Maryland, My Maryland

Da Caller, National Democrats Intervene To Protect Gerrymandered Maps In Maryland

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is preparing to wage a legal battle to protect gerrymandered Congressional maps in the state of Maryland, Fair Maps Maryland announced Monday.

According to Fair Maps Maryland, an organization aligned with Republican Gov. Larry Hogan which seeks to end partisan gerrymandering in the state, the DCCC filed a motion to intervene in ongoing litigation over Democrats’ proposed Congressional maps. If granted, the DCCC would become a legal defendant in the case on the side of defending the gerrymandered maps.

The motion was filed by attorney Marc Elias, former general counsel to the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign and founder of Democracy Docket, a website dedicated to covering election law news from a progressive perspective.

Elias has been an outspoken critic of gerrymandering done by Republicans in states like North Carolina, but would now be defending gerrymandering done by Democrats if the motion to intervene is granted.

Marc Elias is a Clinton crony and also a principle in the creation and promulgation of the Russiagate hoax. He and the DCCC should mind their own damn business. But this gives me some reason to suspect that there's a chance (however small) for gerrymander reform in Maryland. If not, they wouldn't have bothered.