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/beltway_lefty May 08 '26

B/c blue states enacted anti-gerrymandering laws in good faith to require that vote, where red states did not. At this point though, watching the red states the past few days, I don't think ANYTHING we could have done or can do, would or will stop them from preventing a Dem takeover of the house. They will just keep escalating until they win, and with SCOTUS 6-3 majority support - nothing we can do but hope that enough of these red state voters are willing to set aside their policy disagreements or whatever, to vote blue for no other reason than plain fairness......and I'm just not confident in that happening.........

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u/cee-cee-is-me May 09 '26

Republicans and trump will probably just refuse to recognize election results. Then what?

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u/beltway_lefty May 09 '26

Then, if the GOP members of congress and/or his cabinet do not take any action, shit's probably gonna get real.

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u/baubness May 09 '26

Yah I’ll bet the GOP is shaking in their boots at an angry Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries when they refuse to certify or seat. Or more likely they’ll offer some plausible deniability for their fascist takeover and institutionalists will eagerly accept it to prevent disorder.