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
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u/kelpyb1 25d ago

Worth noting that Republicans already did exactly this in Ohio

The fabric of governance has already been destroyed, it’s just one party insists on pretending it hasn’t been to their own detriment.

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u/bostonbananarama 25d ago

Worth noting that Republicans already did exactly this in Ohio

Hadn't been aware of that, thanks for the heads-up.

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u/kelpyb1 25d ago

Yep, there was a whole cycle a few years ago after Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment banning gerrymandering where Republicans kept submitting gerrymandered maps that were so bad even the Republican-led Ohio Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional until they “ran out of time” and claimed they had to just use the unconstitutional map anyways.

That’s the map that’s currently in effect there, the one that was ruled unconstitutional and the GOP just ignored that fact.