THE MIDTERM MELTDOWN: WHITE HOUSE ADMITS IT’S “COOKED” AS REDISTRICTING WARS IGNITE ACROSS THE SOUTH

Mississippi: Triggering emergency redistricting sessions.

“The map of affected states—Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia—is not a coincidence,” Abrams noted. “This is a map of the old Confederacy. More than half of Black Americans live in these states. If their political power is stripped through gerrymandering, progressives cannot win again.”

The Historical Tug-of-War

The current crisis is being framed as a continuation of a struggle that goes back to the Civil War and the failed promise of Reconstruction.

• 1865-1877: The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments briefly allowed Black men to enter Congress and become governors.

• The Reversal: Andrew Johnson rescinded Reconstruction, ushering in decades of disenfranchisement.

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