Former New York Times columnist Charles Blow came under intense fact-checking on Thursday after accusing conservative podcaster Isabelle Brown of racism during a debate on congressional redistricting.
Supreme Court acceptable Texas will use maps passed by Texas Democrats in the House of Representatives ran away to Democratic-controlled states such as New York and Illinois to prevent the review body from holding a special session redistricting this could give Republicans several seats in the US House of Representatives. After Brown called efforts to play the race card “really pathetic” during a panel on CNN NewsNight, she pointed to a similar move by California. (RELATED: CNN Anchor Works Overtime to Defend Democratic Governor Whose State Was Robbed by Somali Crooks)
“The latest news: a Republican state was trying to create more Republican seats in Congress under the leadership of a Republican governor and a conservative legislature,” Brown said. “California is doing the same thing as a majority blue state, trying to win more seats for the Democratic Party in Congress to represent a California that many say is probably the bluest it has ever been, especially given the exodus of many millions of conservatives who have left California under Gavin Newsom.”
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“When people deny racism, that says a lot about it,” Blow said, to which Brown responded, “It's not denying that racism exists. This is a Republican state trying to create more Republican seats in Congress to represent the majority of their state.”
Blow pestered Brown, insisting that she answer how Republican-leaning districts were drawn.
“How did they do this? By disenfranchising black and brown people,” Blow said. “But you don’t want to say it because it says a lot about you.”
“Well, the problem is, Charles, the worst thing about a fight is getting punched back. Do you think it's a coincidence that 40 percent of Californians voted for Donald Trump, but only nine of the 51 members of Congress come from Republican plus districts?” Former Republican City Councilman Joe Borelli of New York responded. “Or out of, I think, 26 members of the House of Representatives, where Republicans voted 40 percent for Donald Trump, there are only seven Republican members. There are no Republicans in any New England district.”
Redistricting is the reapportionment of state, state, and local congressional districts that must occur after the decennial census required by the Act. Constitution. New York redrawn his congressional districts after the 2022 midterm elections, creating a map that threatened six of the 11 Republicans elected to the House that year.
“You've ever seen Connecticut's 1st District, right? It's like a crescent moon. And if you overlay Connecticut's congressional districts on it, you'll see that they just carved out the Republican districts into three separate congressional districts,” Borelli reminded Blow. “So, again, as Isabelle noted, this is a Republican state doing what Republican states typically do, just like Democratic states.”
“Remember, New York was the first to try midterm redistricting last year, right?” Borelli continued. “So this is the second state to try this. I'm not surprised we're having a domino effect, but let the chips fall where they may.”
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