As I posted earlier, Reuters published a piece about demonstrators marching to protest the Supreme Court ruling that "gutted a core Voting Rights Act protection." That wasn't the demonstrators talking; that was Reuters. That was their headline.
What the Supreme Court ruled is that Louisiana's race-based congressional district map was unconstitutional. You can't use race to gerrymander. Why? Because it's racist.
The meltdown over this "gutting" of the Voting Rights Act has resulted in some really bad takes. Sen. Raphael Warnock gave Reuters the idea for their headline by posting that the Supreme Court had "gutted the protections that Dr. King marched for." Not only that, but it gutted the "protections made possible by civil rights protestors who spilled blood."
Speaking of blood, Justice Elana Kagan reportedly wrote in her dissent that the Voting Rights Act "was born of the literal blood of Union soldiers and civil rights marchers." That's right … those brave Union soldiers didn't know it at the time, but they were shedding their blood so that states could draw up ridiculous congressional maps based on race.
Juliana Stratton is the current Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and a candidate for Senate, and she invoked her father marching back in 1965 only for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court to "rip away" voting rights for blacks.
My dad didn't march for voting rights just for Trump's Supreme Court to rip them away. We will fight back. pic.twitter.com/7oWnRWzLtj
— Juliana Stratton (@JulianaStratton) May 4, 2026
Anyone who had the right to vote before the ruling still has the right to vote after the ruling. How is this so hard to understand?
Name one person who has lost their right to vote with this ruling, Juliana. Just one.
— The🐰FOO (@PolitiBunny) May 5, 2026
Are the stripped rights in the room with us now?
— 100 Proof 🥃 (@ChampionCapua) May 5, 2026
Nobody ripped anything away. 🙄
— ☬ 𝕮𝖆𝖋𝖋𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝕮𝖗𝖚𝖘𝖆𝖉𝖊𝖗 (@Baratski) May 5, 2026
It's insulting.
How entirely grotesque to use his memory and legacy to advance a demonstrably false talking point for political expediency. Recalibrate your moral compass.
— CarolinaConservative3 (@1776Carolina3) May 5, 2026
Or Union soldiers.
No rights have been remotely changed.
— Tony Shaffer 🇺🇲☢️ (@tspooky) May 5, 2026
One citizens, one vote.
Equality.
Most voters see beyond this, and right through this dangerous rhetoric.
— Maryellen is Wise (@maryellenonebay) May 4, 2026
Stop treating your constituents like they cannot critically think. 🙄
Was your father in favor of racially segregated Congressional districts? Drawing bizarre lines that group white voters on one side and minority voters on the other?
— Ben Dempsey (@BenDempsey18) May 5, 2026
Blacks cannot vote anymore?
— IQ 593 | Cody Penn-Dent | influencer (@codypd) May 5, 2026
Bold move by SCOTUS I guess.
What right, specifically, have you lost? Are you no longer free to vote? Run for office? Support the candidate of your choice? Speak freely?
— DelilahM (@delilahmused) May 5, 2026
I'm sorry you are no longer allowed to vote.
— MEME THE LEFT (@memetheleft) May 5, 2026
Pretty sure your dad marched for equality not imaginary segregated black voting districts, but you do you….
— Frank Castle (@jturpeningGA) May 5, 2026
There are no rights that were taken. You may not draw racial districts and separate voters by skin color. It was ridiculous that anyone that you ever could.
— Christopher Couillard (@ChrisCoolyard) May 5, 2026
"Trump's" Supreme Court did what it was supposed to do … interpret the law according to the Constitution. I, for one, find it refreshing that the Supreme Court is undoing so much of the damage that was done in the name of "equality."
This is especially rich coming from the lieutenant governor of a state with the most messed-up gerrymandered map in the country.
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