He went out to clarify: basically, if other Americans choose to give the house to the Democrats, it is the responsibility of Texas Republicans to conjure up enough seats to make sure that doesn’t happen
This guy just said out loud that the whole point of what the Republicans are doing in Texas is to win Congress.
because the American people have no right to make election decisions for themselves anymore.
They're open about their aims. It's time for Democrats to recognize the moment they're in
They aren't very good at covering their tracks.
Hate to have to play tit for tat but stupid games, stupid prizes Texas.
They're shameless because their media cover for them. Lie for them. Distract for them. They're shameless because they understand that with their base so divorced by reality that they will never lose them--because losing them would mean the ultimate death of their party.
Sadly, voters wil notl vote for "democracy" or the law or the constitution
As long as we have evil liars at the healm of media and industry and politics it does not matter
As long as maga keeps food in peoples bellies and hate on their plate they win
oh my. thanks for repeating, I mean clarifying.
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Good old CNN couldn't add "by cheating" at the end of the chyron.
The whole thing is greasy and so utterly stupid. And ultimately may be just a better sea wall against a tsunami, should the current rate of political degradation for Trump hold steady.
“I believe in democracy. I just don’t think it should be possible for the other party to win”
It's Civil War 2. Republicans are trying to take over the government and to hold it. The effort went under the radar for years, but now it's out in the open. They keep on upping the ante. At some point, they might resort to guns.
Jesus never forced his ideas on anyone nor did he need to force.
If you have to force your will, how bad are your ideas?
Just as the founders intended!
United States of Texas, without Juneteenth or MLK holiday.
Well, they do have Pantex in Amarillo if the gerrymandering fails.
At least he’s being honest about it - i guess
I think they’ve pickled their own brains without even realizing it.
No, what he said was “ we must not have free and fair elections “. The people cannot be trusted to elect a “fair” Congress
Texas constantly redistricts to give GOP an advantage. I lost count on how many district changes there have been in 52 years at my address. Only had one Democratic rep. in all that time. The rest were either brain-dead (Jim Collins), party hardliners, or now, Trump sycophants.
And this is why the 2026 elections are going to be a shit show of the first order. Shenanegans are afoot.
Very likely, most red (and some blue) states are going to do their best to gerrymander the hell out of their districts, courts be damned.
I will go out on a limb and say these five seats won’t matter because republicans will lose the House by a lot more.
What would LBJ do?
he might as well say it out loud, it IS what theyre doing, & it isnt as if there will be any repercussions
Collins gets the best confessions. One of my favorite timeslots
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The 2013 Supreme Court decision swung open the door for states to enact restrictive voting laws, making it harder for people of color to vote.
LBJ was a bastard but was our bastard.
That...doesn't make it better.
Respectfully Tom, we are past the ‘they said the quiet part out loud’
I’d say since Bush v Gore it’s been obvious and inevitable.
Fascism Texas style.
The founding principle of the modern GOP is that the exercise of government power by Democrats is facially illegitimate.
Um. Isn't that how our country is supposed to work? Oh, wait.
And that House will certify the next presidential.
The old “politicians choose their voters, not the other way around” trick.
The word conjure is apt. Evokes pentagrams, whiffs of sulfur, and apprentice wizards who have no idea what they're unleashing.
And some people will still say “when they go low, we go high…” and cling to norms. I think that time is past. No unilateral disarmament. Let CA, IL, and NY counter any shenanigans down south. Sadly voters are not rewarding “norms”.
To cheat, in other words.
Who else is sick and tired of old white male bigots in our government? There should be a moratorium voting for them until the country is repaired back to a semblance of normal.
Grifters unite!
Phew. All hands to the pump, now. Gotta beat these guys.
People complain about the Fairness Doctrine ad nauseum. The energy would be better spent on repealing the Reapportionment Act of 1929.
Well in that case
"It's annoying that we have to fight elections for our cause
The inconvenience—having to get a majority
If normal methods of persuasion fail to win us applause
There are other ways of establishing authority"
He said it on the BBC too. So embarrassing. Stupid and embarrassing.
the Republicans want to RULE us, not REPRESENT us
Please repost this.
I thought we all understood that the entity currently known as the Republican Party views corruption and cheating as a feature.
Democracy is too good for the common people.
Why hide it? They really don’t want any chance they’re ever out of power. And you’ve got to wonder, besides all the crazy we know of, what other illegal crazy are they doing that they really don’t want to be prosecuted for…
Is the operative word "conjure"?
Didn't they say that about North Carolina already?
He said it on CNN yesterday morning. Straight out. Also said that when Dems gerrymander its illegal, so Republicans have no choice, and then its legal.
It is so insane, so way over the line and nakedly out in the open.
That shoe will fit comfortably on both feet until it doesn't.
He looks like MTG’s face while trying to pronounce synecdoche.
Motherfuckers.
American Politburo!
Will of the people be damned! Apparently things only count if it's the right people making the choices.
I just need 11,000 votes.
IOW: no checks and balance on this president. He can still do whatever the hell he wants in his final two years in office.
Just go vote. Thats all you have to do! lol.
There is no longer a “quiet part.” They’re saying everything out in the open now.
That's just leveling the playing field.😬
I don't think they want to obscure it any more. They want it plain as day: we rule you, give up.
Not that I intend to.
