Progressive podcaster Bryan Tyler Cohen is calling on Democratic governors in blue states to “wake the [expletive] up” and go on the offensive, warning that the GOP redistricting blitz could erase Democrats from the U.S. House for a generation.
In a Sunday video posted to his “No Lie” YouTube channel, Cohen ran through the running tally of Republican-controlled states moving to wipe out Democratic seats, including Alabama, where lawmakers are reverting to a map previously struck down as a racist gerrymander.
“They will not stop,” Cohen warned, calling it a “hard truth.” “The Republicans, to their credit, engage in these long-term projects, whether it’s Roe or the Voting Rights Act. They will fight for something even if it takes them 50 or 60 years.”
Cohen ticked off five additional Republican seats in Texas, four in Florida, two in Ohio, one in North Carolina, one in Missouri, plus moves in Tennessee, Louisiana, and South Carolina. He warned that going “tit-for-tat,” such as was the case with California’s Prop 50 ballot measure, wouldn’t deter Republicans.
“They will gerrymander every Democratic district out of existence. Just you wait,” an animated Cohen warned, claiming Democrats’ sole recourse is to go on “full offense.”
Cohen called on Democratic officials in New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Colorado, Washington, and Oregon to redraw maps for “full Democratic control” and named Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis as Democrats who aren’t moving aggressively enough, endorsing primary challengers against them.
Should they fail, Cohen fears Democrats could be “scientifically engineered out of the House forever.”
“I get that Democrats don’t really have the stomach for this kind of stuff, for this kind of warfare. Find it. The time for good government solutions is long gone. Now it’s existential,” he said.
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