The text of New York Dem Governor Kathy Hochul's remarks yesterday regarding the effort by MAGAt Republicans in Texas to gerrymander 5 new Republican seats in Texas, as ordered by the con man Malignant Fascist:
“I have newsflash for Republicans in Texas. This is no longer the Wild West. We're not going to tolerate our democracy being stolen in a modern day stagecoach heist by a bunch of law breaking cowboys. Americans don't want a system that's stacked against them. They believe in fairness — it's fundamental. And I'll tell you this, they're done with the chaos; they're done with the cruelty; and I would say they're ready to vote Republicans out of power in Washington… Republicans know this. They've seen the polls. They know they're sliding downhill because Americans are rejecting their policies, so this is why they're fighting. They know they'll lose the elections, but to subvert the will of the people, they're hell bent on rigging the system....
What Texas and Republican states are doing at the direction of Donald Trump, I say, is nothing short of a legal insurrection against our Capital… If Republicans are willing to rewrite these rules to give themselves an advantage, then they're leaving us no choice, we must do the same. There's a phrase, ‘you have to fight fire with fire.’ That is a true statement of how we're feeling right now. And as I've said, another overused but applicable phrase, ‘all is fair in love and war’ — that's why I'm exploring with our leaders every option to redraw our State congressional lines as soon as possible.” (our emphasis)
The only way forward against the spreading fascism of the corrupt and dictatorial Malignant Fascist is to show the kind of spine that Governor Hochul is showing. We hope her fighting spirit spreads.
BONUS: California Dems, led by Gov. Gavin Newsom, are moving from talk to action, with a plan to redraw 6 Republican districts into oblivion.
(photo: Lindsay DeDario / Reuters)
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