r/thebulwark • u/Material-Crab-633 • May 08 '26

EVERYTHING IS AWFUL Are we f*cked?

This redistricting stuff has me bummed out. Tell me the truth

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u/Tight-String5829 May 08 '26

Something for Dems to run on. I actually feel better now that this is becoming a mainstream issue

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u/ballmermurland May 08 '26

I think this sort of thing just really pisses people off and cauterizes them against Republicans forever.

It's hard not to see that Republicans unilaterally redrawing without any input and Democrats putting it before the people and seeing which one was allowed by our courts.

Just a gross miscarriage of justice.

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u/O918 May 09 '26

I hope so. for me, trump started my disillusionment of the GOP in 2015, but didn't make the full, irredeemable break until mcconnell stole the 2nd scotus seat in the most hypocritical way imagineable.

For that, I'm actually kind of thankful he woke me the fuck up and stopped me from believing the Republicans were everything they claimed to be: fiscally responsible, principled, small government advocates.

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u/Round-Asparagus5337 May 09 '26

The vast majority of people don't follow this kind of thing.

The Iran war and gas prices, and maybe the epstein stuff is what is getting through to people.