Well, here we go again. Another day, another Texas Democrat comparing legislative maneuvering to genocide. Yes, you read that right. State Rep. Jolanda Jones took a break from her taxpayer-funded disappearing act to appear on Don Lemon’s post-CNN pity tour and casually dropped a Holocaust comparison — because apparently disagreeing with redistricting is now equivalent to Nazi atrocities.
Let’s just say this: when you have to apologize for invoking one of the most horrific genocides in human history just to score political points about voting maps, maybe you’ve lost the plot. Just maybe.
Jones was part of that now-infamous Democrat exodus — you remember, the one where they all fled to D.C. and then New York to avoid voting on redistricting, then held press conferences about “democracy dying” while sipping Chardonnay on chartered flights. This time, she gave her little speech from an “undisclosed location,” as if she were a CIA operative and not a state rep hiding from doing her job. Because heaven forbid we hold a vote they might lose. Apparently, quorum-busting is the new virtue signal.
Democrat Texas State Rep. Jolanda Jones just compared Texas redistricting to the Holocaust:
“I will liken this to the Holocaust … how did the Holocaust happen? … well, good people remained silent.”
DON LEMON: “Mmhm.”
The ignorance and the melodrama is simply astounding. pic.twitter.com/fRFNYET5MK
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 5, 2025
But back to the Holocaust comparison, because… really? That’s the hill we’re dying on now? According to Jones, redrawing district lines is just one goose-step away from gas chambers. Never mind that redistricting happens every 10 years as mandated by law. Never mind that it happens in blue states too (and usually to benefit Democrats). No, when Republicans do it, it’s racism, fascism, and a full-blown human rights crisis.
Here’s the kicker: even Don Lemon, whose grip on journalistic integrity is about as strong as a wet paper bag, just sat there and let her run with it. Not a single pushback. Not even a “Maybe let’s not compare ourselves to Holocaust victims while sipping espresso in New York, Congresswoman.” It’s almost like the left has turned “everything I don’t like is literally Hitler” into a reflex — one they can’t shut off even when common decency demands it.
To her credit, Jones eventually walked it back and issued an apology to Fox News — the outlet she and her colleagues usually love to dismiss as evil incarnate. She blamed her “emotions” for getting the better of her. Translation: The backlash was loud enough that someone from her team probably said, “Hey, maybe don’t trivialize mass murder while you’re AWOL from your job.”
Governor Greg Abbott, of course, wasn’t having it. His press secretary rightly pointed out the absurdity of Democrats running away from the democratic process while claiming to defend it. You don’t get to skip work, hold the state hostage, then cry foul when the consequences catch up to you. And yes, there should be consequences — real ones.
Abbott has already called for the arrest of these absentee lawmakers and even hinted at expelling them from the chamber altogether. And why not? Imagine if Republicans pulled this stunt during a Democrat-controlled session. There would be lawsuits, wall-to-wall media condemnation, and probably a Netflix documentary by now.
But the left gets a free pass — again. They can equate routine legislative disputes to crimes against humanity and then shrug it off with a “my bad” and a press release. Meanwhile, the rest of us are left wondering how grown adults, elected to lead, can be so completely unserious about everything except how loud they can scream “oppression” into a camera.
Jones also tried to paint this as her personal “Edmund Pettus Bridge” moment, likening her refusal to vote on maps to the courage of civil rights heroes who risked their lives for actual, tangible freedoms. That’s not courage — that’s cosplay. She’s not Rosa Parks. She’s a state rep ducking her constitutional duties and holding the process hostage because her party doesn’t have the votes.
Look, there’s plenty of room for debate on redistricting. But if the best argument you’ve got involves Holocaust analogies and fleeing the state, then maybe — just maybe — you’ve lost the argument.
