Speaker Mike Johnson spent years condemning Democratic gerrymandering as an assault on democracy—then immediately pressured Ron DeSantis to gerrymander Florida after Virginia voters democratically approved nonpartisan redistricting. The moment actual reform threatened GOP power, his “constitutional principles” vanished. Republicans’ election integrity rhetoric was always a con: they love democracy when they’re winning. Source: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/johnson-pressures-desantis-to-gerrymander-maps-after-virginia-win-for-dems
Trump spent months pushing Republican states to redraw maps in his favor, then immediately screamed fraud when Virginia voters approved Democratic-friendly redistricting through a completely legal process. He’s now claiming the same election integrity he was supposedly defending is rigged—because the results didn’t go his way. This is what happens when someone’s only principle is…