(The Center Square) – Milwaukee’s congresswoman says the push to redraw Wisconsin’s political map is nothing like the push from Texas Republicans to redraw theirs.
Democrat Gwen Moore was on UpFront over the weekend, and she said the attempt to have Wisconsin’s Supreme Court redraw the state’s congressional map is an attempt to draw a “fair map.”
“It is not the same,” Moore said. “We do not want to draw a racist map, disenfranchising people of color from their representation.”
Moore accused Texas Republicans of looking to take representation away from black voters by drawing new maps that would have two Black members of Congress run against each other.
Moore said Wisconsin is not trying to disenfranchise black voters with it’s remap bid here.
“We want a more fair map. We have a gerrymandered map now. We have eight congressional seats. Democrats, based on our population, based on our voting patterns, we ought to have four of the eight seats,” Moore explained. “Instead, it’s just Mark Pocan and I. It’s about fairness and people being represented.”
Liberal groups have filed two lawsuits aimed at redrawing Wisconsin’s maps to benefit Democrats.
Specifically, the groups want to redraw Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden’s district in western Wisconsin, and Bryan Steil’s district in the southeastern part of the state.
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court already dismissed one of those cases.
Moore said the court has not, however, dismissed the idea of redistricting.
“I respect our Supreme Court, and they wanted it done decently and in order,” Moore said. “I don’t think that the Supreme Court agrees that we have the fairest maps on the congressional level. We don’t. But they wanted, I believe, and I haven’t talked to them, but I believe they wanted that matter taken to the right court.”
