<![CDATA["Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R) gave a floor speech arguing against a redraw on both political — it might endanger Republican seats — and moral — it’s an abuse of power against the minority — grounds.]]>"Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R) gave a floor speech arguing against a redraw on both political — it might endanger Republican seats — and moral — it’s an abuse of power against the minority — grounds. He said that he’d spoken to Trump, but still opposed the effort. Four Republicans joined his lead in the vote held soon after."

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A South Carolina Gerrymander Might Be Back on the Table; Maryland Dems Eye New Map

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act ruling, more and more mainstream Democrats seem open to Court reform. Asked whether recent events had…

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/ad6c24e0-1b44-48f5-88a8-cae69a33a6af/senate-majority-leader-shane-massey-r-gave-a-floor-speech-arguing-against-a-redraw-on-both-political-it-might-endanger-republican-seats-and-moral-it-s-an-abuse-of-power-against-the-minority-grounds.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 00:38:44 GMTTue, 12 May 2026 22:13:05 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to "Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R) gave a floor speech arguing against a redraw on both political — it might endanger Republican seats — and moral — it’s an abuse of power against the minority — grounds. on Tue, 12 May 2026 22:35:11 GMT]]>This gets at one of the less discussed things about the majority-minority districts currently endangered by the Callais decision, which is that for a very long time Republicans were fine with them, because they can provide a convenient way to concentrate Democratic voters into a single district. They could sweep most of the Democrats out of multiple districts into one, giving the Ds one safe seat, but giving themselves all the others. A net win several times over.

The term of art for this type of practice is "packing."

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.jordanwages.com/users/wagesj45/statuses/116563939309585223https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.jordanwages.com/users/wagesj45/statuses/116563939309585223Tue, 12 May 2026 22:22:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to "Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R) gave a floor speech arguing against a redraw on both political — it might endanger Republican seats — and moral — it’s an abuse of power against the minority — grounds. on Tue, 12 May 2026 22:16:33 GMT]]>"There are a lot of Democratic voters in Jim Clyburn’s 6th district. Spread them out into neighboring districts and you’ve spread the gerrymander so tight it can just snap. And those snaps happen in wave elections."

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South Carolina

“We are the most gerrymandered Republican state in the country already,” said South Carolina Sen. Majority Leader Shane Massey (R), announcing his opposition to…

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