The trouble with the gerrymandering tit-for-tat exists on at least two levels. First, it’s wrong and a sign of desperation. Second, where and how does it end?
Trump and company bring out the worst in us, don’t they? They’re instigators who probably enjoy watching those they perceive as do-gooders and holier than thou get dragged into the mud. The fact that Gavin Newsom and California have responded may feel good at the moment, as in “finally, the Democrats are giving Republicans a taste of their own medicine.” It’s just that I can’t help but think the real Republican brain trust figured this would happen, and they’re already plotting their next devious moves that will only add to the huge amounts of energy expended and time wasted in these unnecessary pursuits.
It’s all monumentally infuriating—that this is the road we’re on, where instead of debating actual policy and working on solutions to societal problems, we’re mired in minutiae, distracted by this unraveling of the rule of law, this maddening, unwanted race to the bottom.
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