Dems’ toxic map quest

THE House majority ran through New York in 2022. The red wave that pundits predicted never made its way ashore nationally, but it definitely washed over the landscape here in New York. Running as one team, we campaigned hard and flipped many House seats from Democrat to Republican in purple, suburban districts.

New Yorkers were able to cast their votes in some of the most competitive races in the country, and we ultimately decided control of the House of Representatives.

Since then, though, to New Yorkers’ significant detriment, rather than stopping the flow of illegal migrants or reducing violent crime, Democrats have been obsessing over how to violate the Constitution, rule of law and will of the people to jam through a hyperpartisan gerrymander of the state’s fair congressional district lines.

For what feels like the millionth time in two years, New Yorkers once again woke up this week wondering who their representatives in Congress are because Democrats keep trying to change the lines.

Corrupt, power-hungry politicians are playing wicked games with these maps, confusing voters and ignoring the state Constitution in the process.

The same leaders who preach to us about “protecting democracy” are fully committed to destroying democracy. They clearly have no regard for the will of voters.

Sore losers

In 2014, New Yorkers approved a statewide constitutional amendment to establish a bipartisan 10member Independent Redistricting Commission to draw district lines, separating this power from the Legislature. Then, in another statewide vote in 2021, New Yorkers rejected an attempt by Albany Democrats to repeal key portions of the 2014 amendment.

Time and time again, New Yorkers have made it clear: We don’t want hyperpartisan, gerrymandered maps. Yet state Democrats have forced them upon us anyway.

A pattern is emerging with