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Obama Scorns Gerrymandering – Unless It Benefits Him

by The editor•23 August 2025•Posted inReal Clear Politics

Barack Obama took blue California’s side in the redistricting fight with Texas, but his own history with gerrymandering makes his claim to the moral high ground galling.

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