Thread by @Monaheart1229

Without passage of the For The People voting rights act the GOP redistricting could potentially be viciously aggressive
And the intra-party GOP fighting has already begun:
politico.com/news/2021/07/0…

2/"Local Republicans, eager to grow their numbers in Congress and provide launching pads for ambitious state legislators, might be more inclined to carve up those blue pockets.

3/"But others in the GOP are wary of a rapid and unpredictable political realignment that complicates the drawing of new maps — and the threat of the legal behemoth Democrats have assembled to counter them.

4/"Unabashed partisan gerrymandering that was commonplace after 2010 is now giving some Republicans pause. Top party strategists are urging state mapmakers to play it safe and draw lines that can withstand demographic change throughout the decade and lawsuits.

5/“‘There’s an old saying: Pigs get fat. Hogs get slaughtered,’ said Rep. PATRICK MCHENRY (R-N.C.). ‘And when it comes to redistricting, that is, in fact, the case.’”