For reference: South Carolina is about 60/40 with Republican advantage. They currently hold 6/7 house seats. In other words they hold 86% of the seats with 60% of the vote. This proposal would give them merely 70% of the seats with 60% of the vote. The closest split would be 4/7 which is 57% of the seats.
There is one blue district in the state, which includes parts of both Columbia and Charleston. The rest of Columbia’s and Charleston’s populations are split among four other congressional districts.
In a sense, we were ministers. And I have heard now so many times from individuals who have been honest enough and brave enough to tell me aspects of their life, of their health, of their mental health. And how it was all saved and improved by watching every week.
Martin: How did that sit with you? That’s an awful lot of responsibility to be that. I mean, you’re an actor in a show and people ascribe to you this wisdom, you’re a moral compass for them.
Direct evidence? They haven’t even shown Direct Evidence’s 4th cousin twice removed. They’ve shown absolutely nothing. It’s just a bunch of old white men grandstanding and whining like petulant toddlers while the clock ticks on real issues like a fucking looming shutdown
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