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Breaking News: Tennessee Republicans unveiled a new congressional map carving up the state's only majority-Black district, likely giving their party the ability to flip the state's lone remaining Democratic seat.

nyti.msTennessee Republicans Unveil New Congressional Map Carving Up Majority-Black House DistrictThe General Assembly is expected to quickly approve the map, which slices up Memphis, a majority-Black city that makes up most of the state’s lone Democratic district.

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Isn’t it funny that when Dems redraw maps to make things fairer for voters its horrible and outrageous, but when Republicans do it to disenfranchise whole groups of people it’s just fine.

I thought democracy was supposed to mean the voters picked the parties, not the parties pick the voters. Maps in America now looks like a giant slice of Swiss cheese 🧀

Wait isn't that against the law? Isn't that the law that was the basis of an extraordinary growth in American incomes throughout the country until the mid-2000s? Oh wait...what happened around then

In clear violation of existing state law (which they had to change as part of the Special Session). It's clear they had this strategy ready to launch, as soon as the SCOTUS ruling was made. My husband and many others were there to protest it. Our "super"-majority runs roughshod over our state.

Conservatives in the USA have had since 1865 to not only embrace our values as laid out in the constitution and bill of rights, but to accept the Black Americans have all the same rights as the rest of us. Were conservatives lying every time they recited the pledge of allegiance? Looks like it :(

This is when Tennesseans of all stripes (D, R, Indy) who are pissed off about this need to show up and vote for Dems up & down the ballot. It's the only way to show them you're not rewarding their racism.

Look people..this is a simple one...give them the red states and we will take our blue States for our new country. And they can go bankrupt.

Wow. I just have no other words. It’s hard to believe this is adults that are doing this. It feels like something a first grader would do to get their way.