Jackson Jambalaya

Once again Tate is the adult in the room. It might be possible to make District Two difficult for Democrats, but one doesn't yell to the world those intentions - in so many words. Layer the argument in phrases than can pass (even weakened) judicial muster.

But, I think the proper word is "effect," not "affect."

Get the haters off of you TATE! Say again for the people in the balcony!

Make no mistake Tater, Mississippi has NEVER done it right. Before the Voting Rights Act "all Americans are created equal" had nothing to do with Mississippi. Now after the excesses of the Act have been corrected, Mississippi has a chance to get it right and show the nation that we will not be motivated by partisan or racial animus in drawing fair districts. Can we do it?

Redistricting must happen.

No one complained when Mike Espy was the Congressman. Why? He worked with others. Bennie's got in there. He didn't want any competition so he pushed to expand his district to include more Jackson precincts.

KF, it really doesn't matter to of the folks making noise in the room without paying attention to the law or the facts - who the congressman from the district happens to be at present. The point is, as noted by a couple of earlier comments, the Gov has taken the adult approach to this matter and for that matter the correct approach that will survive judicial scrutiny, unlike many wanna'bes.

And no, Thompson did not push for some more Jackson precincts but for all, and all of Madison, which would have given him a whiter district, which would have been to the detriment of CD3 congressman Guest but not spreading Thompson's district to Louisiana. Besides, ignoring your mistake, Thompson had no control or influence in the redistricting process as it was controlled by us in the legislature, not them.

Forgetting that, gotta give kudos to Reeves, who made the smart move with his call for a Special Session to deal with Judge Aycock's pending hearing, cancelling the special following SCOTUS ruling on Callais, and not falling on the sword to quickly on the legislative matter.

Question now is, what/when to act? Should they come back to a special this fall to address the Supreme Court districts which would also affect the Transportation and Public Service elections who have a qualifying deadline for early '27? Maybe even letting the legislature follow the Powdermilk Bisquit concept of allowing them to 'do what needs to be done' and do away with the election of these district commissioners going into next year's elections?

No no no Fish, people did complain back then, but times and demographics of the electorate were different and you were either too young to remember or not paying attention. There were lots and lots of discussions about the district and the congressman, but there was a different interpretation of Article 2 of the VRA and there was little or nothing that could be done meaning that there was no reason for loud and continuous voices during those days.

Give me a break. The right wingers will do anything to take us back to the days of Jim Crow. They know how the majority of black people vote and are doing what they can to make sure that they stay in control.

The Jim Crow shit is getting old. Black people are not going back to Jim Crow, the plantation or in chains. The only people talking about all that is Democrats. Apparently, they want Black people to be under Jim Crow or they would stop talking about it.

5:13 is wrong and on the verge of deception. The only thing KF had wrong is that Bennie not only pushed for Jackson to be added but he also pushed for Copiah County to be added to his district.

@5:52, step away from MSN and the kool-aid. Clarity lies beyond that. You're welcome.

In the opening volley, Tate mentions: "after years of unconstitutional requirements placed on the state by the lower courts..."

Then his apologists refer to him as 'The adult in the room'. Why wouldn't an 'adult in the room', with as long as he's been state leadership, including six years as Governor, have done something meaningful to address unconstitutional requirements that plagued the state? Why would an 'adult in the room' just sit idly by and not have somebody address the illegality he mentions?

Hell, Kingfish, Espy was in this position almost 40 years ago, just prior to becoming famous for his chicken wing shenanigans. You can't give one example of Espy working with others. It just sorta sounds good.

And nobody has given a flip in hell that Bennie didn't want competition, even if that were true. The problems with Bennie, that open minded people see, are his arrogance, his racism, his refusal to come to the aid of farmers and others who are flooded out regularly and the fact that he's not attempted to bring any jobs to the district in his entire 33 years as Pelosi's water boy.

What Reeves has done is assure Thompson of at least two more years in office and maybe more. Tate listened to Delbert and ran scared of Bennie and the black caucus just like Bryant ran scared of the same folks when he refused to address the JPS situation.

Corrections:

9:53 - if you think that Tate 'listened' to Delbert, much less did something because it was what Delbert wanted, you are delusional. The one and only clear and undisputable thing in this entire conversation is that Tate and Delbert not only didn't talk; Tate didn't do a damn thing at Delbert's bidding or wishes.

Second, Tate didn't assure Thompson of that result, the law did. The option of redistricting IN Mississippi and having it in effect for the 2026 election would not only be impossible, it would have been illegal violating a MS Supreme Court ruling.

He was the adult in the room, and in answer to your question, prior to the SCOTUS ruling earlier this month, this was not declared to have been unconstitutional. The fact that now SCOTUS has declared the process that was used decades ago as being unconstitutional doesn't mean that he could have done 'something meaningful' to address that plague.

8:46 - Yes, as we all seem to agree, Bennie did want to add precincts in Hinds County - he wanted to include ALL of Hinds County for that matter, which would have meant the addition of some 15 NE Jackson precincts that are (still) majority white precincts.

And yes, he wanted to add Copiah, which would have help offset adding those white Hinds precincts with that black county - which in the points made by 5:13 weren't significant because just as you and KF omitted, he wanted all of Madison County, which would have included the addition of white precincts in Ridgeland, Madison and Reunion. The point attempted by 5:13 it appears was Bennie was willing to add white precincts to avoid going to Adams and Wilkinson. But as was once famously said "what difference does it make" now?

To everyone who only cares about winning the next election: screw you

Tate and Delbert will pay a big price at the polls. Delbert will never get passed this.

Ya’ll keep forgetting, Tater graduated from Millsaps….

This is funny to watch. Who wins? White man or black man? Neither but let the good times rolllllll and let’s do some more gerrymandering. It will be as messed up as it is today just not Bennie. But you will have another corrupt individual gaining fame and money off the backs of Mississippians. Garbage in produces garbage out always. You just can’t change the hearts of these power moungers.

Tate blowing that dog whistle for his stupid followers.

We should stop electing these people in office. If all politicians are inherently bad, why are we fighting each other to make them wealthy?

It is the classic divide and conquer. The politicians are the winners and continue to serve themselves and continually get reelected. You tell me why - is it the intelligence level? Can Mississippians be constantly manipulated into being lead? Can Mississippians be bought cheaply with silly promises?