California's gerrymander is sleazy, but necessary

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By George Skelton / Los Angeles Times

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — While President Donald Trump was pushing National Guard troops from city to city like some little kid playing with his toy soldiers, California Gov. Gavin Newsom was coaxing voters into fighting the man’s election-rigging scheme.

It turned out to be an easy sell for the governor. By the end, Californians was ready to send a loud message that they not only objected to the president’s election rigging but practically all his policies. Proposition 50, with 75 percent of precincts reporting, was passing with nearly 64 percent approval.

Trump is his own worst enemy, at least in this solidly blue state; and arguably the California GOP’s biggest current obstacle to regaining relevancy.

Here’s a guy bucking for the Nobel Peace Prize who suggests that the country resume nuclear weapons testing — a relic of the Cold War — and sends armed troops into Portland and Chicago for no good reason.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/comment-californias-gerrymander-is-sleazy-but-necessary/

[bucolic_frolic]

1. And Texas' wasn't? /nt

[Irish_Dem]

2. Fighting hard against evil is never wrong.

It can be brutal and shocking.
But it is never sleazy.

[obamanut2012]

3. It isn't sleazey at all, it was done legally

[Raven123]

4. Bull. It was not sleazy. It was the ONLY option.

[MichMan]

5. I hope more states retake redistricting away from the people, and return it to the legislators

The independent commissions can't be trusted to do the right thing.

[Skittles]

6. SLEAZY is doing it because some fascist fuck ask you to

when WE THE PEOPLE say OK, that is not SLEAZY