Doubling down on gerrymandering.
Via Fox News:
Former President Barack Obama is going all-in on gerrymandering reform by consolidating his nonprofit political organization group with another to double down on efforts on what has become his major focus since leaving the White House.
Obama announced the consolidation of his Organizing for Action group into the National Democratic Redistricting Committee during a call with supporters this week.
“People want common sense gun safety laws, Congress ignores it. People want compressive immigration reform, Congress ignores it,” Obama said during the Thursday call, the Atlantic reported. “The single most important thing that could be done at the grassroots level over the next few years is to make sure the rules of the road are fair. If we do that, I think we’ll do the right thing.”
Gerrymandering has become a hot topic in recent years. State legislatures in Wisconsin and Michigan have been heavily criticized after Republicans have moved to curtail the powers of Democrats elected in November.[…]
OFA was ready to close down two years ago, had Hillary Clinton won the presidency. But the election of Trump breathed new life into the group and by 2018, OFA had focused on organizing efforts for Democrats ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
Obama’s former Attorney General and current OFA chairman Eric Holder, called the merger “a way to maximize the incredible impact that OFA has had in the past and continue it into the future — this is a natural extension of the work we’ve been doing over the past year.”
He said Obama has focused on redistricting reform as a way to jumpstart action on climate change, gun control and health care.