cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/60005391
Top Virginia Democrats have decided against exercising a controversial procedural end run around last week’s state Supreme Court ruling that struck down their redistricting, which wiped away a gain of four House seats, the Democratic leader of the state Senate told The New Republic.
The decision—which nixes a complicated idea, discussed over the weekend by Democrats, to replace the state Supreme Court and get the case reheard—is likely to anger rank-and-file Democrats who had hoped the party would respond aggressively to the ruling, which has made it more likely that Republicans hold the House this fall.
The decision also contrasts sharply with moves undertaken by many GOP state legislatures in the South, who are aggressively gerrymandering their states with wild abandon to erase decades-old majority-majority seats from existence, after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key Voting Rights Act protection against racial gerrymanders.
Is this not controlled opposition? It doesn’t make any sense otherwise.
It makes sense if it’s a party of rich, comfortable, conservative-leaning liberals who aren’t really all that bothered by rich fascists running the country, and aren’t at all keen to hand any power to poor lefties who hate them and might challenge their privilege.
These are the very same people that are going to come begging for your votes in a few months, Telling you that you need to elect them to fight fascism and corruption.
I think the question becomes “Why are Virginia Democrats defying the will of Virginia voters?”, considering Virginian voters said they wanted this.
Scratch a liberal…
They deserve all the ire. Stand for something you weak willed cowards.
Non-voters did nothing in the face of fascism. Ill boo them too.
Most non voters realize you get the same results regardless of which shade of fascism gets elected, nothing changes.
Yep. If the voters don’t show up, it’s not like the Democratic Party deserves all the blame.
I keep getting chastised about how politically incorrect it is to point the fingers at the voters, though. As if there is really any other option…
and the Democratic party caves again. So over it
Quick! Hide behind my scruples for protection!
“Go nuclear”
It was voted on by VA voters. Unlike every Republican redistricting.
Didn’t they already appeal to SCOTUS? I mean, technically, that’s more nuclear than the “nuclear option” in spirit.
Ffs. REPRESENT YOUR VOTERS. Not doing anything is exactly the GOP playbook. They want u to appear like you are breaking a rule, but they broke everything to put you in the position to act when what they did appears illegal.
Again, ffs.
Both parties need to be replaced.
Just one time I want them to go nuclear, sift through the remains, pick out the large pieces, grind them all up, and take that dust to create a new glowing glass and drink the finest whiskey from it.
Make
Uranium
Glass
Great
Again
