Democrats can’t stand the fact that they’re getting beaten like old, dusty rugs in the state congressional redistricting war, and they are showing it. In one state after another, Republicans have successfully managed to snag one or two seats away from Democrats, with the grand prizes going to Texas (5 seats) and Florida (4 seats).
Most recently, Dems literally tried to steal 4 Republican seats in Virginia, violating the law to do it. The violations were so blatant that a majority of Virginia Supreme Court justices ruled that a statewide referendum to validate the theft was null and void, so the Commonwealth’s congressional delegation will remain 6-5 Democrats to Republicans.
Or will it? Not if whiny, pouty, perpetually angry Democrats get their way:
Angry Democratic lawmakers held a venting session this weekend to complain about Virginia’s Supreme Court overturning its new gerrymandered map — and some of the Dems floated a “dramatic idea”: replacing the state’s Supreme Court in order to push through the new map anyway.
That’s according to a report from The New York Times on Sunday afternoon. The paper reported “struggling” Dems like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) held a private discussion on Saturday, where they fumed about the court’s ruling from a day earlier. They also strategized a potential counterstrike.
Journalist Reid J. Epstein reported the group discussed the “audacious and possibly far-fetched idea” to get the map they all desperately want. Not everyone loved the plan, though.
“The most dramatic idea they discussed — which would involve an unusual gambit to replace the entire state Supreme Court, with a goal of reinstating their gerrymandered map — drew mixed reactions on the call,” Epstein reported.
He added, “it was not clear that it would even be viable, or palatable to Gov. Abigail Spanberger and Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly.” Several Democratic lawmakers representing Virginia in the House were also on the call.
“They did not land on a specific course forward, and Mr. Jeffries and the other members of Congress agreed to consult with their lawyers about the most prudent way to proceed, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private talk,” the report added.
The ballot referendum to steal 4 of the 5 Republican seats only passed by 2.5 points. If the theft had been allowed to proceed, some 48 percent of the state (Republicans) would be ‘represented’ by 9 percent of Virginia’s congressional delegation. That’s not ‘democracy,’ that’s tyranny.
But this is what the Democrat Party has become – so obsessed with power, its members will do anything and everything to obtain it and then keep it, regardless of whether that “reflects the will of the people.”
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