Play stupid games: Tennessee GOP makes Democrats pay a heavy price for childish tantrums over redistricting

Play stupid games: Tennessee GOP makes Democrats pay a heavy price for childish tantrums over redistricting

Tennessee state Republicans passed a new congressional map last week that, applying the logic of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent Callais ruling, carves up a Democrat-held district that was the product of a racial gerrymander. They managed to do so despite obstruction and gross incivility from their Democrat colleagues.Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, for instance, walked around the chamber blowing a bullhorn in the faces of lawmakers and subjecting them to potential noise-induced hearing loss....

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