Obama wants to deny 3 million people congressional representation

[Marener]

Representatives are reapportioned after the census which isn’t until 2030.

Do you guys not know anything about the constitution?

 

[ColonelAngus]

Who represents conservatives in States with no Republican House Reps?

 

[Cellblock2429]

Oh, I think the Senate in many ways is worse than the EC.

As bad as the EC is, it only overrode what the people wanted five times in our history. (1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, and 2016). the rest of the time, it confirmed the popular vote.

The Senate has the absurdities of conference committees and laws being reconciled and stuff like that, and it keeps much of anything from getting done.

/—-/ The Founding Fathers created the Senate to do just what you’re complaining about— to slow things down, and let cooler heads prevail. That’s why they get a 6 year term.

 

[braalian]

Representatives are reapportioned after the census which isn’t until 2030.

Do you guys not know anything about the constitution?

No they do not

Yet they plow ahead as if they know what they’re talking about

It’s bizarre

 

[JoeB131]

/——/ Move to Cuba where your dreams come true. We like our Republic just the way it is.

How about putting everything I suggested to a national vote?

I suspect I'd win on all those points.

 

[Care4all]

The Texas population has increased by over 3 million.
Giving those 3 million new people representation in congress increases our democracy

Nope! Texas had already redrawn the districts after the once every 10 year census with the additional 3 million people.

What the Texas republicans are doing now, is trying to redistrict again middle of the Census solely to disenfranchise voters of representation and give Republicans 5 more secure seats in the State and Congress. It is the republicans disenfranchising the 3 million voters and more!

 

[struth]

MSN

Story by Amalia Huot-Marchand
Former President Obama joined a Zoom call with Texas state House Democrats on Thursday, calling the Republican redistricting effort in the state a “systematic assault on democracy.”

“What we all recognize is we can’t let a systematic assault on democracy just happen and stand by,” Obama said.

“And my hope is that rather than have a race to the bottom where every district is predetermined based on how it’s drawn, that over time, the American people, ideally with the help of the courts, realizes that there’s a better way,” he continued.

Texas Democratic state lawmakers fled the Lone Star State two weeks ago to break quorum and prevent a vote on a new redistricting map that would give the GOP five additional seats in the 2026 midterms.

Comment:
Barry Obama lied again.
The Texas population has increased by over 3 million.
Giving those 3 million new people representation in congress increases our democracy.
Obama wants to deny those people representation in congress which decreases our democracy.
Now if Barry is opposed to gerrymandering then he must demand that Democrat states undo their gerrymandering first.

Denying people the right to vote and have representation is a bedrock principal of demafasict

 

[JoeB131]

/—-/ The Founding Fathers created the Senate to do just what you’re complaining about— to slow things down, and let cooler heads prevail. That’s why they get a 6 year term.

And it was a pretty stupid idea.

The Senate was modeled after the House of Lords. It was never meant to be for the common people. The elites would select senators. That all changed with the 17th Amendment, but they should have just gotten rid of the thing.

Even the British have realized the House of Lords was a bad idea, they've regulated it to a ceremonial organization, only about a century ago.

 

[Cellblock2429]

How about putting everything I suggested to a national vote?

I suspect I'd win on all those points.

/—-/ Were you sleeping during Civics class? That’s how democracies work. We’re a Republic and our representatives make those decisions.

 

[wamose]

Democrats are crybabies. This time, Republicans need to let them cry themselves out instead of throwing cookies at them to make them shut up. In the meanwhile, I'll stay amused, watching them make assholes out of themselves. Move over Moses Rose. Texas has a new batch of cowards.

 

[JoeB131]

/—-/ The Founding Fathers created the Senate to do just what you’re complaining about— to slow things down, and let cooler heads prevail. That’s why they get a 6 year term.

The FOunding Fathers shit in chamber pots and thought slavery was a nifty idea.

I think we've moved beyond them, don't you?

 

[JoeB131]

/—-/ Were you sleeping during Civics class? That’s how democracies work. We’re a Republic and our representatives make those decisions.

Your argument was that I was somehow "un-American" for wanting to change the deficiencies in our system. (Funny, I have a DD214 that says otherwise)

So let's put these things to a vote and see how Americans feel about them.

I'm guessing... most of them would prevail

 

[sartre play]

Obama and his wife are racist scumbags. They don't understand anything about America or being an American.

YOUR Not required to like him. Has no government role in what's going on.
Does have a right like All of us to share his opinions.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

OK
So you want to deny people their representation

No, you troglodytes do. You're denying people representation by rigging the districts and taking away their choice.

You're a liar and a fraud and you spit all over our republic.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

No, you troglodytes do. You're denying people representation by rigging the districts and taking away their choice.

You're a liar and a fraud and you spit all over our republic.

Gerrymandering isn't a new thing, but suddenly it is a Trump and Republican thing.

Think hard

 

[wamose]

YOUR Not required to like him. Has no government role in what's going on.
Does have a right like All of us to share his opinions.

That would be You're not. And no, I don't like or respect the Obamas. Their beliefs and visions for America are evil. Therefore, I'm very much against them negatively influencing the commie candidate, Mamu. Like they say, you can vote your way into communism, but you have to shoot your way out.

 

[Billiejeens]

I'm not happy with the way IL is, either. DuPage County should be a GOP congressional district, but they've divided it up between the 8th, 6th, and 11th districts with enough Crook County voters to keep a Republican from being elected.

How many Blue states have done that?

 

[Cellblock2429]

Your argument was that I was somehow "un-American" for wanting to change the deficiencies in our system. (Funny, I have a DD214 that says otherwise)

So let's put these things to a vote and see how Americans feel about them.

I'm guessing... most of them would prevail

/——/ You’re asking for something that won;t happen in a Republic, so keep dreaming.

 

[Cellblock2429]

The FOunding Fathers shit in chamber pots and thought slavery was a nifty idea.

I think we've moved beyond them, don't you?

/——/ No.

 

[BrokeLoser]

Are you ******* retarded?

We had a census. Texas had a redistricting in 2021.

That's how it works.

Now, I would be all for ending the absurd gerrymandering all states do to get secure seats for their party.

Again, are you ******* retarded?

We have a system.

45% of people in TX voted Democratic, but under the new plan, they only get 18% of the Congressional seats.

So who is denying people their right to representation?

The congressional allotment per state is only changed every ten years with the census. That’s how it works

The population of any particular state obviously changes on a daily basis. It would not be possible to adjust the number of house members each state gets every time the population fluctuates.

Hence it’s only done with the official national census.

Which only happens every ten years.

Which happened last in 2020

Which means the next time won’t be until 2030

Get it?

Texas will not add any new districts, they just want to ensure 5 blue/purple districts become solidly red. It is the Texas GOP that want to deny people congressional representation.

It’s flabbergasting that gerrymandering is allowed at all.

It’s a national embarrassment

Representatives are reapportioned after the census which isn’t until 2030.

Do you guys not know anything about the constitution?

Nope! Texas had already redrawn the districts after the once every 10 year census with the additional 3 million people.

What the Texas republicans are doing now, is trying to redistrict again middle of the Census solely to disenfranchise voters of representation and give Republicans 5 more secure seats in the State and Congress. It is the republicans disenfranchising the 3 million voters and more!

No, you troglodytes do. You're denying people representation by rigging the districts and taking away their choice.

You're a liar and a fraud and you spit all over our republic.

It sounds silly as **** when libs talk about ‘unfair’ functions of American “DEMOCRACY” while they ride the backs of foreign invaders and their anchor babies on stolen citizenships…The Hate America party is only relevant because of foreign invaders.