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BREAKING: IT'S NOT OVER! Hakeem Jeffries announces that Democrats are "exploring all options to overturn" the Virginia Supreme Court's outrageous decision to throw out the state's new congressional map.
We can't take this assault on democracy lying down...
“Over three million Virginia citizens cast their votes in a free and fair election, yet the State Supreme Court has chosen to invalidate their voice, disenfranchise them and violate their due process rights," Jeffries stated. "The decision to overturn an entire election is an unprecedented and undemocratic action that cannot stand."
"MAGA Republicans have adopted voter suppression as a strategy, as also evidenced by far-right extremists on the Supreme Court gutting the Voting Rights Act to open the door to a Jim Crow-like attack on Black representation across the American South," he continued.
"We are exploring all options to overturn this shocking decision. No matter what it takes, House Democrats will win in November so we can help rescue this nation from the extremism being unleashed by Donald Trump and Republicans," added Jeffries. "Our fight is not over. We are just getting started.”
Earlier today, the Virginia Supreme Court overturned the will of the people in a blatant display of judicial abuse by striking down a redistricting plan that would have created more blue seats. The court decided that the state legislature improperly placed the constitutional amendment for mid-decade redistricting on the ballot.
The message to the people was clear: Your vote does not matter. This is not a democracy.
Meanwhile, Republican states are moving full steam ahead on their gerrymandering efforts. Tennessee's governor just signed a new map eliminating the state's only Black district, cementing a 9-0 district balance for Republicans.
Jeffries and the Democratic Party have the money and the legal resources to fight this ruling. Appeal this to the United States Supreme Court and commit to all-out legal warfare immediately!
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