Asked whether two āunconstitutionalā acts make a right as Democrats look to counter GOP redistricting efforts, Ken Martin said, āIn this case, I would say yes.ā
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin defended Californiaās redistricting efforts while criticizing Republicansā own efforts as unconstitutional.
āIf theyāre going to do this and continue doing this nonsense, which is unconstitutional and illegal, weāre going to be forced to do it ourselves in other states,ā Martin said in an interview with NBC News, referencing GOP redistricting efforts.
Asked whether two unconstitutional acts make a right, Martin said, āIn this case, I would say yes.ā
His comments come as Californians will decide Tuesday whether to approve the stateās Prop 50 ballot measure, which would allow the state to redistrict to favor Democrats in the midterm elections. The move came in response to Republicansā redistricting efforts in Texas to favor the GOP, which sparked redistricting battles in state legislatures across the country.
Iām not mad. Iām glad theyāre showing some semblance of backbone for once. I just think itās a poorly chosen cliche for him to use the āyour grandfatherās Democratic Partyā bit, when the party of the past didnāt have the cowardice issues that the current one has had this very same year.
We hold the Democrats to a higher communications standard because - reasons, so I think what was happening was a weak attempt to attach it to a āknown phraseā such as ānot your grandfatherās [insert thing]ā to be ācatchyā and āmemorableā.
Instead we can rightfully point out all the ways thatās wrong.