Gov. Tom Wolf Blasts Republicans For Trying To Gerrymander Pennsylvania

Gov. Tom Wolf didn’t propulsion immoderate punches and accused authorities Republicans of trying to prime their ain voters with a gerrymandered projected Pennsylvania map.

Gov. Wolf wrote successful a missive to authorities House leadership:

The representation has important differences successful colonisation among districts, splits aggregate communities of involvement to amended the accidental a Republican volition triumph an election, and falls abbreviated connected this basal measurement of partisan fairness, among different concerns.

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Pennsylvanians are looking for a just predetermination representation drawn successful an unfastened and honorable way. They neither privation nor merit a representation drawn by self-serving politicians looking to feather their ain nests on with those of their governmental friends. They merit amended and truthful does our democracy.

The existent map, which was drawn by the authorities Supreme Court has been wide praised arsenic some geographically accordant and fair. The representation is truthful just that the state’s legislature delegation is evenly divided 9-9 betwixt Democrats and Republicans.

The Republican projected representation is simply a joke. The GOP is trying to gerrymander Pennsylvania, but Gov. Wolf volition not motion the bill, and it is apt that the caller representation volition extremity up being drawn erstwhile again by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.