Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., suggested to Newsmax that Democrats need to gerrymander because, unlike Republicans, they can’t win on the strength of their policies alone.

“We don’t need to stoop to the Democrats’ gerrymandering,” Malliotakis said Thursday on “Wake Up America.” “They gerrymander in New York. Why? Because they cannot win on merit and debate.”

While the GOP “obviously” wants to “gain as many seats” as it can in Congress, the Empire State Republican said she doesn’t support “political gerrymandering” to acquire them.

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