/news/local/vir…
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@MarkCook185009 @BeingJWood Every ten years’ is about convening the commission after the census. It’s not a prohibition on mid-cycle changes
Show the line that prohibits any mid-cycle action.
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@tommysantos14 Their own game? It was the DEMOCRATS who started this war on gerrymandering in New York in 2024.
The GOP will win this war. Louisiana v Callias will give them 19 seats. The 2030 Census will give the 14 seats and 14 more Electoral College votes.
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Here's another MAGA big mad they got beat at their own game.
The Misfit Patriot@misfitpatriot_
The only way Democrats can win elections, is if they cheat, full stop. Spare me your bullshit “both sides do it”. The right is redistricting to better represent districts based on voter registration, that’s not what this shit in Virginia is at all. This is blatant election rigging, and if it passes, anyone who supports the left loses the right to talk about “democracy” ever again. You people don’t care about democracy, you care about power, and only power. You’re the fascists, not us.
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@BythePeople18 We do not elect Presidents by popular vote.
It is undemocratic because it violates the Virginia Constitution.
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Republicans complain that Virginia's redistricting initiative passed only 51.4% to 48.6% so it is undemocratic. In 2024 Trump was declared the winner 49.8% to 48.3% of the popular vote, not a majority and yet Republicans are fine with him running roughshod over the country.
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@tom__builder @BeingJWood Section 6-A. Virginia Redistricting Commission
(a) In the year 2020 and every ten years thereafter, the Virginia Redistricting Commission shall be convened for the purpose of establishing districts for the United States House of Representatives and for the Senate...
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@MarkCook185009 @BeingJWood Courts overturn maps all the time when they violate specific standards.
Cite which standard Virginia is violating.
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@micah_erfan You are being intelligently dishonest. The bill you are referencing has other items that the GOP would not support.
When you have a CLEAN bill that limits gerrymandering, let me know. Until them, you are being disingenuous.
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Only one party is supporting a bill to ban gerrymandering nationwide right now.
And that party is the Democratic Party.
ThePersistence@ScottPresler
Democrats are the pro-gerrymandering party. The Virginia map isn’t anything new. It’s exactly what they did to Illinois: Extend Chicago (Northern VA) out into wildly drawn districts for the sole purpose of electing democrats.
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@jdhughez @GeoRebekah The Republicans are about to win the case in the SCOTUS that stop Democrats from gerrymandering. The GOP will gain 19 seats when this case is settled.
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@GeoRebekah “Real reform” lol. Republicans will not negotiate in good faith, on anything. They will never agree to ending gerrymandering. Way too drunk on power and desperate to cement one party rule forever. They don’t want to have to win real elections ever again.
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