{"id":1486694,"date":"2022-05-21T08:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T12:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1486694"},"modified":"2022-05-21T08:30:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T12:30:23","slug":"new-yorks-congressional-maps-create-chaos-for-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-yorks-congressional-maps-create-chaos-for-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"New York\u2019s Congressional Maps Create Chaos for Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-yorks-congressional-maps-create-chaos-for-democrats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1486694&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Democrats created a heavily gerrymandered congressional map in New York which was designed to help them pick up a few seats and thereby help preserve their majority in the House. But\u00a0 last month the NY Court of Appeals ruled the heavily gerrymandered map <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/john-s-2\/2022\/04\/27\/ny-court-of-appeals-rejects-redistricting-maps-drawn-with-an-unconstitutional-partisan-intent-n465412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violated the state constitution<\/a> in part because it was clearly drawn with partisan intent.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats argued that there wasn\u2019t time to do anything about the maps so, even though they were unconstitutional, they would have to be used anyway. The court disagreed and handed the creation of new maps over to a special master, an elections expert named Jonathan Cervas, who would draw up new maps that everyone would just have to live with. We got a preview of the maps Monday and the reaction from Democrats was shock and dismay. Instead of gaining 3 seats in the state, the new, fairer maps mean Democrats could <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/jazz-shaw\/2022\/05\/16\/new-ny-congressional-maps-look-rather-dismal-for-democrats-n469749\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lose several seats<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not just the number of seats Democrats could lose that\u2019s the problem. The new maps will also force a number of Democrats into awkward primary battles with one another. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called it \u201cchaos\u201d and for once <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/york-democrats-slam-congressional-map\/story?id=84846325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she\u2019s right<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cChaos,\u201d Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said Thursday when asked about the state of affairs\u2026<\/p>\n<p>House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., who lives on Manhattan\u2019s liberal Upper West Side, will compete in a new district against House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., who has represented the borough\u2019s East Side.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, the two lawmakers have worked together on major issues facing the city \u2013 including health benefits for Sep. 11 first responders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat he did was atrocious,\u201d Nadler said of the new map proposed by Jonathan Cervas, the court-appointed official. \u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA majority of the communities in the newly redrawn NY-12 are ones I have represented for years and to which I have deep ties,\u201d Maloney said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The thunderdome-style showdown between Nadler and Maloney is just the start of the problem for the state\u2019s Democrats. When the maps were revealed Monday, Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney announced he would jump from the 18th district into the new 17th district. And, to be fair, he appears to be the only Democrat who actually lives in this newly drawn district.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Further, I believe I am the only sitting member who resides in NY17. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J7oK4D3EiB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/J7oK4D3EiB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Patrick Maloney (@spmaloney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spmaloney\/status\/1526239795625742338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But that decision creates problems for the current occupant of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2022\/5\/19\/23131319\/new-york-congressional-map-maloney-jones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">17th district<\/a>, Rep. Mondaire Jones:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, the centrist head of the House Democrats\u2019 campaign arm, was quick to announce after the draft map was released that he would run in the 17th District, currently occupied by Rep. Mondaire Jones, a first-term Black progressive. That leaves Jones with a tough decision of whether to defend his seat or run in the new 16th District, which now encompasses his home of White Plains, against Rep. Jamaal Bowman, also a Black progressive. Some Democrats have expressed concern about Maloney\u2019s decision to run in the 17th, saying it creates a conflict of interest and that he should step down from his position as head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSean Patrick Maloney did not even give me a heads-up before he went on Twitter to make that announcement,\u201d Jones\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/05\/16\/new-york-house-map-chaos-00032931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told Politico<\/a>\u00a0on Monday. \u201cAnd I think that tells you everything you need to know about Sean Patrick Maloney.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So Rep. Maloney\u2019s decision sets up another showdown (\u201ctwo men enter, one man leaves\u201d), this time between two black progressives. Naturally, progressive activists aren\u2019t happy about the idea and are demanding that Jones remain in the redrawn 17th district and try to take out Rep. Maloney.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Mondaire runs in Jamaal\u2019s district, he\u2019ll be doing the same thing that Sean Patrick Maloney just did to him. <\/p>\n<p>Leadership and corporate donors may want two progressive black men to scrap it out, but that doesn\u2019t serve working people\u2019s interests. <\/p>\n<p>I hope Mondaire reconsiders.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Berger (@maxberger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maxberger\/status\/1526986982798376960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mondaire is a rising star in the party and it\u2019s absolutely shameful what Maloney did to kneecap him. <\/p>\n<p>But, we can beat him.<\/p>\n<p>A progressive vs progressive primary would be a debacle with no winners. No one comes out looking good.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Berger (@maxberger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maxberger\/status\/1526990747756400640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, AOC is calling on Rep. Maloney to step down as chair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/05\/19\/ocasio-cortez-calls-on-maloney-to-resign-dccc-chairmanship-if-he-primaries-colleague-00033811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of the DCCC<\/a>, saying he has a conflict of interest if he\u2019s going to primary another incumbent Democrat.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In an interview Thursday, Ocasio-Cortez called Maloney\u2019s decision to run in the newly drawn district that includes most of Rep. Mondaire Jones\u2019 (D-N.Y.) current constituents \u201cterrible\u201d and \u201chypocritical\u201d \u2014 and she said \u201cit absolutely further imperils our majority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the resources that he has at his helm, it creates a conflict of interest,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said at the Capitol, noting that Maloney declined to run in another district where most of his current constituents now live. \u201cIf he\u2019s going to enter in a primary and challenge another Democratic member, then he should step aside from his responsibilities at the DCCC.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And we\u2019re still not done with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2022\/5\/19\/23131319\/new-york-congressional-map-maloney-jones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all the chaos<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, chair of the House Democratic Caucus, could run in the new Ninth District, which is currently represented by fellow Democrat Rep. Yvette Clarke. He has also criticized the new maps for potentially forcing four Black members into competitive primaries.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Jeffries was not happy about it when the maps were revealed, saying the new map would \u201cmake Jim Crow blush.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The draft redistricting map viciously targets historic Black representation in NY, and places 4 Black members of Congress into the same district.<\/p>\n<p>This tactic would make Jim Crow blush.<\/p>\n<p>The draft map is unacceptable, unconscionable &#038; unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJeffries\/status\/1526288579793764356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democrats are desperate to call someone racist but in this case the trouble is entirely of their own making. They knew their heavily gerrymandered map violated the state constitution but assumed they could get away with it. Now they\u2019re stuck with new maps that put incumbents in a scramble to survive. Instead of seeing gains in the House, Democrats will instead see brief but bitter primary battles which result in more bad feelings within the party and, likely, several incumbents having no chair to sit down in when the music stops. The maps are set to be approved sometime today. We\u2019ll only have to wait a few more hours to see if there are any last minute surprises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats created a heavily gerrymandered congressional map in New York which was designed to help them pick up a few seats and thereby help preserve their majority in the House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1486694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1486694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1486694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1486694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1486694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}