'This should offend you': Red state alarms with 'insane' gerrymander reveal

The proposed map for a redistricted red state ahead of the midterms has voters and lawmakers sounding the alarm.

"This is insane," wrote Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), reacting to the proposed map for Tennessee redistricting on X. "It's a blatant, corrupt power grab that would destroy the Black community's and our entire city's voice."

Cohen was referring to the city of Memphis in Shelby County, which will be carved up to water down the Democratic representation, he blasted.

"The GOP's newly proposed TN Congressional maps would have people in Shelby County all the way to Williamson County — 200 miles apart — being 'represented' by the same Congressman," Cohen wrote.

"Franklin, the Nashville suburb, is now in the same district as rural Lake County," posted journalist Jared Sullivan, noting, like Cohen, that those rural and Nashville voters will be mixed in with others, "200 miles away, and downtown Memphis — just as the founders intended," he quipped.

"A Memphis-Nashville district is unreal," agreed election forecaster Davis Liggett.

White House correspondent Joey Garrison noted that "this map would spoil Democratic efforts to knock off Republican Rep. Andy Ogles, whose 5th Congressional district would no longer include parts of Nashville but instead rural West TN counties."

"These folks continue to find new lows," protested Democratic Tennessee Rep. John Ray Clemmons. "Whether you're a Democrat, Independent or REpublican, this should offend you. They're terrified of voters holding them accountable for years of failed leadership, soaring prices and harmful policies affecting every TN family."