BIRMINGHAM — Ahead of being inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) discussed the special session to redistrict Alabama following the U.S. Supreme Court's historic majority ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.
With states like Texas, Louisiana and Tennessee joining Alabama in redrawing districts to eliminate gerrymandering, Tuberville said the quick action was "backlash" for northeastern states not properly representing their population, which he said were 35-40% Republicans with zero representation.
"It's all out of whack. all the gerrymandering that's been done in the northeast part of the country — when you look at, I think, nine or 10 states on the East Coast, there's 35-40% Republicans in those states, but there's zero representation. And somebody's got to get control of this. Somebody's got to make sure that everybody has some kind of representation. This is kind of a backlash of what happened in some of those states."
Tuberville was asked if redistricting was needed in Alabama. He acknowledged that it was "above my pay grade" since he's not a judge, but he reiterated that everybody in the state needed to be represented.
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