The North Carolina GOP is Notorious for Ratfuckery
North Carolina’s Republican leaders in the state legislature announced on Monday that they plan to hold a vote next week on redrawing North Carolina’s district map for U.S. House seats. But in announcing their plans to act on President Trump’s pressure campaign — the White House has forced Republican state legislatures around the nation to redraw maps ahead of the midterms to help their party hold the House — North Carolina Republicans framed the move as some sort of necessary response to Democrats‘ mid-decade redistricting efforts (which, to the extent they have gotten off the ground, are a response to Republicans’ successful Texas gerrymander).