Collin Anderson writes for the Washington Free Beacon about the latest example of Eric Holder’s hypocrisy.
As Texas Republicans approached a special legislative session aimed at redrawing the state’s congressional map to carve out additional districts likely to elect Republicans, the New York Times published an account of their plans. It cited former attorney general Eric Holder as having “led efforts to reverse gerrymandering in the House.”
Not anymore.
In response to the special session, prominent Democrats are calling for redistricting efforts of their own in deep-blue states like California, New York, and New Jersey to counteract any Republican gains. Holder should, in theory, oppose such efforts. …
… Holder and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) joined a call with some 40 Democrats in the Texas House to discuss the sort of “quorum break” Martin outlined in his video. It was the closest Holder and his organization had come to commenting on growing left-wing calls to gerrymander in blue states—until July 17, when Holder appeared on Chris Hayes’s MSNBC show. Hayes asked Holder whether Democrats should “fight fire with fire” by drawing a “52 to 0 Democratic map in California.” Holder did not say he would oppose the move; rather, he said doing so would not be “as easy as people think.”
“I don’t think we’re going to have the ability to draw a 52 to 0 map in California,” Holder told Hayes.
For Adam Kincaid, president and executive director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, the ordeal reflects the true nature of Holder’s group: to give cover to Democrats while preaching “fairness.”
“They’re openly talking about violating their state constitutions,” Kincaid said of Democratic calls to gerrymander in California, New York, and New Jersey. “And no one on the left seems to care, really, or push back on it at all. It’s just, ‘Oh, you know, they’re fighting back.’ No, they’re not just fighting back, they’re talking about open lawlessness. It shows how desperate they are right now.”
