MS NOW must be often called your channel in the event you’re in search of overwrought racism metaphors. In a shocking section on Saturday’s The Weekend, Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY) unleashed an unhinged assault on the Supreme Courtroom and its current Voting Rights Act determination — evaluating it to the Taney Courtroom’s notorious 1857 Dred Scott ruling and declaring the Roberts Courtroom “one of the vital racist courts in American historical past.”
Right here was Morelle to co-host Eugene Daniels: “Jose [sic!], we’re preventing again . . . Eugene, the Supreme Courtroom, which by the way in which made the worst determination for the reason that Taney Courtroom got here up with Dred Scott. I imply, that is the Roberts Courtroom will go down in historical past as one of the vital racist courts in American historical past, and it’s disgraceful.”
No MS NOW host was going to fact-check that nasty cartoon.
Morelle additionally ripped the Virginia Supreme Courtroom for supposedly “utterly reject[ing] the desire of the Virginia voters” when it struck down the Democrat-led mid-decade redistricting referendum. (The “Sure” vote was 51.7 %.) Nevertheless it wasn’t the court docket that disregarded the desire of the voters — it was the Democrat-run legislature that disregarded the Virginia Structure and its clear guidelines for adopting amendments.
Morelle additionally falsely claimed that Louisiana’s governor paused primaries “regardless of votes having already been forged.” In reality, early voting in Louisiana had not begun when the governor suspended the congressional primaries to adjust to the U.S. Supreme Courtroom ruling.
In stark distinction, when Virginia Democrats pushed their mid-decade redistricting referendum in April, over 1.37 million early votes had already been forged.
After Morelle has lined the entire pasture with manure, host Eugene Daniels might solely helpfully asking Morelle how Democrats can amend New York’s structure to allow them to do the very same mid-decade gerrymandering they’re denouncing elsewhere. Sadly, Eugene missed that New York’s governor already achieved mid-decade gerryamandering in 2024.
Morelle admitted that Democrats are actively working to rewrite New York’s structure — the very factor they scream is illegitimate when Republicans do it. Daniels didn’t problem any of the inflammatory rhetoric. He merely requested for a roadmap on how greatest to rig the maps in New York.
That is peak Democratic-media hypocrisy: Evaluate courts imposing constitutional guidelines to Dred Scott, cry about “the desire of the voters” whereas ignoring that your individual aspect pushed a referendum after greater than 1,000,000 votes have been already within the books, after which brazenly plot to bypass your individual state structure.
Equating the Supreme Courtroom’s current Voting Rights Act determination with the notorious Dred Scott ruling has apparently turn into a compulsory Democrat speaking level. We’ve documented different Dems, as right here and right here, making that grotesque comparability in current days. And certain sufficient, Morelle checked the field on MS NOW right this moment.
Be aware: Morelle additionally known as co-host Eugene Daniels “Jose” earlier than getting it proper later. Whoops! Did a producer whisper in his ear? If a Republican had made such a gaffe?
Here is the transcript.
MS NOW
The Weekend
5/9/26
7:25 am EDTEUGENE DANIELS: Congressman, you talked about altering the principles and altering the sport. Republicans have additionally performed that on the subject of mid-decade redistricting. It began when President Trump advised Texas lawmakers to search out him 5 seats. They did that and set off this whole forwards and backwards.
The Virginia Supreme Courtroom struck down a voter-backed redistricting plan that’s each a blow to Democrats and type of the method that we’re working inside.
Once you, as somebody who’s in New York — it’s reported that you just have been concerned in type of pushing the redistricting effort there — while you’re taking a look at how Democrats and Republicans have been working, that Republicans have been doing this time and again. Even simply this week you had Louisiana pause its primaries in order that they might change the sport and alter the seats, as you stated.
Once you take a look at that, what ought to Democrats be doing subsequent, particularly in New York?
JOE MORELLE: Jose [sic!], we’re preventing again. We’re just a little restricted in New York as a result of we can’t do mid-decade redistricting underneath our state structure.
So I used to be requested by Chief Jeffries to go to Albany and meet with legislators and the governor earlier this week, which I did. I’m a former state legislator, and I’ve a whole lot of relationships.
So I urged them to start the method, which is a two-year course of, to alter the state structure as a result of we now have to struggle again.
I imply, what’s occurred, and is astonishing, Eugene [did a producer whisper in his ear to correct the “Jose” gaffe?], you simply talked about it. In California and Virginia, Democrats modified district strains by asking the general public whether or not they wished that to occur, by way of referenda, which handed. And naturally, in Virginia, apparently the courts in Virginia assume it’s too late to alter strains, in order that they’re prepared to utterly reject the desire of the Virginia voters.
However in southern states, up to now week, state legislatures by fiat have modified district strains that can seemingly result in the elimination of black illustration all through the South, they usually simply did it. Doesn’t matter to them.
And to your level, Louisiana’s already in the midst of their voting — they’ve already had the first, they’re within the runoff stage — and the governor unilaterally stated, no, we’re gonna observe the Supreme Courtroom.
Which, by the way in which, made the worst determination for the reason that Taney Courtroom got here up with Dred Scott. And that is, the Roberts Courtroom will go down in historical past as one of the vital racist courts in American historical past, and it’s disgraceful.
That [the VRA decision] is being revered, however the will of voters in Virginia and in California are being challenged by Republicans. It’s actually unbelievable. So New York and different states are gonna must struggle again, ’trigger there’s no different at this level.
DANIELS: Congressman, actually shortly, we’re out of time, however you talked about that New York has to alter its structure. There are two methods to amend the structure in New York to permit for one thing like this. Do you assume that you just guys ought to amend the structure to permit for mid-decade redistricting in New York?
MORELLE: Sure. There’s actually a method. It’s a must to move a provision in two completely different legislatures. There must be an intervening election, which is why we are able to’t do it this 12 months. We would want to attend for remaining passage after which a referendum by the individuals in 2027. So I feel by the 2028 election, I feel you’ll see new strains in New York.
