In a huuuge triumph for Virginia Democrats (and Democrats nationwide), voters approved a redistricting amendment which volition let the Virginia legislature to redraw legislature maps conscionable successful clip for the midterms. The caller maps could summation them 4 seats successful Congress.
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There are a BUNCH of precise bully societal media reactions to the news, and I deliberation everyone should instrumentality a look at...
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1. "Reminder that determination was nary speech of Virginia redistricting until Trump demanded Texas bash it."
2. "Nothing pisses republicans disconnected much than letting the radical determine however they should beryllium governed."

3. "Ultimately, it’s hard to reason that redistricting is good ‘here,’ but not ‘there.’"

4. "Texas Republicans started the redistricting combat and Virginia Democrats finished it."

5. "This you?"

6. "If you’re huffy astir Virginia, enactment a nationalist gerrymandering ban. If you’re not consenting to instrumentality map-drawing distant from politicians successful each state, you’re not huffy astir gerrymandering. You’re huffy your broadside mislaid this round."

7. "FAFO."

8. "Just gonna station this here. As contiguous progresses, consciousness escaped to cheque backmost connected it. @IngrahamAngle."

9. "The icing connected the barroom successful Trump/Abbott’s gerrymandering strategy volition beryllium erstwhile a mates of Republicans suffer their elections successful Texas successful the midterms specifically due to the fact that their districts were weakened by the dummymander."

10. "Someone get Mike a mirror."

11. "I was searching for your remark astir Texas and didn’t find anything. Odd."

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13. "BREAKING: Political enactment aggravated that different enactment fights backmost by doing precisely what they've been doing for 10 years."

14. "Which signifier of grief is this?"

15. "Texas redistricts without a vote, Republicans cheer. Dems successful Virginia respond by putting it UP FOR A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, it passes, Republican outcry foul. Oh well. Good occupation Virginia!!"

16. "Democrats did not privation to bash immoderate mid-decade redistricting. It was Trump who started it successful June 2025 with a telephone telephone to Greg Abbott aft much peculiar predetermination losses. Dems warned they’d respond. But Texas did it anyhow - without the consent of the voters. Then Dems responded."

17. "Does anyone other announcement residents of bluish states person a accidental successful redistricting and residents of reddish states person none?"

18. "Trump fired/laid disconnected each those Northern Virginia national authorities employees. Now the VA Republican Party tin buss their ain ass goodbye."

19. "Republicans didn’t adjacent let a ballot successful Texas, you turnip."

20. "I stake Texas regrets their mid-decade redistricting."

21. "Let the whining from my Party statesman astir the information the voters successful Virginia dissimilar Texas (which started each of this gerrymandering mess) really had a accidental successful whether oregon not they wanted their legislature maps redrawn. In Texas, the Republican legislature conscionable did it and not 1 Republican complained."

22. "Texans didn’t get to ballot connected our caller maps astatine all. So connected behalf of each Texans fto maine accidental this: boo fucking hoo. You started this."

23. "Gerrymandering is anserine and bad, but it's profoundly unserious to beryllium large huffy astir circumstantial examples of gerrymandering without supporting a nationalist ban."

24. "Today I learned that Greg Abbott is simply a communist."

25. "I presume each Republican who’s bitching and moaning astir Virginia contiguous afloat supports authorities to destruct each gerrymandering nationwide, right? Look guardant to the adjacent president signing that into law!"

26. "Regarding Virginia. Can you truly blasted the Democrats for warring occurrence with fire? Honest question."

27. "I wonderment if thing happened to radicalize NoVa past year."

28. "Unlike Texas, Virginia and California did this with the consent of the people. Republicans wanted this fight. They got it."

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