Gov Bootsy found a way to get back into King Trump's good graces... as if he had any.
"Litigation challenging the map, which could hand the GOP a 24-4 advantage in the state's congressional seats, is expected to be filed imminently.
Florida becomes the fourth GOP-controlled state to bend a knee to Trump's redistricting demands, after Texas, Missouri and North Carolina.
But unlike in the other states, Florida Republicans face a major hurdle: Voters passed a constitutional amendment banning partisan gerrymandering over a decade ago."
"Poreda admitted during testimony that he did use partisan data in drawing the map, though he said it wasn't his prime concern. Florida's constitution bars any type of partisan motivation in redistricting, though the state Supreme Court has issued rulings weakening the ban.
Rather than defend the new map, Florida Republicans stuck closely to a GOP script that was also used in Texas. Lawmakers insisted they were considering redistricting for the sole reason that the governor had put it in on the agenda."
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"Senate Democrats blasted their Republican colleagues for obeying Trump's orders rather than serving the interests of their own voters.
"Let's not pretend that this is a real process. This is about acquiescing. This is about power. This is about relinquishing our power and giving it to the president," State Sen. LaVon Bracy Davis (D) told lawmakers.
Poreda admitted during testimony that he did use partisan data in drawing the map, though he said it wasn't his prime concern. Florida's constitution bars any type of partisan motivation in redistricting, though the state Supreme Court has issued rulings weakening the ban.
Rather than defend the new map, Florida Republicans stuck closely to a GOP script that was also used in Texas. Lawmakers insisted they were considering redistricting for the sole reason that the governor had put it in on the agenda.
Democrats eviscerated them for hiding behind excuses instead of acknowledging their role delivering a win in Trump's redistricting war.
"This is about fear," Davis said.
"Not just any fear " panic " the kind of panic that comes from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue when the ground is shifting beneath you and you can't win in a fair fight. Fear of losing power. Fear of losing control. Fear so deep it changes the rules, bends the Constitution and has the nerve to call it strategy.
Because when you can't persuade the people, when you can't inspire the voters, when you can't defend your record, when you can't ignore the Epstein files, you change the map."
"So the plan becomes simple: if you can't win with the people, you cheat the people," Davis continued.
"And the impact of this is not abstract. It is targeted ... Black and Brown voices that have fought to be heard are now being weakened. That is not coincidence. That is design."
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Fortunately, the God of the bible sees white nationalist Christianity pretty much as you do.
Actual Christianity is not a meritocracy, nor is it a private, exclusive club with members of certain status and behaviors.
It's more how, as you say, Rep Talirico sees it; a faith in loving and treating others the way you would want to be treated.
Faith isn't a religious word, btw. It is the same way we feel about significant others that we know and love.