This is what a partisan hit piece looks like. @KING5Seattle hopes to be Seattle's woke local news network. They frame news through race.
Despite Dems gerrymandering to gut almost every Republican district out of existence in WA, they focus on a complaint from one Dem activist.
Despite Dems gerrymandering to gut almost every Republican district out of existence in WA, they focus on a complaint from one Dem activist.
The complaint is that one district map submitted by a Republican on the commission, @paulgraveswa, is racist for "cutting essentially Black and Brown neighborhoods out of the map."
Except all it does is make a previous district more diverse, which makes it more competitive.
Except all it does is make a previous district more diverse, which makes it more competitive.
Graves and the other Republican commissioner have tried to make almost all districts actually competitive. Democrats have said they want to do to the opposite. That's abuse -- the kind that progressives used to claim to be against.
Was there any balance to criticize the Democrats redistricting, which takes away votes from Republicans? Naw. KING 5 is only interested in attacking the right. The main reporter here is the exec producer on KING 5's "race and equity unit."
king5.com/article/news/c…
king5.com/article/news/c…
Folks of all political ideologies should want more competitive districts, not less.
If you live in WA, the public comment period is open right now. PLEASE participate and ask for competitive districts.
redistricting.wa.gov
If you live in WA, the public comment period is open right now. PLEASE participate and ask for competitive districts.
redistricting.wa.gov
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