Harris Says Dems ‘Rightfully Outraged’ After Virginia Supreme Court Tosses New Map
The ruling keeps the current 6-5 Democratic map in place after a 4-3 vote and blocks a plan that could have added four House seats.
- On Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that a new redistricting plan violated procedural rules, blocking a map that could have given Democrats an advantage in 10 of 11 congressional districts.
- President Donald Trump celebrated the decision as a "huge win," while former Vice President Kamala Harris wrote on X that Democrats are "rightfully outraged" by the ruling.
- During a private Saturday call, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Virginia Democrats discussed an "audacious and possibly far-fetched idea" to replace sitting justices and reinstate their map.
- The scheme includes lowering the mandatory judicial retirement age from 75 to 54, though Former Rep. James Moran warned the gambit would be "just a bridge too far" and could backfire.
- Virginia elections commissioner Steven Koski warned that changing maps after Tuesday could derail the Aug. 4 primary, leaving the previous 6-5 Democratic-leaning map in place for now.
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Harris says Dems ‘rightfully outraged’ after Virginia Supreme Court tosses new map
Former Vice President Kamala Harris said on Friday that Democrats are justified in their anger about the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision this week to strike down a new congressional map. “Today, the Virginia Supreme Court ignored the will of the people and overturned those democratically chosen maps,” the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee wrote on the…
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