Matt Walsh

Jasmine Crockett's defeat is part of a major shift in American politics, and it really doesn't get enough attention.

For decades since the civil rights era, Democrats have been allowed to draw and redraw congressional maps in order to boost black representation in Congress.

So if a district was 80 percent white, Democrats could redraw the district in absurd ways so that more black people who overwhelmingly vote Democrat were included.

And that's what happened in Louisiana, to give just one example.

We'll put this ridiculous map up on the screen.

I think we've shown it before.

A federal court forced Louisiana to draw a district across the entire length of the state solely to include more black people.

This is what happens in many different states.

Essentially, Democrats have been allowed to dilute the white vote, knowing full well that non-white voters tend to side with Democrats.

Now, this is cheating, of course, but under the guise of racial equity, courts have allowed it.

But that's all ending now.

All over the country, because of federal court decisions and Supreme Court rulings, Republicans are being allowed to redraw congressional districts that have been rigged for years.

So they're basically unrigging these districts.

And this is called gerrymandering.

And yes, Republicans are explicitly drawing the districts in order to maximize their political advantage.

There's nothing unusual about that, nothing illegal or unethical about it.

Both parties do it.

It's how the game is played.

The difference is that for the first time in 50 years, Democrats don't get to scream racism and stop Republicans from gerrymandering.

A bigger Supreme Court ruling on the issue is pending.