Republicans spent decades swearing they’re colorblind and that racism is history—until the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act, and Tennessee GOP immediately dismantled the state’s only majority-Black district in Memphis, where MLK was killed. They couldn’t even wait weeks to reveal their true intentions, proving every claim about racial neutrality was a lie. They showed us exactly who they are the moment legal consequences disappeared.

Source: https://theintercept.com/2026/05/08/gop-memphis-tennessee-gerrymander-map-black-voters/