Thread by @AriBerman

Extreme gerrymandering & voter suppression paved way for GOP legislatures gutting reproductive rights

This is all part of attack on democracy & Dems need to focus on states to fight back motherjones.com/politics/2019/…

Under Brian Kemp Georgia purged 1.4 million voters, put 53,000 registrations on hold, closed 214 polling places & had 4 hour lines in black areas

“Bad policies like the forced pregnancy bill are a direct result of voter suppression” says @staceyabrams motherjones.com/politics/2019/…

@staceyabrams At least 22 states have passed new restrictions on voting & abortion since 2010

Women, young people & voters of color who support abortion rights most likely to be harmed by gerrymandering & voter suppression motherjones.com/politics/2019/…

@staceyabrams In Missouri GOP candidates for state house won 57% of votes but 71% of legislative seats in 2018, giving them 13 extra seats b/c of gerrymandering

In Ohio GOP candidates won 50% of vote but 63% of legislative seats

This leads to harsh abortion bans motherjones.com/politics/2019/…

@staceyabrams GOP group that engineered gerrymandering of GOP states spent $1.5 mil in 2010 to flip Alabama red for first time since Reconstruction. When Doug Jones won senate seat in 2017, he carried only 1 of state’s 7 Congressional districts b/c state so gerrymandered

@staceyabrams The coordinated attack on abortion rights most closely resembles voter suppression laws & gerrymandering maps swiftly passed by Republicans after 2010 election. All part of strategy to consolidate power by white male Republicans & harm everyone else