George Takei: Why is Jim Jordan in congress?

[kpete]

As Jim Jordan tries to inserts his committee improperly into state prosecutions once again, a reminder of why he is even in Congress in the first place. This is his district in Ohio. One of the most gerrymandered in the nation.

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[NoMoreRepugs]

1. Gymbo - a crooked man from a crooked voting district.

[Seinan Sensei]

38. "There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile"

[dem4decades]

2. The north end of that district looks like a dick that doesn't belong there.

No wonder Jordan doesn't say anything about it.

[dchill]

24. Sometimes a gerrymandered district...

...is just a cigar. 😁

[dobleremolque]

25. You could say the same thing about Jim Jordan in Congress. n/t

[multigraincracker]

3. I lived in Ohio for a few years.

I was in his district for two years and the gerrymandered out of it. I think he didn’t care for me.

[jdadd]

16. I'm still in it!

[lonely bird]

33. You have my deepest sympathies

I am in David Joyce’s district.

He sucks just not as bad as Gym.

[Jerry2144]

4. That's not a district. That's a duck

Short for DumbFuk which is what they have for a reprehensible in Congress

[bmichaelh]

5. Data Science

For a party that believes in neither math nor science, what would one expect?

I have heard that districts can be drawn more fairly by data science.

[niyad]

6. Quite apart from that ridiculous district, which reminds me of CO3, I wonder

what dirty secrets he has on some people. It has puzzled me for a very long time that soomebody so corrupt, so evil, so disgusting, could continue in office. (note: that thougt preceded the moron twins gazpacho and qbert, and santos.))? But I still think he has dirt on some very powerful people. Or putler does.

[brush]

7. Obviously carved out of just repug neighborhoods to guarantee a repug seat in Congress.

That should be illegal. That party knows it can't win without cheating.

[True Blue American]

31. It is illegal. The Ohio Supreme

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Court threw it out 5 times. Ony good for 4 years, just enough to get them re- elected.

We voted for an independent commission twice. DeWine put himself in charge. The corruption is so bad they are doing it in plain sight now. They know their days are numbered. Like rats they are scrabbling. We voted against their attempt to make it impossible for citizens to file to get things on the ballot. Even the rural voted against them this time.

[lonely bird]

34. Yeah, they are doing it in plain sight

LaRose is a piece of excrement. Yost sucks. Iirc, Husted and Dolan want to take Sherrie Brown’s senate seat.

Shitty Republicans everywhere.

[Bristlecone]

8. The Duck

Ol’ Gym really is the worst of what the US has to offer. Just a garbage human being top to bottom. I’m

[calimary]

9. Looks like an animal with an open mouth and a fat ass.

Which somehow seems appropriate.

[Seinan Sensei]

39. God wasted a perfectly good asshole when he put teeth in Gym's mouth.

[SWBTATTReg]

10. tRUMP talked to Jordan on the day of the insurrection, so somehow, he was somehow involved w/ it.

14th Amendment him out.

[SalamanderSleeps]

12. When asked about what they talked about on the 6th he said he could not remember.

Apparently, if you want a member of congress that abets serial rapists and insurrectionists this creep fits the bill perfectly.

He would not know what integrity was if it bit him on the ass.

I'm just glad his district doesn't go far enough south to have him be my congressman.

[SWBTATTReg]

13. Thanks for reminding us all of this too, I recalled that very statement that gym jordan made when

questioned. I still think that the next shoe that should drop is to go after all of the members of Congress that stood by and did nothing, in effect aided and abetted tRUMP in his attempt.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. Biggest day of his adult life and he can't remember

Probably also doesn't remember his wedding anniversary or how many planes there were on 9/11.

But he never forgets that his constituents are even stupider than he is. THAT is why he is in Congress.

[localroger]

11. Hey, I have an anti-gerrymandering idea

The borders of a district must be straight lines, and there can't be more than twelve of them. That gives a little wiggle room but not for the kind of fuckery that was obviously done here.

[onecaliberal]

17. There is a theory out there called the straight edge redistricting

Literally divide the state equally by #s of people and straight lined districts.

[FakeNoose]

20. The lines are drawn according to population density

Each district is supposed to be roughly the same number of residents - including nonvoters. So the urban districts are smaller areas than the rural districts because the population density is greater.

However the Repukes have learned that urban areas tend to elect more minorities as representatives. They don't like that - so they use gerrymandering to break up the urban areas and combine them with suburban/rural areas that have more white voters. I'm sure you get the drift.

Gerrymandering is the perfect example of incumbents (of either party) putting their thumb on the scale to make their own reelection easier. Since the 1950s it has been mostly Repukes doing it, but before that some Dems were doing it too.

It's immoral and undemocratic, but it's also harder for the minority party to oppose the gerrymandered maps. The longer it takes to get them struck down, the bigger the advantage for the majority party in the next election.

[onecaliberal]

21. Yes. That's it in a nutshell

[paleotn]

19. Make them squares of various sizes....

and let control of Congress fall where it may. I'd bet dollars to donuts the Dems dominate.

Also, there's no reason we're stuck at 435 Congress critters since 1911. The UK has 650 MPs with a population roughly 20% of the US.

[localroger]

22. I think the main reason we're stuck at 435 congresscritters is...

...the Capitol building. There isn't room for any more of them there, and nobody wants to think about replacing the historic building with something more practical in modern terms.

[paleotn]

37. Good point, but that has more to do with the current layout than the size of the chamber.

Wapo did an opinion piece on this back in the spring. It's doable within the existing House chamber footprint.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2023/capitol-house-representatives-expansion-design/

[Bernardo de La Paz]

30. Number of members is not an issue if they are fairly elected in fair districts

By your math, you want over 3,000 members. That's unwieldy, impossible to manage.

[paleotn]

36. A proportional increase to match the UK isn't necessary.

I just think the population of our congressional districts has grown too large for congress people to provide the kind of representation the founders intended. They're more like senators now. My comparison was just to show that other democracies do just fine with significantly larger representative bodies, i.e. 435 is not a magic number above which there's chaos. 600 would do. The Bundestag in Germany has over 700.

[onecaliberal]

14. Just like CA22 Kevin's new district, Devin's old district.

[2naSalit]

15. He's there specifically...

To help dismantle Congress and anything he can damage from there. Someone should see who finances his world and makes his meth.

[paleotn]

18. He's a wrasslin' coach. That's why.

[True Blue American]

45. Gym is

like Denny Hastert!

[Takket]

23. this is what we mean when Democrats say that politcians should not choose their voters...

[Mike Niendorff]

26. Perhaps a new nickname is appropriate here:

"Gerrymandered Jim"


MDN

[Iggo]

27. Idiots keep voting for him.

[pansypoo53219]

28. cause the GOP has to cheat.

[twodogsbarking]

32. I thought it was because no one else would hire him.

[spanone]

35. marsha blackburn's district was gerrymandered much like gyms....they all cheat.

[riverbendviewgal]

40. Would AI draw a fairer district?

Just curious.

[Wounded Bear]

41. Perhaps if it was programmed to be "fair" it would...

but, alas, AI can be programmed to cheat as well.

[riverbendviewgal]

42. Thanks

That sounds logical

[CrispyQ]

44. Then it's not really AI, is it.

This is not directed at you, but at the media. I'm having serious issue with the way the term AI is thrown around for what so far are just complex algorithms. A few weeks ago I read some supposed experts in AI stated that AI is the most serious threat facing humanity. Really? More serious than climate change? You watch. We'll put more effort into trying to control/monitor/safeguard ourselves from AI than we ever do for climate change.

Again, none of that was personal Just ranting at reality.

[True Blue American]

48. Makes sense to me.

[True Blue American]

47. But you have to have a cheater do it.

We voted twice for an Independent commission to draw the maps. DeWine put himself in charge. 5 maps, all thrown out by the Republican Ohio Supreme Court. They used it anyway.

As I said the corruption in the Republican Party is right out in the open and blessed by the MSM!

[True Blue American]

46. Yes👍

Going to check with my Grandson. He started in AI this year and loves it

I have been trying to understand what he does. Found an article this morning on the subject.his dad is a practical Engineer. I do think I am beginning to understand the difference between practical and theory.

Am joking but that is fact.

[CrispyQ]

43. Jim couldn't win on a level playing field.

How anyone looks at this district & thinks he's legitimate is beyond me.

[Evolve Dammit]

49. Way more crooked than a dog's hind leg... Jacket Off Gym Jordan (Karma comimg)

[AZLD4Candidate]

50. Because gerrymandering and my good friend Tamie Wilson hasn't won the 2024 election yet.