GANG THAT INVENTED THE RUSSIA HOAX IS BEHIND ISSUE 1
The single most important thing to know about Issue 1 is that it does just the opposite of what Democrats claim.
Issue 1 doesn’t prevent gerrymandering – it makes it mandatory.
That is not surprising when you learn that the same Democrats who pushed the Russia collusion hoax are a prime force behind Issue 1.
Marc Elias invented the hoax that President Trump colluded with Russia.
As lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, Elias hired Fusion GPS to collect the phony opposition research on Trump that became known as the Russia dossier. It was debunked by the Mueller report.
Elias isn’t just the Democrat’s top dirty trickster.
He is also Senior Advisor and General Counsel for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) run by former Attorney General Eric Holder.
Elias filed the NDRC’s lawsuits attacking the constitutional redistricting process in Ohio, claiming the maps for our legislative and congressional districts were gerrymandered.
Federal judges would later rule the suits were based on criteria they could not find in the Ohio Constitution, but former Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice O’Connor sided with the radical left’s objections and tried to block the maps seven times.
A federal district court panel and the U.S. Supreme Court both disagreed with O’Connor.
That compelled a stymied Elias and Holder to drop their lawsuits.
Their backup plan was Issue 1.
The initiative on the November ballot would replace all the constitutional safeguards against gerrymandering approved by more than 70% of Ohio voters in 2015 and 2018 and previously endorsed strongly by Democrats.
Democrats keep insisting Issue 1 will prevent gerrymandering.
The simple truth is there is overwhelming evidence (documented here, here, and here) showing just the opposite.
The Democrats’ so-called bipartisan redistricting reform is just a scam to get more wins they can’t get at ballot box by changing the rules. That’s also the conclusion made by every single prominent Republican from President Trump to Governor DeWine.
How could Democrats peddle such a big lie and expect to get away with it?
The same way they knee-capped the first Trump administration with their Russia hoax.
It’s what Democrats do – make up a story, keep repeating it, and their minions in the mainstream media back them up.
Democrats are constantly betting that if they repeat their big lie enough people will fall for it.
Opposite messaging is what leftists do.
When the truth is not on their side they turn it upside down.
They peddle poison as medicine.
Remember, these are the people who insist these lies are true:
• The border is secure.
• Inflation was transitory.
• The Hunter Biden laptop was fake.
• Trump colluded with Russia.
• Censorship is a form of free speech.
• Protecting women is hate speech.
• Protecting children is hate speech.
• Guns cause crime.
• Men can have babies.
Welcome to the Democrats’ bizarro world where they are trying to “save democracy” with a presidential nominee who never received a single vote.
So, it’s no mystery that Democrats would have the chutzpah to try this:
How to sell a pro-gerrymandering bill to the public?
Call it an anti-gerrymandering bill.
Call it the opposite of what it is.
That’s how they sell everything –
You know, like the Inflation Reduction Act.
Or Build Back Better.
Or Citizens Not Politicians.
Here’s a review of the facts On The Record has uncovered during this series of stories on Issue 1. For details, just click on the link in the headline of each article.
ISN'T IT SIMPLE?
Issue 1: the Democrats' easy-to-understand, surefire, Acme-approved, plan to "fix" elections in Ohio
October 25, 2024
• Issue 1 is impossibly complex and confusing.
• That’s on purpose – to disguise its real intent.
• That’s clear once you translate the legal mumbo-jumbo.
• Its only purpose is to help elect Democrats.
THE BIG FAT LIE OF ISSUE 1 IS RIGHT IN THE TEXT
Translating legalese into plain English reveals the doublespeak
October 11, 2024
• Issue 1 won’t subtract gerrymandering – it will add it.
• It will make gerrymandering mandatory.
• That’s written right into the amendment.
• It is a stealth plan to help elect Democrats.
YES, O'CONNOR IS THE DEMOCRATS' PUPPET
From Trump to DeWine, GOPs of all stripes oppose Issue 1
October 18, 2024
• Issue 1 is not bipartisan – it has no GOP support.
• All Republican leaders oppose it, from Trump to DeWine.
• Former Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor’s attempts to sabotage our maps were all overturned by higher courts including the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Ohio’s current maps are all constitutional and bipartisan approved.
• The League of Women Voters is a far-left radical proxy of Democrat party bosses in the swamp.
• Eric Holder even admits his goal is not fair maps – it’s to elect more Democrats.
ISSUE 1 WOULD LEGALIZE GERRYMANDERING -- NOT PREVENT IT
Fact-checking the scheme that threatens to turn democracy upside down in Ohio
September 27, 2024
• Issue 1 is anti-democratic.
• It gives power to unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats.
• Democrats were for our constitutional redistricting process before they were against it.
• They are trying to change the rules of the game to win more seats.
• Statewide election results prove Ohio is not gerrymandered.
• Democrats can’t even win most districts where they’re favored.
D.C. SWAMP MONSTERS PART II: VETTING ERIC HOLDER AND HIS CAMPAIGN TO GERRYMANDER OHIO
Fact-checking the D.C. elite who want to fundamentally transform the Buckeye State
September 6, 2024
• Issue 1 would overthrow the Ohio Constitution’s provisions on redistricting overwhelming approved by voters in 2015 and 2018.
• Holder claims “independent” citizen panels draw fairer redistricting maps than elected officials.
• That’s not how it turned out in Michigan, which immediately flipped from red to blue.
• Holder vetted vice presidential nominee, Tim Walz, who proved to be a serial liar and grossly incompetent.
"CITIZENS NOT POLITICIANS" IS ACTUALLY RUN BY DEMOCRATIC PARTY BOSSES FROM THE DC SWAMP
Obama's Henchman Eric Holder and his Dirty Tricks Consigliere Call the Shots
August 30, 2024
• Issue 1 comes from a plan hatched by Democratic party bosses in DC.
• Holder, Obama, and Pelosi devised a scheme to flip red states blue.
• They created a fake gerrymandering epidemic to pursue real gerrymandering.
• Holder’s NDRC is the puppet master.
• Holder is a serial liar and incompetent.
• His attorney, Marc Elias, is the worst political dirty trickster, ever.
• They targeted Ohio’s Constitution.
• Ohio Democrats have been doing their bidding.
THE DEMOCRATS' BIG LIE ON REDISTRICTING
Radical 'Citizens Not Politicians' Campaign is Bankrolled by 'Foreigners Not Citizens'
August 9, 2024
• A woke Swiss billionaire bankrolls Issue 1.
• His ambition is to turn the US Constitution into a progressive document.
• Citizens Not Politicians is really Politicians Not Citizens.
• Issue 1 removes all anti-gerrymandering protections.
MEET THE FAR-LEFT CARPETBAGGER RUNNING CITIZENS NOT POLITICIANS
Democrats' dark-money puppeteers bankroll effort to gerrymander Ohio
March 22, 2024
• Issue 1 is not a grassroots campaign – it is astroturf.
• Citizens Not Politicians is run by a far-left Democratic opposition researcher from out of state.
• He ran the same campaign in Missouri – approved by voters but then immediately rejected, once it became clear it was a scam.
Garth Kant is Senior Press Secretary of the Ohio Senate Majority Caucus