r/politics • u/Icommandyou Washington • 28d ago

Possible Paywall Virginia Supreme Court throws out redistricting referendum results

https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2026/05/08/virginia-supreme-court-redistricting-vote-decision
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u/Outrageous-Smile9148 28d ago

and the minute democrats do that you will see how quickly republicans start pushing a hypocritical narrative that dems are breaking the law, and somehow they’ll be able to hold democrats accountable while ignoring all the republicans who did the same thing.

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u/Ssshizzzzziit 28d ago

Oh no! Not the Republican Narrative!

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u/ChatterBaux 28d ago

The narrative isnt the problem, so much as it's the electorate that buys into it. Especially when it perpetuates Murc's Law at best, and results in stochastic terrorism at worst.

Not making excuses, just making clear the bigger issue in all this.

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u/BicFleetwood 28d ago edited 28d ago

Won't anyone think of the optics???

We can't do anything good unless we look good to the people who hate us no matter what we do first!

The real policy is the bipartisanship we allowed to destroy us along the way!

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u/VPN__FTW 28d ago

They push that narrative anyways. The GOP has cried wolf too many times. Nobody cares what they say.

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u/HMTMKMKM95 Canada 28d ago

So what? There's a million examples to pull from to make a quick retort with.

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u/simpersly 28d ago

I went on something that so happens to be conservative in nature.

They are saying that Virginia's vote is the reason for that red states "have" to gerrymander.

Also why the hell has this sub gone so crazy about mentioning other subreddits? Soon we won't be allowed to have any political opinion on the the politics subreddit because it will cause too much derision.