Thread by @KatyAShanahan

A couple hours more 😭😭😭

https://twitter.com/joshrultnews/status/1508541329856294913

It appears like Huffman’s biggest concerns are how best to protect his GOP incumbents - in direct conflict with what SCOhio just told him 1.5 weeks ago was NOT an interest rooted in the constitution.

McDonald reminds everyone he told them from the jump he has to leave today at 5pm (in 20 minutes) to be in person to teach a class of his tomorrow.

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Faber: when faced with choices did you put compactness or partisanship for rep fairness?

Johnson: We tried to do both.

Faber: seems like you cracked apart urban areas, what’s that about?

Johnson: We haven’t had time to assess deeper issues with splitting bc of timing issues

While these questions from Faber are perhaps helpful, I'm wondering why he wasn't asking them all today today or yesterday - reminder: Comm'ners got initial drafts of these maps yesterday at 2pm (26 hours ago!)

Faber: Look at Dayton, e.g., you split Dayton into 4 districts, but it's only about the size of 3 districts.

Faber now talking about cracking and packing and like HAVE YOU SEEN THE MAPS YOU VOTED FOR IN THE PAST?!

Faber is essentially suggesting that mappers are drawing representationally fair districts at the cost of all other provisions about how/if you can split cities/townships/counties.

He's now knocking 0 Cbus-exclusive districts so perhaps worth a reminder of Cbus' goofy borders

Faber now complaining that mappers have packed Rs into districts and...perhaps it's worth noting that HE HIMSELF has argued that Ohioans pack themselves into particular parts of the state so YA CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS, BUD lol!

Let me say this:

There are inherently parts of the state that are deep red. Others are deep blue. Districts should reflect that bc that's what's representative.

To complain that the districts do that is...an interesting choice!

Also cannot possibly encapsulate how infuriating it is to hear Faber - of all people - talk about how he can quote public testimony back to these mappers as if he or the other GOPers have legit EVER given a single f about public input when adopting gerrymandered maps. 🤬

Russo here with some common sense reminders about what a) the constitution actually requires (when you're inside a city, you can split it if it's too big to fit into one district) and b) about Cbus specifically whose borders are GOOFY and noncontiguous so YES u're gonna split it!

Mappers said on the live stream that the GOP staff has been largely missing today and I didn't see R Comm'ners down there for any real amount of time, so you'll have to excuse my rage at them claiming they didn't have access to maps.

Said this earlier 👇🏼

https://twitter.com/KatyAShanahan/status/1508520206351560704

Huffman, Faber, and Cupp all seem like nos to me on these maps - maps, btw, drawn (in part) by their own proposed Republican mapper lol

Question remains: will DeWine and LaRose show up for democracy or tow the party line (again)?

McDonald giving an answer he's given multiple times:

"I asked this of you all multiple times to better understand how to make choices about how to draw districts. I tried to follow the (clear as mud) guidance you gave.

Rs who've spoken (Faber, Huffman, Cupp) all essentially laying the groundwork to suggest that the mappers - incl one R mapper they chose to hire - are gerrymandering FOR Democrats in these maps.

FWIW, the constitution requires our maps to reflect how we vote. They did that!

McDonald: I gotta go. Can answer follow up questions if you have them via phone. Props to the staff. Doug's a friend. Wish we could accomplish all you need us to do, but time limits are a thing. Good luck!

Bye, independent mapper! 😭

Huffman says that Ray DiRossi (R Senate mapper) is "not doing well" and that he's holed up in the BWC building with a mask.

Does this mean he has covid? Because he was in this hearing room unmasked all last week and INQUIRING MINDS AT RISK WOULD LOVE TO KNOW OMFG

Huffman: SCOhio says we have to get these maps to SOS office by today (so let's say for us by 11:30pm), but there's so much prep work we gotta do that TAKES TIME (excuse my head exploding re GOP who has dragged their feet this entire gd process but who are now concerned abt time)

Huffman again complaining about how little time they have to deliver us #FairMaps so let me again yell from the rooftops:

Y'ALL HAVE HAD ALL YOU'VE NEEDED TO DO THIS WORK FOR MONTHS.

ONLY REASON YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT IS BC YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOUR GERRYMANDERED SUPERMAJORITIES.

🚨HUFFMAN ALERT🚨

Huffman suggests that Johnson (only remaining mapper) leave behind the unified map he just worked on for 5 days and instead fix the unconstitutional 2/24/22 map.

TO BE CLEAR THAT IS A VIOLATION OF THE COURT ORDER.

Senator @DrVernonSykes in response to Huffman suggesting they trash the independent maps and go forward fixing the unconstitutional 2/24 maps:

"That is, quite frankly, ridiculous."

SAY THAT!

Leader @Russo4Ohio: "This is outrageous."

Russo: If you're suggesting you can make changes to the 2/24 map that we haven't touched in weeks, but the outside mappers can't fix what remaining issues exist in the maps they've just spent the last week drawing, that is disingenuous.

LaRose: here to lecture us abt elections

What's happening right now is a brazen undermining of our democracy and an absolute insult to another branch of government - the judiciary - who quite clearly ordered the Comm'n to adopt NEW MAPS by tonight at 11:59pm.

Fucking appalling.

Russo: Court has made clear multiple times that we cannot start with gerrymandered maps during redraws because the entirety of those maps was struck down.

We need brand new #FairMaps. McDonald and Johnson have provided them. Comm'n just needs to vote them out.

Huffman now gaslighting us all in this bullshit lecture about how the map is due TODAY as if he and his other GOP gang of 5 members have done literally anything to help this ball move fwd in this process.

To be clear, they haven't done shit but muck this process up & now this

I personally wouldn't want to mess around with a Court which merely POSTPONED (and did not cancel) a contempt hearing for me and my pals by suggesting another "pound sand" response to that same body, but WHAT DO I KNOW?!

https://twitter.com/DC_DeWitt/status/1508555085126717441

Senator @DrVernonSykes is absolutely right for this line:

"The arrogance of the majority on this Commission knows no bounds."

SAY THAT, SENATOR.

Let me also say that I have not an iota of patience for Frank LaRose sitting here talking about election administration.

WE SHOULD'VE PUSHED BACK THE PRIMARY WEEKS AGO. He actually said we should do so and then back tracked to fall in line with your GOP buddies but okay!

Also should note that Matt Huffman co-authored the 2015 reform language that he is now suggesting the GOP-controlled Commission again thumbs its nose at for the FOURTH TIME.

It’s just unreal.

Comm'n is back from recess.

Russo: After chatting w our legal counsel, SCOhio can't hold us in contempt at 1 or 2am, so Johnson should keep working on the draft proposals he's presented to us today/worked on for past 5 days rather than abandoning that for the 2/24 maps.

Huffman: Johnson can keep working on his maps, but also our caucus mappers can keep working on fixing the (completely invalidated and unconstitutional 2/24 maps) in the meantime.

Sykes: Amndmnt to let Johnson keep working on his maps.

Huffman: Must be product for us to vote on

Sykes: We should ask Ohio AG to ask SCOhio for a 1 day extension.

Huffman: SCOhio said there would be no extensions, we have to pass maps today. "Trying to solve a problem that wasn't created by anyone in this room."

UM, NO. GOP GANG OF 5 MADE THIS MESS.

LaRose: We have to have a backup plan. LaRose will vote in favor of Huffman's motion to try to resuscitate the 2/24 maps.

Cupp: SCOhio said no pushbacks, we need maps today.

Russo: Johnson can finish his maps tonight.

Faber: We need maps today and WE'RE the map drawers!

The safety valve that the GOP is looking for are the #FairMaps that have been presented by the Dems, every day Ohioans, and the outside mappers THEY HIRED.

Starting with invalidated maps at this point in the process is such an outrageous insult to our democracy and to the Court