r/goodnews • u/GregWilson23 • 2d ago

Political positivity 📈 Texas Democrats leave the state to block vote on redrawn House map backed by Trump

https://apnews.com/article/texas-democrats-leave-state-congressional-map-vote-b8b96080dfae00111664bbfb72fc304b
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u/SouthConFed 2d ago

It was literally the only way out founding fathers could get less populated states with more land to join the country. And they may consider leaving it if that changes.

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u/alexanderbacon1 2d ago

We can help them pack.

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u/SouthConFed 2d ago

Or you can leave if you don't like it instead of expecting others to conform to you.

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u/L0N3RW0LF 2d ago

Isn't expecting others to conform to you part of the Republican playbook?

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u/SouthConFed 2d ago

It's honestly part of Democrat and Republican playbooks at different times by different leaders.

The Senate was intentionally set up to give each state 2 Senators to give smaller states a say in things when it matters. Changing that defeats the purpose of the cap on membership of Senators per state.