Former New York Times columnist Charles Blow received a brutal fact-check on Thursday after he accused conservative podcaster Isabel Brown of being racist during a discussion on congressional redistricting.
The Supreme Court allowed Texas to use maps enacted after Texas Democrats in the state House of Representatives fled to Democratic-controlled states like New York and Illinois to thwart a special session of the body to consider redistricting. After Brown called efforts to play the race card “really pathetic” during the discussion on “CNN NewsNight,” she pointed out a similar move by California.
“Breaking news, a Republican state tried to create more Republican congressional seats under a Republican governor and conservative legislature,” Brown said. “California is doing the exact same thing as a heavily blue state trying to gain more seats for the Democrat Party in Congress to represent California, which many people would say is probably the most blue it’s ever been, especially with the exodus of so many millions of conservatives leaving California under the reign of Gavin Newsom.”