Virginians voted Tuesday to redraw their state’s congressional map, approving a ballot measure to give Democrats as many as four additional seats. Republicans are flipping their lids.
Fox News commentator Laura Ingraham called the result a “Total travesty!!” on X, while MAGA pundit Juanita Broaddrick said, “No fucking way this is legit.” Right-wing troll Phillip Buchanan, known as Catturd on X, said, “What a fcking joke.”
Republican politicians also went into hysterics, with House Speaker Mike Johnson accusing Democrats of showing “how far they will go to break the law, ‘wage warfare,’ and disenfranchise millions of voters in order to force their unwanted, radical agenda down the throats of every American.”
I’ve been talking about this for the last six months.
Republicans did not abandon their gerrymandering push out of ethics. They realized that they’d fucked up to such an extent that their 2024 coalition no longer exists, and they can’t accurately project where they will have strength in 2026. Therefore, the gerrymandering they have done has largely worked against them.
That’ll happen when you’re elected on affordability and don’t do jack shit to fix the cost of living.