House GOPers Say They Accidentally Signed Brief Opposing Gerrymandering
Source: Talking Points Memo
By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 2:46 PM
Two House Republicans from North Carolina who signed on to a brief urging the end of political gerrymandering say they did so by accident, the Raleigh News and Observer reported on Friday.
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) (pictured above), both conservative House members, signed a high-profile amicus brief for a Supreme Court case out of Wisconsin, urging the court to rule against political gerrymandering. Republicans including Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich also signed onto the brief, breaking from most of the Republican Party.
A spokesman for Meadows told the News and Observer that the congressman’s name was added in “error.”
“As he does with all action items, Congressman Meadows indicated he would be willing to review the amicus brief but never intended to formally sign on,” Meadows spokesman Ben Williamson said. “His name was added in error and has been removed from the brief.”
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This was posted on DU about 6 months ago as way to demonstrate what gerrymandering is and how it hurts us.
Specifically it's hurting the Democratic Party everywhere that the right-wingers have been using it. But gerrymandering hurts democracy in general, because it skews every voter's representation in Congress by tweaking the congressional districts.
Gerrymandering must be stopped now! It's wrong, it's undemocratic and it's against spirit of the US Constitution.
Who can't read, apparently.
morans! 
