Thread by @Dreamweasel

(responding through bullhorn) BECAUSE DECADES OF REPUBLICAN GERRYMANDERING HAVE ASSURED THAT REPUBLICANS COMPRISE A FAR, FAR HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF CONGRESSMEN THAN THERE ARE REPUBLICANS IN THE OVERALL AMERICAN POPULATION

https://twitter.com/jrubinblogger/status/1442550457029779457

THE POINT IS THAT IT REALLY DOESN’T MATTER HOW POPULAR AN IDEA IS: WHAT TRULY MATTERS IS HOW MANY WHITE PEOPLE IN THE SO-CALLED HEARTLAND LIKE IT. YOU CAN DRESS IT UP IN LOFTY LANGUAGE, BUT THIS IS THE BASIC PHILOSOPHY BEHIND CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION AND THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE

THE REPUBLICANS WHO DEFEND THIS SYSTEM CLING TO AN OUTDATED NOTION OF A CONGRESSIONAL “REPUBLIC” THAT NECESSARILY OVERRIDES DEMOCRACY IN FAVOR OF GEOGRAPHY. MIND YOU, THE 2020 ELECTION SHOWS HOW VERY LITTLE A “REPUBLIC” MEANS TO THEM WHEN THEY ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE END RESULT.

AND I DON’T KNOW IF YOU’VE NOTICED WHAT THE REPUBLICAN SENATE’S BEEN UP TO IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, BUT IT’S PRETTY CLEAR THAT MITCH McCONNELL AND THE WHOLE SORRY LOT OF THEM COULD NOT GIVE ONE TENTH OF A FUCK WHETHER THE THINGS THEY DO ARE BROADLY SUPPORTED BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

I KNOW THAT THIS WHOLE “REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY” SOUNDED LIKE A GREAT IDEA IN THEORY, BUT IT’S BECOME CLEAR IN RECENT YEARS THAT MORE THAN A FEW KEY DETAILS HAVE BECOME SEVERLY BUNGLED IN THE EXECUTION

ANYWAY, THIS IS PROBABLY A BIT MORE LONG-WINDED THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO HEAR COMING OUT OF A BULLHORN, SO I WILL END THIS NOW. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK. TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO ENJOY THE DREAMWEASEL