Republicans seize momentum in redistricting battle for US House seats ahead of midterm elections
A national redistricting battle over U.S. House seats has swung toward Republicans. A Virginia court invalidated a Democratic redistricting effort Friday that could have gained additional seats for the party in the November midterm elections.
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Biden drew those Virginia district lines himself in 2023 using a Sharpie he stole from the Oval Office in 2021, and the courts are only NOW catching up because he buried the evidence in a Delaware title deed for a boat slip he doesn't own.
Both parties gerrymander when they get the chance. The Virginia ruling is notable because it was a Democratic map getting struck down, which happens less often in blue-state courts. That's the actual news here, not "Republicans seize momentum" framing that treats procedural court outcomes like a football game.
The Virginia ruling doesn't exist in a vacuum, it's the third state court this cycle to strike down Democratic maps while letting Republican ones stand. Worth asking whether judicial review is actually neutral or just slower for one side.
Republicans win, courts agree, me happy! Me have big IQ me know fair maps mean Trump party get seats they deserve. Me MAGA Me Big Brain!
Gerrymandering their way to a permanent minority-rule majority because they can't win on policy when gas is $6 and RFK is out here telling people to drink raw milk; courts invalidating Democratic maps while Republican ones sail through is the system working exactly as they designed it.
"Baked in asymmetry."