WATCH: How Democrats Use RACE-BAITING to Convince Americans They’re Living in Modern-Day Jim Crow
Tennessee Democrats are having meltdowns after Republicans approved a new congressional map that could give the GOP a 9-0 sweep of the state’s House delegation.
The controversy centers on Memphis, where Tennessee’s majority-Black, Democrat-held 9th Congressional District has been split into three Republican-leaning districts.
Democrats responded with their usual playbook: scream racism, invoke Jim Crow, and pretend one political party has a constitutional right to own a congressional district forever.
During the latest episode of The Patriot Perspective, the hosts argued that Democrats are using race as a political shield because they cannot defend the map on normal partisan terms.
“They are acting very entitled, like they deserve a district because of their race,” one host said during the episode.
“You can divide Americans based on race. You can divide Americans based on gender. You can divide Americans based on religion, ethnicity, age, or even sexuality. You can divide Americans in any way you want. But what makes America great is that we don’t look at those factors. We look at Americans based on the fact that they are Americans.”
WATCH: Race Has Become the Left’s Most Dangerous Political Weapon
That is exactly the point Democrats do not want to confront. Redistricting is politics. Both parties do it.
Democrats have spent years defending aggressively drawn maps when those maps benefit them. But when Republicans target a safe Democrat seat, the left suddenly claims democracy itself is being dismantled.
The outrage became even more ridiculous inside the Tennessee Capitol. As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Democrat lawmakers protested the map with chants, demonstrations, and disruptions.
One Democrat lawmaker reportedly stood on a desk, displayed a banner reading “Jim Crow 2.0,” and sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
The comparison is absurd.
Jim Crow was a legal system of racial segregation, intimidation, and civil rights violations. Redrawing a congressional district to weaken a Democrat seat is not Jim Crow.
Calling every political loss “Jim Crow” cheapens American history and exposes how dependent Democrats have become on racial panic.
As the episode explained, the logic does not stop with race. If Democrats claim a majority-Black district cannot be redrawn because doing so is racist, then the same argument could be made for any religious, ethnic, or cultural group concentrated in one district. Jewish voters could claim redistricting is antisemitic. Muslim voters could claim it is Islamophobic. Any group could demand permanent political protection from ordinary mapmaking.
That is identity politics written into election law.
The real reason Democrats are furious is simple: the new map threatens their power.
Tennessee has nine congressional districts. Under the new lines, the Memphis-based Democrat seat could become Republican-leaning, giving the GOP a chance to win every House seat in the state.
Democrats know what that means. They may lose a seat they assumed was theirs.
Instead of admitting the fight is about political control, Democrats are trying to make voters believe the Tennessee GOP is resurrecting segregation.
The left views Americans as voting blocs first and citizens second. Republicans should reject that premise completely. Congressional districts should not exist to guarantee one party’s power because a demographic group usually votes for that party.
Tennessee Republicans are playing hardball. Democrats are furious because, for once, Republicans are not apologizing for it.
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