Former Clinton strategist James Carville does a podcast with former Clinton cheerleading journalist Al Hunt, and on their Wednesday recording of Politicon's Politics War Room, they reacted to the redistricting battle currently going on in Texas. While Hunt claimed Republicans are “fighting dirty,” Carville gave the game away and claimed that in order “to save democracy,” Democrats need to add states and Supreme Court justices despite the fact they tried to do that a few years ago, even before the current Texas situation.
Despite the fact that California is currently more gerrymandered than Texas, Hunt declared, “Democrats, starting with California, would be crazy to play by these rules and unilaterally disarm. Trump will keep playing dirty elsewhere. So, the big question is whether they can win or at least neutralize this. Maybe not, but with Trump, there's no honor in American politics, so go after him every day.”
Carville mourned, “Well, let's start with the overall picture. Even right now before they do this, it's something over 52 percent of the popular vote. The Democrats have to win to control the House. Now, traditionally, we're taught in 9th grade civics that the House is the people's House. It runs every two years. It's the most responsive to the will of the people. Well, it's not really that right now, and it's gonna get worse.”
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