Matthew Continetti: Will the GOP's Gerrymandering Push Blow Up in its Face?

There's a pretty good chance that it will.

   I detest Gerrymandering. But I angrily approved of the TX plan on the grounds that the Dems have moved so far to the crazy left that it was warranted in this case.

   Now, I knew that was wrong--or at least bad.

   That's the kind of thought that's generally used to rationalize Gerrymandering and similar shenanigans.

   Or...well...at least I was rather ashamed of that position.

   Anyway: it'll serve the GOP and people like me right if this does blow up in our faces.

   Also: we're just really not as good at this kind of thing as the Dems are. Probably not a great idea to challenge them to this kind of high-stakes slap fight. They've got a bunch of highly partisan judgest willing to do their bidding...the red team just doesn't seem to have as many of those.

   A much better idea IMO is to do a census that doesn't count illegal aliens toward Congressional representation. What kind of idiotic idea was that, anyway? I say: let the blue states bring in their beloved illegals--but give them not one single cent of federal money for them, and absolutely, positively, do not let them count toward House seats. And: allow red states to sue blue states that feed illegals into them. That is: if say, New Mexico acts as a pipeline for illegals pouring into Oklahoma, let OK sue NM for the cost of those illegals.

   VA Dems are poised to pass a large number of godawful bills as soon as Spanberger et al.--including all the new Dems in the GA--are sworn in. And one of their nefarious projects is Gerrymandering away all but one red Congressional district. But we've had Gerrymandering problems (generally favoring the red team, as I understand it) for decades.

   As ye sow...etc. etc...