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jimfields33

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6. I agree, but we need to play the game unfortunately

Fri Oct 15, 2021, 08:04 PM

Oct 2021

Because we’re losing seats in other states. I’m not sure why the couldn’t save Adam’s seat and take one of the three remaining. At least Adam was an ally occasionally.

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Adam Kinzinger Lashes Out After Democrats Redraw His House District, Likely Ending His Congressional [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 OP

This redistricting sh*t on needs to stop. Let the people vote and whoever is elected - be iluvtennis Oct 2021 #1

Agree alphafemale Oct 2021 #5

If it were drawn by county lines it would be totally unrepresentative of population PortTack Oct 2021 #16

The Wisconsin State Senate used to be districted by county lines Fortinbras Armstrong Oct 2021 #44

Congressional districts should have about 800,000 people in them Bucky Oct 2021 #67

Something like party list system perhaps peppertree Oct 2021 #39

Consider these California counties Retrograde Oct 2021 #61

Even more of a travesty DENVERPOPS Oct 2021 #76

I agree, but we need to play the game unfortunately jimfields33 Oct 2021 #6

This. Doremus Oct 2021 #66

The redistributing is happening because Illinois lost a congressional seat questionseverything Oct 2021 #7

Not practically. former9thward Oct 2021 #32

9thWard Answered Already ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #49

I said he could run...i don't want him to win questionseverything Oct 2021 #52

Aye, I honestly disapprove of allowing politicians to have a say in setting up voting districts cstanleytech Oct 2021 #21

We can't disarm if they haven't wryter2000 Oct 2021 #45

True this. It's not just enough to be RIGHT. We also need to WIN. n/t Beartracks Oct 2021 #63

There probably could have been a better choice to draw out in a new map alphafemale Oct 2021 #2

That was my first thought. This was his last term anyway. patphil Oct 2021 #8

The RW crazies have been trying to get rid of him for years. He's pretty popular in his district. Progressive Jones Oct 2021 #24

This!! ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #50

The districts should be fairly drawn Marthe48 Oct 2021 #3

I agree Rebl2 Oct 2021 #15

The gqp here in IL was given a chance to weigh in on the map....All they did was complain PortTack Oct 2021 #17

I understand redrawing based on census Marthe48 Oct 2021 #20

They were given a chance, held several mtgs open to the public. Kinzinger knew this was going PortTack Oct 2021 #23

Texas held several public meetings. summer_in_TX Oct 2021 #26

Illinois is not TX. PortTack Oct 2021 #28

Should have been clearer. summer_in_TX Oct 2021 #65

Coloradans overwhelming voted for districts based on population h2ebits Oct 2021 #43

Colorado's system is the gold standard Bucky Oct 2021 #68

That's my ideal Marthe48 Oct 2021 #71

Thumbs up! Keep working on it h2ebits Oct 2021 #73

Nope. Sorry. We don't have the luxury of playing by rules that we hope one day exist but don't. Drunken Irishman Oct 2021 #62

Hmm... Mike Nelson Oct 2021 #4

I Would Normally Agree With You DallasNE Oct 2021 #30

It would have been nice to carve out some other gqp district rather than his, but the majority PortTack Oct 2021 #31

No Good Way To Do It ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #51

Don't we need his help on the 1/6 commission? Patterson Oct 2021 #9

he will be there another year+ - It should be done by then rurallib Oct 2021 #12

I'm not sorry he's going. WhiteTara Oct 2021 #10

Not sorry he's going calcin Oct 2021 #57

yes it does. One less obstructionist WhiteTara Oct 2021 #59

Thanks for the welcome! calcin Oct 2021 #72

He can blame Republicans for this. JI7 Oct 2021 #11

He can still run - maybe if he had ben more attuned to his district rurallib Oct 2021 #13

It's a weird map and risking a lot if we have a bad year next year, anyway.... ColinC Oct 2021 #14

It may look weird, but is drawn pretty fairly according to our population! PortTack Oct 2021 #18

Wis has been severly gerrymandered since last census with Scott Walkers thugs. Horrible riversedge Oct 2021 #37

Given the shit in TX, we have to do it in IL and NY. roamer65 Oct 2021 #19

Reeps are so fucking selfish. ananda Oct 2021 #22

Sorry it was done to one of the not so completely awful Republicans Downtown Hound Oct 2021 #25

LMFAO.. Manzullo lite raising2moredems Oct 2021 #27

Normally I Would Have Been More Compassionate Than This DallasNE Oct 2021 #29

He could run as a conservative Dem or an anti-Trump Indie. rickford66 Oct 2021 #33

Oh no! He's upset with redistricting? What a pity. The old shoe on the other foot. Screw him. Firestorm49 Oct 2021 #34

The map isn't final, which makes me happy because I hope they make tweeks rpannier Oct 2021 #35

Blue states need to do massive gerrymandering. greymattermom Oct 2021 #36

+1 peppertree Oct 2021 #41

Absolutely wryter2000 Oct 2021 #46

In many cases, blue states have made redistricting non-partisan already. maxsolomon Oct 2021 #79

Republican have stolen elections through redrawing voting district unfairly.. BradBo Oct 2021 #38

Well take it up with SupCo ibegurpard Oct 2021 #40

Hey Adam, tell it to your friends in TX maxrandb Oct 2021 #42

I would vote for Kinzinger. kentuck Oct 2021 #47

Kinzinger voted against John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act calcin Oct 2021 #48

Agreed. He opposes the crazies that have taken over the GOP, and I appreciate that. totodeinhere Oct 2021 #54

I appreciate his vote to impeach Trump and his participation on the select committee probing the totodeinhere Oct 2021 #53

I oppose gerrymandering in principle calcin Oct 2021 #55

districk lines should be drawn bu computer rdking647 Oct 2021 #56

I know how DownriverDem Oct 2021 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Oct 2021 #60

He could run as a Democrat and likely win Pachamama Oct 2021 #64

Except he's genuinely a conservative. Just a rare loyal-to-the-law kind Bucky Oct 2021 #69

Boo hoo... I'll bet he didn't say anything before JT45242 Oct 2021 #70

Drawing these borders seems to be one of the biggest abuses there is, perhaps do away w/ drawing... SWBTATTReg Oct 2021 #74

The Democratic representatives are complaining about the map also. former9thward Oct 2021 #75

Now as an even lamer duck, he is really free to vote his conscience. Marcuse Oct 2021 #77

Like every other pukes.. raising2moredems Oct 2021 #78