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brooklynite

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Wed Oct 14, 2015, 03:12 PM Oct 2015

Rep. Ron DeSantis: Easy-to-win congressional districts 'shortsighted' for GOP

Source: Times-Herald

Republicans have been “shortsighted” to draw congressional districts that have large populations of GOP voters and are easier for the party win.

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, a Republican candidate for the Senate, said Wednesday that his party has created long-term problems for itself by working with black Democrats in redistricting, making maps that benefit both groups.

“It guarantees certain Republican seats,” he said at a Tallahassee press event put on by the Associated Press (which you can follow along with live here). “That’s been a little shortsighted for Republican voters.”


Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/rep-ron-desantis-easy-to-win-congressional-districts-shortsighted-for-gop/2249656



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AwareOne

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1. Says the Tea Party
Wed Oct 14, 2015, 10:42 PM
Oct 2015

conspiracy theorist right wing scum bag from a gerrymandered district. This guy is a grade A+ asshole and my Rep.

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