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Watching Jesse Watters and his colleagues on The Five, you can almost see the Democrats’ playbook being read aloud: when policy fails, throw up a smoke screen of race and outrage to distract voters and intimidate courts. This clip nails the moment — Democrats are leaning hard into identity politics as the fallback strategy before the 2026 midterms, and conservatives should call it out for what it is.
Take Texas, where Democrats literally fled the state this summer to deny Republicans a quorum and stall a lawful redistricting process aimed at reflecting shifting populations and political realities. The walkout was theatrical and predictable, a stunt meant to force headlines rather than a serious defense of principle, and it only underlines how far the party will go to cling to power.
Meanwhile in Virginia, voters approved a Democratic-drawn map by referendum only to have the state supreme court step in and say the process was procedurally flawed, wiping out a plan that would have handed the left a big boost in House seats. That ruling shows this isn’t simply about “racism” or “voter suppression” — it’s about who plays by the rules and who bends them when convenient.
Down in Louisiana the high court’s decision on a majority-Black district sent shockwaves through red-state plans, and Republican Gov. Jeff Landry moved to suspend a May primary so lawmakers could redraw maps in response — an aggressive but unsurprising countermove in this new mid-decade redistricting war. Democrats screamed that voters were being disenfranchised even as many of their own had pushed litigation and votes to change the rules only when it suited them.
Make no mistake: this is national strategy, not local grievance. What started with calls from President Trump and red-state leaders to redraw districts mid-cycle has become a tit-for-tat campaign, and Democrats are now trying to weaponize race accusations to halt Republican advances and fundraise off manufactured victimhood. Voters deserve to know the plain truth — these fights are about power, not principle.
Conservatives shouldn’t cower when the other side cries “racism” at any policy they dislike; we should expose the hypocrisy and remind Americans that representation should follow voters, not political theater. The GOP is right to push back in legislatures and in courtrooms; defending fair maps that reflect real-world shifts is how you defend the Republic.
If Democrats want to run on grievance and grievance alone, let them — hardworking Americans want solutions, not performances. Patriots should turn out, stay informed, and vote against the politics of division that treats race as a shield for bad governance.
