Redistricting efforts in Texas are causing significant political consequences, including Democratic lawmakers fleeing the state in protest. David Brooks compared these actions to the use of mustard gas on civilians in World War I, asserting that such measures harm democracy. He warned against a retaliatory response from Democrats like Gavin Newsom, cautioning that adopting similar tactics would carry a moral stain. Brooks predicted a coming race to the bottom in political ethics, signifying a deterioration of voter trust and democracy due to gerrymandering.
Let's do a little ethical experiment here. In World War I, the Germans used mustard gas on civilians, and it helps them. Do you then decide, OK, we're going to use mustard gas in civilians? What Trump ordered Abbott to do in Texas is mustard gas on our democracy.
There's a moral stain that will accompany anybody who does this. Because basically they are destroying our democracy. You don't let politicians pick voters, you let voters pick politicians.
What's gonna happen is that we're gonna have a race to the bottom, where it's... there's a moral stain, and what's going to happen is people are gonna say, it's those politicians.
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