Earlier this month, Texas Democrats fled the state to dam the Republicans within the legislature from holding a particular session and to dam a redistricting vote. An accusation of “gerrymandering” has change into a key speaking level for Democrat social gathering leaders.
The accusation is so absurd in gentle of what Democrats have finished in different states, together with Illinois, that even the DNC’s PR wing within the legacy media is pushing again.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker joined NBC’s Kristen Welker and, when pressed, the attainable presidential hopeful was left stammering and, in fact, by no means truly answered the query.
Welker shared a graphic of the state earlier than urgent Pritzker.
Welker acknowledged, “Of each main group that grades the equity of Congress maps provides your state an F. Widespread trigger and non-partisan authorities watchdog even says your map, and I’m going to cite, ‘represents a virtually good mannequin for every part that may go fallacious with redistricting.’”
She then requested, “And I assume the query is, you speak about preserving democracy. How do you protect democracy in the event you’re utilizing the identical techniques that you just’ve criticized Texas Republicans for?”
Pritzker responded, “However as I say, what they’re speaking about is a distraction. The truth is that the violation of individuals’s voting rights is what Texas is making an attempt to do.”
“That’s what’s fallacious with their efforts proper now. The truth that the President of the USA is aware of it and nonetheless is asking them to do it. That’s what’s fallacious with what we’re seeing proper now.”
He concluded, “Democracy is at stake.”
Watch:
NBC: Each group that grades the equity of congressional maps provides Illinois an F and says it’s a “good mannequin of every part that may go fallacious with redistricting.” Aren’t you an enormous hypocrite?
PRITZKER: “Democracy is at stake!” pic.twitter.com/g9NrY0VDDG
— Fast Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 10, 2025
Pritzer sputtered a good quantity of phrases with out ever truly answering Welker’s query.
LMAO – YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS UP!
So Texas Democrat lawmakers are fleeing Texas to protest “gerrymandering” of the state…
…however they fled to *ILLINOIS*, one of many WORST offenders of Dem gerrymandering within the nation.
They’ve embarrassed themselves, once more.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 3, 2025
ILLINOIS GERRYMANDERING: The 4th congressional district right here was rigorously crafted to make sure a Democrat would win. The hypocrisy of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to touch upon Texas doing the identical is insane. But another excuse Pritzker spends extra time messing issues up than… pic.twitter.com/szD9IY6NW8
— Mark Weyermuller (@publicpolicyman) August 4, 2025
