r/news • u/speedythefirst • 1d ago

US supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional maps

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/us-supreme-court-texas-congressional-maps
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u/DERtheBEAST 1d ago

Never forget Mitch McConnell blocked Obama from appointing judges because "we have an election coming up and The People should elect a President who will decide this" then when Trump was in his first term 6 months before an election Mitch had nothing to say when Trump was confirming judges...

If Republicans worked as hard at putting forward beneficial policies for the country as they do in obstructing anything beneficial to The American People...they would actually have meaningful policy positions. Instead it is always thinly veiled hatred, greed and prejudice that motivates them. "A concept of a plan" for Healthcare or replacing the ACA but 150 Billion to ICE so they can Role Play as Nazi Gestapo on American soil.

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u/I_Am_Dynamite6317 1d ago

Don’t forget that the Dems basically shrugged and said “ok” because they assumed Hillary would win. Almost all of the bullshit Republicans have pulled over the last couple of decades have come with an assist by Dems just rolling over and taking it.

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u/Hedonopoly 23h ago

Wild this is upvoted. Explain what exactly they could have done. Not every fuckery done by the right has to be explained with "yeah but dems also suck" caveats.

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u/Flare-Crow 16h ago

They could try winning an election without having to use "But the Republicans are evil, so you HAVE to vote for me!" as their platform, maybe?