Texas Democrat Finally Apologizes For Comparing GOP Redistricting To The Holocaust

Texas Democrat Finally Apologizes For Comparing GOP Redistricting To The Holocaust


While so-called gerrymandering is a bipartisan pastime dating back generations, it’s only a problem among Democrats when Republicans do it.

That fact has been on full display as Democratic lawmakers across Texas abscond to other states in opposition to redistricting being proposed by GOP officials.

And one of those individuals, state Rep. Jolanda Jones, had a particularly ill-advised take on the matter, as the Daily Caller reported:

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Fired CNN host Don Lemon nodded along Tuesday as Democratic Texas state Rep. Jolanda Jones compared congressional redistricting to the Holocaust.

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Jones is among the over 50 Democrat state lawmakers who broke quorum by dodging the Monday vote on redistricting by fleeing to blue states like Illinois and New York. The left-wing lawmaker claimed with a

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