Marco Rubio and Ron DeSantis have essentially got Florida in the bag. A big, red bag.
Naturally, MSNBC is having a very difficult time with this. Their live blog is a veritable bounty of cope.
Here’s an offering from Ja’Han Jones, who you may know as a blogger at MSNBC’s The ReidOut blog:
.@_jahan: The GOP’s dominance in Florida is all about gerrymandering. https://t.co/jyM497uHiV pic.twitter.com/PSnHsiFTvM
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 9, 2022
It’s all about the gerrymandering. Obviously.
HA HA HA HA https://t.co/8Sc7aaNCm9
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) November 9, 2022
LOL they tweeted this two minutes ago? https://t.co/S6goMeD6PY
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) November 9, 2022
They waited until after it was clear that this was a runaway race for Marco Rubio and Ron DeSantis.
"Facts… What are they?" https://t.co/fmXM35V1st
— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) November 9, 2022
Slow down, Doc. MSNBC still has to figure out what gerrymandering is.
Ah yes that's why DeSantis won Hispanic voters in Miami-Dade County by 13%. Because they must have gerrymandered the….county.
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) November 9, 2022
How, pray tell, does one gerrymander statewide offices? https://t.co/TABbhFE6oj
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) November 9, 2022
One doesn’t.
Fun to dunk on, but the article talks about House races. https://t.co/BaPBR57dWg
— Ekdahl Press Office (@EkdahlPress) November 9, 2022
That’s a fair point. If you read Jones’ write-up, he indeed names a couple of House races:
Steve Kornacki just reported a slate of projected GOPers flipping seats in Florida in districts where Republicans — namely, Gov. Ron DeSantis — gerrymandered the voter maps to shore up conservatives’ control of the state. Specifically, he highlighted GOP challenger Anna Paulina Luna in the 13th District and Laurel Lee in the 15th District, both winners in districts deliberately drawn to favor Republicans and heighten the party’s chances of retaking the House.
Where Jones’ argument really falls apart is when he subsequently says that we need to put Florida’s GOP victories in the “valuable context” of gerrymandering. Gerrymandering didn’t flip Miami-Dade County from blue to red. Gerrymandering didn’t hand Ron DeSantis and Marco Rubio their respective victories. The GOP is winning in Florida because the Democrats are an abject disaster with an impressive record of doing the exact opposite of the smart and sane thing.
So yeah, we can still dunk on him.
Guys you need to take this L with both hands.
— Guy Faux (@Faux_Guy_) November 9, 2022
Give them time. The struggle is real.
MSNBCope
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) November 9, 2022
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Related:
Joy Reid offers up interesting explanation as to why Miami-Dade went to Marco Rubio and Ron DeSantis
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