New York Times columnist David Brooks and Boston Globe counterpart Kimberly Atkins Stohr joined forces on Friday’s PBS News Hour to lament the nation’s redistricting “race to the bottom,” which they blamed solely on Republicans.
Moderator Geoff Bennett began with Stohr, “I mentioned in the introduction the redistricting battle. You have got both parties escalating, Republicans in North Carolina, Democrats in Virginia. Is there any off-ramp in this fight right now?”
Stohr immediately put the onus on Republicans as she claimed history started in Texas, “Well, so far it the only out ramp that I could see — off-ramp I could see is if the Republicans finally stop the push. What you have seen from the Democratic leaders in the states is that they are reacting to what Republicans are doing. I was heartened by California's move to actually build into their law a sunset that basically says, look, when Texas stops, we will too. But we can't have a redistricting war race to the bottom.”
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