Movements are rarely ever destroyed by outside forces. It’s a corruption from within that usually leads to the erosion of its foundation and then ultimately, over time, as the principles that once bound people together are worn away, it cracks, then implodes.
And that corruption is currently the biggest threat to the revival of conservative principles in the country, culture, and especially inside the Republican Party. A prime example is Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) who filed a piece of legislation on Monday that would stop all 50 states in the country from being able to redraw congressional district lines before the upcoming census in 2030.
Republicans in the state of Texas are currently working to redraw several congressional districts to increase House GOP seats by five during the midterms. This, of course, would strengthen the lead Republicans have over Democrats in the lower chamber.
In other words, Kiley is fighting against the best interest of the party and of the American people who made it clear they want conservative leadership and policies in place by putting the GOP in charge during the 2024 election. He’s a traitor.
According to Trending Politics News:
Kiley said he is seeking to “stop a damaging redistricting war” from kicking off between red and blue states. But critics claim he is only taking up the issue to save his own seat in California. Citing efforts last year by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to usurp authority from an independent commission, Kiley explained that even his state’s liberal voters disagreed with Newsom when it became clear that he was attempting to eliminate the number of Republican congressmen in California’s federal delegation.
“You have politicians saying ‘oh, we’re going to defeat these people not through having a free and fair election but just by moving some lines around on a map.’ California voters very clearly said that’s not the way it should be done,” Kiley remarked in a recent interview.
If passed, Kiley’s legislation would prevent Texas Republicans from following through with a commitment to redistrict the state, stripping key House Democrats of their urban voting blocs while pushing others into districts that would force them to compete against one another in next year’s elections.
Kiley was asked by a local reporter if he believed that the effort in Texas to redraw district lines was a “brazen scheme” like the one in California. He replied by issuing a challenge to Newsom to offer an explanation for “why two wrongs make a right.”
“I want to be clear: I don’t love what Texas is doing either, although there are some pretty key differences,” he went on, pointing out his state’s existing requirement for an independent commission as well as California’s “political imbalance” that he claimed is more polarizing than party positions in Texas.
Democrats from the Lone Star State left their home behind on Sunday, arriving at an undisclosed hotel in the city of Chicago to avoid their duties concerning the new bill. This, of course, didn’t sit well with Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, who promised he would drop the hammer on the Democrats, bringing all civil, criminal, and political penalties crashing down on them if they abdicate their duties.
If some Democrats don’t come back right away, Abbott said he might extradite them as “felons.”
Leftists in the state government of Texas employed the use of this strategy as a means of temporarily delaying Republicans the quorum necessary to hold a roll call vote on redistricting.
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