Posted on 05/07/2026 1:49:14 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
The video celebrates Tennessee Republicans passing a new congressional redistricting map that eliminates the state's only Democrat-held district (in Memphis), turning all congressional seats into safe Republican ones.
Key Points: Redistricting action: The Tennessee House passed the map (64-24 vote), splitting the Democrat-controlled Memphis district into two others. The Senate also approved it, and it heads to Governor Bill Lee (expected to sign). This follows similar moves in states like Florida.
Context: Benny Johnson argues Tennessee (won overwhelmingly by Trump) had an unconstitutional/"racist" carve-out DEI-style district with no justification. The new map better reflects the state's strong Republican lean (Trump won by ~31 points).
Liberal reaction: Dramatic footage shows protesters (described as "libs") storming/disrupting the State Capitol with air horns, sirens, screaming, and chaos in the gallery. Johnson calls this an "actual insurrection" (contrasting it with Jan. 6), worse behavior, and typical left-wing meltdown when losing power.
Specific incidents: Clips of state Rep. Justin Pearson confronting state troopers aggressively (with strong language). Johnson mocks Pearson's style-switching and criticizes such "theater kids"/unstable activists. He also notes the irony that the "Black majority" district was held by a white Democrat (Rep. Steve Cohen). Tone: Highly partisan, pro-MAGA, mocking Democrats/liberals, and framing the map as fair representation while portraying the protests as unhinged overreach. It urges Republicans in red states with supermajorities to play aggressively to win.
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You know the Dems are planning a lot more of this type of thing (riots) for the summer.
This would be a big problem if Republicans did it.
INSURRECTION: Libs STORM Tennessee State Capitol as Republicans ELIMINATE All Democrat Districts
When dems/libs/progressives storm a legislature it is ‘free speech peaceable assembly and a form of petitioning the government for redress of grievances’. Insurrection is when grandmothers walk between the velvet ropes of the Capitol building after being invited in by the policemen. Hasn’t Benny Johnson been paying attention?
As Flounder would say, “Oh boy! Is this great!”
These are the insurrectionists. Treat them worse than the mostly innocent J6 prisoners.
Blacks are not giving up the racial spoils system without a fight. I can’t wait to see what Jim Clyburn (D,SC) does when his snake like district is redrawn.
You’ve done well if the commie’s hair turns a certain shade of blue.
Flash! “Man Bites Dog”
“INSURRECTION: Libs STORM Tennessee State Capitol as Republicans ELIMINATE All Democrat Districts”. A mostly peaceful protest.
Since all of the six New England states Federal Congressional Reps are Democrats, this sounds like fair play to me.
Peaceful violence, when they do it. Because “our democracy”
I know that some reps have "residency issues" already --- will this become a common problem?
America is running out of time. The Marxists, jihadis, illegal aliens and gender confused will kill us all if we don’t stop this now. We wait. We lose.
If they were ever to get "permanent" power, they would resort to violence, IMO.
If I were a GOP member of Congress in western Tennessee, I’d be alarmed at the possibility of having any part of Memphis in my district.
Yuck!
So the Democrats go into the mid-terms showing themselves as the party of Insurrection.
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