After Tennessee Republicans rammed through a new congressional map that dismantles the state’s lone Democrat-held congressional district centered in Memphis, at least one furious Democrat is now openly floating the idea of Memphissecedingfrom the Volunteer State altogether.
Tennessee State Rep. Antonio Parkinson (D-Memphis), apparently unable to stomach the political reality of a deep-red Tennessee exercising its legislative authority, called for Memphis to separate from the state following the explosive redistricting battle.
As The Gateway Punditreported just days ago, all hell broke loose in the Tennessee House when Republicans passed a new congressional map eliminating the state’s only majority-Black, Democrat-held district in Memphis.
The map, now signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee, cracks up Shelby County and spreads those heavily Democratic voters into three Republican-leaning districts stretching into rural and suburban areas.
A potential 9-0 Republican sweep in Tennessee’s congressional delegation, exactly what fair maps and the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling against race-based mapmaking were designed to achieve.
The 9th District will now potentially see Rep. Steve Cohen,a white Democrat, likely replaced by Charlotte Bergmann,a black female Republican.
But the sore-loser Democrats can’t handle it. Instead of accepting the will of the people and the rule of law, they’re throwing the ultimate hissy fit: secession.
State Rep. Antonio Parkinson (D-Memphis) went full drama queen on the House floor Thursday, declaring:
“If this body believes that Memphis should not have the right to elect representation reflective of its own community, the legislature should explain why Memphis should continue to be part of the state of Tennessee. Let Memphis secede. You don’t have to redraw maps when you let us out. Let my people go.”
He later doubled down with local media, claiming the redistricting wasn’t just about maps, it was some grand conspiracy against Black voters.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
