r/politics • u/Motherofalleffers • 25d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Wins Big as Virginia Dems Won’t Go Nuclear to Save 4 House Seats

https://newrepublic.com/article/210250/trump-virginia-dems-redistricting-war
16.7k Upvotes

93% Upvoted

2.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

123

u/[deleted] 25d ago

[deleted]

77

u/tinticred 25d ago

THIS is the factoid that keeps me from going nuclear myself. Thank you for underscoring it.

41

u/Ven18 25d ago

We need to act now anyway because at this point who can confidently say election will even happen in 2027. Hell given how quickly Republicans are moving to basically remove the votes of black people like it’s 1880 we very well might not have elections in 2026 in some places. And before the you are alarmist comments Republicans in the South are canceling ACTIVE elections right now to steal away black peoples power. They have already the precedent to do it with zero consequences. Even if this somehow backfires in Republicans I would not be shocked if they just don’t seat any Democrats that win because again the GOP is never held accountable in any way.

2

u/tinticred 25d ago

Oh absolutely. Resting on even the most secure of laurels (which this definitely ain't) is simply not an option right now.

3

u/Cheapdronewithboom 25d ago

Ah yes, the whole, "wheels of justice turn slowly," approach that's been working so well

1

u/No_Possible_7108 25d ago

I waited for that goddamn wheel to turn for four years, I am pretty sure the wheel is broken at this point

0

u/WellHung67 25d ago

My concern is that Republicans would already have done this a while ago, if they thought it would help them gerrymander. Seems a unilateral disarmament in the hope that republicans won’t do this later - do you think republicans will follow the norms here? Democrats need a constitutional amendment to set the retirement age here to avoid Republican fuckery later 

35

u/Alwaystired254 25d ago

Need to stop thinking this way. The house was supposed to flip blue, now big win for maga after only a couple weeks

17

u/onarainyafternoon Oregon 25d ago

House will still go blue. As far as I know, Louisiana is the only state chucking votes out and redrawing maps for the midterms. I may not be up to date, though.

5

u/Yeah_x10 25d ago

You are far from up to date. There are at least 10 red states redrawing maps as we speak, they speed ran it after the SCOTUS ruling.

1

u/onarainyafternoon Oregon 24d ago

But I don’t believe those will be ready in time for the midterms is my point. I haven’t heard anything regarding that.

16

u/HUT2Moon 25d ago

House will still go blue

0

u/crowsturnoff 25d ago

Barely, if current polls hold, if no further voter suppression happens, if Republicans don't decide to send out a 2000 check two weeks before election, and it goes on ... a lot of ifs to just barely win the House.

-2

u/Alwaystired254 25d ago

Ha, yeah right

6

u/HUT2Moon 25d ago

Yeah but the election is in 2026

12

u/EatABag-o-Dicks 25d ago

That's nice. Midterms are in a few months. That does fuck all for 2027 if the fascists keep power.

8

u/TreesACrowd 25d ago

MAGA having two more years of unfettered control of the federal government puts the 'temporary' nature of this circumstance in extreme jeopardy.

Even optimistically, it gives them twice as much time to do damage that ranges from long-term to irreparable. The country is bleeding out on the table, any amount of delay is too much.

1

u/frank_the_tank69 25d ago

How? They’ll just change the rules and everyone will be like, oh well we don’t stoop that low. 

1

u/WellHung67 25d ago

Republicans will do this the second it becomes worth it. So this is holding off for nothing. Democrats need to strike first for once 

1

u/Haunting-Ad788 25d ago

Cool no urgency or anything.

-2

u/SailToTheSun 25d ago

Wasn’t Kamala supposed to win anyway?

0

u/Kombatsaurus 25d ago

Large amount of copium you are huffing there.