A columnist in a newspaper we read has decided that New York Democrats deserve to be pilloried for even considering mid-decade redistricting — just the latest example of people in the press excoriating us for stuff and giving Republicans a free pass. It's tiresome.
The writer (we won't give him oxygen by sharing his name) calls members of the New York state legislature with Ds after their names "dodos." A clumsy and obvious reach for alliteration, no doubt — but it's silly and illogical. The dodo is extinct, but Democrats in Albany are plentiful. Maybe that's what drives him crazy.
Like other opinion writers, the dude in question leaves out important facts. He did mention that New York Democrats are reacting to what Benedict Donald is pushing Texas to do. But everybody needs to know that Texas is not working in isolation: Ohio, Missouri, Indiana, Florida, and other GOP-led states are going down the same road. Their efforts could mean a dozen more Elise-Stefanik-like Trump puppets in the House of Representatives. With authoritarianism on the march and guardrails crumbling, that's pretty frightening.
Note to journalists: Try covering the Republican state legislatures like the ones in West Virginia, Ohio, Florida, Iowa, and Oklahoma, and then scream about how bad New York Democrats are.
Or as Governor Kathy Hochul would say, "It's bullshit." We cats HISS.
(UPDATE: Speaking of Governor Hochul, she welcomed several Texas legislators to New York today and said, "We are at war. The gloves are off." Watch it here. We cats PURR.)
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