“This headline is doing a lot of heavy lifting for the dems.”
News outlet Politico was blasted this week on X for running an article that attempted to highlight Democrats’ “tactical use of redistricting” in the wake of the ongoing battle in Texas that has made national headlines.
The headline, Democrats Try to Separate Their Tactical Use of Redistricting from that of Republicans, was immediately called out as hypocritical and an attempt to run cover for the Democratic Party that has used gerrymandering for nefarious purposes for years.
X user @ZannSuz called the article hypocritical and shared a chart illustrating the extreme consequences of Democrat gerrymandering:
They cannot run away from their glaring hypocrisy on this. The facts are, their states’ districts are worse than anything Republicans are proposing for Texas.
Their threats to redistrict harder are empty because they’re already gerrymandered to the hilt.
They cannot run away from their glaring hypocrisy on this. The facts are, their states’ districts are worse than anything Republicans are proposing for Texas.
Their threats to redistrict harder are empty because they’re already gerrymandered to the hilt. pic.twitter.com/55baho1txD— Snarknado ⚓️ 🇺🇸 (@ZannSuz) August 10, 2025
More responses below:
Absolutely incredible way to cover Democrat hypocrisy https://t.co/m4ru2F2i98
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) August 10, 2025
I for one am happy we have a media to remind us that an action being right or wrong depends on who is doing it.
— OldAndTired (@Ftrain126) August 10, 2025
Democrats gerrymander tactically
Republicans gerrymander with evil intentDid I get that right @politico https://t.co/NBNhKbWsAK
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) August 10, 2025
This headline is doing so much work it deserves overtime pay https://t.co/2SCI8C0RDl pic.twitter.com/PfkIRuL7jt
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) August 10, 2025
Politico tries to separate its tactical use of news from that of real news outlets. https://t.co/3kEJJlFf6a
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) August 11, 2025
This headline is doing a lot of heavy lifting for the Dems ===> https://t.co/5sZyu5qPzL pic.twitter.com/iUbZL4IRKE
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 11, 2025