{"id":51884,"date":"2025-08-06T15:39:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=51884"},"modified":"2025-08-06T15:39:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T15:39:46","slug":"backfire-barack-obama-weighs-in-on-the-texas-redistricting-controversy-and-it-promptly-blows-up-in-his-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=51884","title":{"rendered":"Backfire: Barack Obama Weighs In On the Texas Redistricting Controversy and It Promptly Blows Up In His Face"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Tuesday, former President Obama decided to weigh in on Texas Republicans\u2019 efforts to redistrict mid-decade, and he may have wanted to wait to hit send instead.<\/p>\n

As The Gateway Pundit reported<\/a>, President Trump urged Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas State Legislature to create five additional Republican congressional seats to improve the GOP\u2019s chances of winning the midterms. Abbott and the Legislature obliged<\/a>, but that was not the end of the story.<\/p>\n

After the map was approved <\/a>by a House panel, Texas Democrats fled <\/a>the state to block the Republicans in the legislature from holding a special session and to block a redistricting vote on Sunday. Illinois and New York are hosting the bulk of the fleebaggers.<\/p>\n

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Obama posted encouragement to the fleebaggers and urged his fellow Democrats to stay focused on the GOP\u2019s so-called \u2018power grab.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t lose focus on what matters \u2013 right now,\u201d Obama wrote on X. \u201cRepublicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year\u2019s midterm elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a power grab that undermines our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Social media users promptly roasted Obama right after he posted this tweet, with many pointing out the fact that no state gerrymanders like his home state of Illinois.<\/p>\n

Others mocked him over his rumored marriage problems and his role in the Russia Collusion Hoax.<\/p>\n

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pic.twitter.com\/M8itcsRDUT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cernovich (@Cernovich) August 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Y\u2019mean like this\u2026? pic.twitter.com\/2rVeQI3RMi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 VoteChecker (@VoteChecker) August 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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All of these people are going to prison for you. pic.twitter.com\/QE6uOlZ0qe<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jammles (@jammles9) August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Lmfao! I heard the jury for the Russia hoax will be held in Florida .<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jaypatriot (@realjaypatriot) August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Something in your mind Barry? pic.twitter.com\/e5mxWHi96I<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 MAGA\u2019s the fix (@Honesttruthman) August 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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pic.twitter.com\/FQvjp6czUc<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Donna Marie (@sabback) August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Illinois is the official home of gerrymandering.<\/p>\n

Look at the district that cuts like a mummy bandage across the state starting in East St. Louis. pic.twitter.com\/v8XbLCKJSj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bubbles In The Tank (@BubblesInTank) August 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Let\u2019s put the rumors to rest Barack\u2026 Is Michelle a dude?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Gunther Eagleman\"\u2122\" (@GuntherEagleman) August 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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