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Gerrymandering is not a new problem in the United States. Even the founding generation was not immune to its temptations: Patrick Henry famously attempted to have Virginia’s very first congressional map drawn in a way that would prevent his archrival James Madison from winning election in 1788. (He
Important as after the u.s. constitution, the declaration of independence, probably their essay is more important than any single federalist paper, but that is an aside. the whole show is riveting. and you have been getting to these issues of ukraine's support, and i think that there's a good deal of support, of course, in the republican party. representative michael turner, mccaul, the head of the house foreign relations committee, a republican, and turner -- representative turner is head of the intelligence committee, and a republican, and their support is solid, as is most of the republican...
The capital to fight for our everyday rights, they get a little worried about that. i think that is one of the biggest deterrents right now, and it is a -- authoritarian rule. >> so, then, representative turner, how are you fighting these efforts to silence to voice? >> we are going to keep showing up like we always have done, right, i knew when i was elected back in 2020 that the majority of my work would not just be writing and voting for legislation in these walls, it would also be the community we built. the efforts to hold in mutual aid, community care, and so having those tough conversat...
First transgender state lawmaker elected in colorado his finding ways to bridge divides, and actually make gains with conservative colleagues. >> let me start with you, representative turner, this republican tactic of silencing queer lawmakers who speak out, in march, you were censored by oklahoma republicans by offering a protester the use of an office in the aftermath of enough -- is always at four whose transgender was censured by her republican colleagues. what are these conservatives so afraid of? >> realistically, i think the power that we built and bring a lot of us are the first or one...