GOP Rep Screams Bloody Murder As Republicans Draw Him Out Of Existence

When Louisiana was forced by the courts to create a second majority Black district to represent the state better (It's nearly 1/3 African American), Republicans knew that spelled trouble and resisted it for as long as they could. One of them would have to be sacrificed to comply with the law, and Garret Graves got the short straw. (Actually, there's been some conjecture that because Graves backed someone else besides Jeff Landry for Governor last year the die was cast.) And he's not too happy about this turn of events, to put it mildly.

Source: The Hill

Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) is warning that Louisiana’s “boneheaded” new congressional map could put House Republicans in jeopardy of losing their majority come November, after his district was redrawn to create a majority-Black district.

“In doing so [Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)] has a two-seat majority and they effectively just took one of those seats away voluntarily,” Graves told USA Today Network in an interview. “What happens if that causes Republicans to lose the House?”

“It was a boneheaded move to do what was done last week — a real head-scratcher. Nobody campaigned on these issues,” he added.

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