Republicans eye Nashville crack-up to gain House seat

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Republicans plotting to maximize their advantages in state legislatures across the country during the decennial redistricting process are considering cracking apart Tennessee's largest city, an ambitious move that could signal how aggressively the party will try to rig maps in its favor in the coming months.

In preliminary conversations, top Republicans in the Volunteer State have contemplated dramatically redrawing the boundaries of a district anchored in Nashville, one of just two U.S. House seats in Tennessee held by a Democratic member of Congress.

The move would put the squeeze on Rep. Jim Cooper (D), the dean of Tennessee's congressional delegation and a presence in Washington since he first won his district in 1982, save for an eight-year absence after he lost a race for a U.S. Senate seat in 1994.

Cooper has never had trouble winning reelection: He ran unopposed in 2020, and he hasn't taken less than 62 percent of the vote since the Republican wave of 2010.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-eye-nashville-crack-up-to-gain-house-seat/ar-AALfm9v

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1. ...and Joe Manchin still don't care.

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2. Because Joe Manchin has what to do with Tennessee?

Oh, you’re just blaming him rather than the Republicans actually doing it. I get it. Easier to bash a Democrat than a Republican.

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3. Not at all.

Anyone who understands voter suppression, gerrymandering, and how hard the right is working to cement their ability to cheat understands the need for national voting laws such as S1.

You have a nice night.

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4. Of course

Split up the one island of blue in the middle of the state...only because they KNOW they have no chance of pulling this off in Memphis. Sick. This state has been overrun with evangelical, trumper, nutters and it's so infuriating.