Lib attorney Marc Elias announced his group will be suing Arizona over what he says is an “illegally gerrymandered map.”
“Arizonians deserve better,” he says:
It is disappointing that the AZ Commission produced an illegally gerrymandered map. Arizonians deserve better. Arizona will be sued. https://t.co/7zMNo1ZVej
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) December 22, 2021
First up, it’s not “Arizonians”:
https://t.co/6f3oaKBKyR pic.twitter.com/jC8co3wZQO
— The AZ – abc15 – Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) December 23, 2021
But, more importantly, this is a “dead-end lawsuit” that “could diminish their side’s credibility in the suits that actually matter.”
From redistricting expert Dave Wasserman:
Hearing increasing concerns from Dem members of Congress that the party’s legal apparatus filing a ton of dead-end lawsuits (for example, AZ map passed w/ unanimous bipartisan support) could diminish their side’s credibility in the suits that actually matter. https://t.co/E7E1IjbG2W
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) December 23, 2021
But then former Attorney General Eric Holder jumped in to defend the lawsuit, calling Wasserman “just plain stupid”:
This is just plain stupid. We file our suits in places where there is egregious conduct – and where we can win. Tell the would be trial lawyers – now standing on the sidelines – to shut the hell up. https://t.co/XlvZeJNB6n
— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) December 23, 2021
Oh, big mistake.
Wasserman pointed out that “both *Dem* commissioners voted to approve the 5-4 Biden map.” Will Holder and Elias prove the *Dems* engaged in “egregious conduct”? What a clown show:
https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1474254632448897025
Yep. We love to see it, too:
The former Attorney General of the United States just got dunked on by a political map nerd.
That is the America I love 😂 https://t.co/3y6weaah6v
— Nicole Rodden (@NicoleRoddenGA) December 24, 2021
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