@AndyVillarraga @GlenSturtevant @ReevesVA Constitutional Amendments have more requirements then just a simple majority vote, otherwise there is no reasom to have a Constitution
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The Maskless AP
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@GlenSturtevant @ReevesVA What do you say to the argument that the voters decided to vote yes? Unlike, Texas that gerrymandered their districts by legislative process.
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My speech on the Senate floor this morning.
The people who will have to live under the consequences of this map, including many in my district, turned out and fought against gerrymandering. But the dark money from out of state, special interest groups, and DC politicians barely dragged this amendment over the line.
Now this moves from the ballot box to the courthouse. The question now is whether the Supreme Court of Virginia will enforce the rule of law.
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@Rep_Stansbury Good, we need every illegal deported. Every. Single. One.
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‼️ Last night while you were sleeping, Senate Republicans passed a blank check of $70 BILLION dollars to fund ICE (with ZERO reforms added).
Democrats offered amendments to use this money to fund health care, school meals, childcare, and reverse Republican cuts to SNAP and food assistance. Republicans blocked Every. Single. One.
The Big Ugly Bill 2.0 will now come to the House. As you know, I am a HELL NO.
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@bobob1618 @PokiJaciii You understand the rest of Virginia now will continue to push for DOGE things
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@PokiJaciii There’s a lot of federal workers and contractors there pissed by DOGE and return to office memos creating bad commutes to DC or forcing retirement.
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@RBPundit Don't bother having anymore discussion with the enemy
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It's void per Virginia's constitution.
That would not be the same case for other states because... wait for it... they don't have the same state constitution as Virginia.
MM @adgirlMM
@MeidasTouch Cool. If it's void in Virginia for being "unconstitutional" - then it's void in Texas and void in California too, right? Or it just unconstitutional when Republicans lose at their own game?
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@allenanalysis To anyone interested in an intellectually honest concersation: Constitutions are not amended by mere a small popular vote manority. There are more requirements that were not fully met.
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Let me explain what just happened in Virginia.
Yesterday, 2.5 million Virginians voted. They passed a redistricting amendment 50.7% to 49.3%.
Today, one judge threw out every single vote. 🧵
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Weeks of attacks. Millions of dollars spent misrepresenting my position — and President Obama’s — on this referendum.
Virginia voters saw through it anyway.
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Rep. Jeffries "Our message to Florida Republicans is F around and find out. If they go down the road of a DeSantis 'dummymander', the Florida Republicans are going to find themselves in the same situation as Texas Republicans."
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@BeshearStan Nah, impeach the activist judge and overturn his unconstitutional power grab
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Btw this judge from deep red Tazewell County has tried striking down the map multiple times. It’ll still hold up in court
Political Polls@PpollingNumbers
News - Virginia judge blocks redistricting referendum as unconstitutional, halts certification; appeal expected. AG Jay Jones says he will appeal.
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@LeoWest20185862 @PolitiBunny @samshirazim I believe he is talking about the political division. Otherwise I will agree with you. Not that it matters. I'm here in SC being overrun with damn yankees moving in on my fishing holes.
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The polarization is not good for Virginia
All parts of the Commonwealth are connected
From the hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery to the hills of Appalachia
From the shores of the Chesapeake to the bends of the Shenandoah
Let us work to come together
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NoVA just made mortal, lifelong enemies out of the rest of the state, and this will remain the case even if the referendum is struck down. The consequences will be decades-long... at a minimum. If you didn't want that, you should have warned against this move.
Sam Shirazi@samshirazim
The polarization is not good for Virginia All parts of the Commonwealth are connected From the hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery to the hills of Appalachia From the shores of the Chesapeake to the bends of the Shenandoah Let us work to come together
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@MoonshineDlight @ProjectVirginia It's bullshit, but explaining is not worth my time, enemy
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@ProjectVirginia Does that mean NoVa can keep the billions its gives away to keep RVA roads paved, schools built, and the millions on welfare fed? Nova can cut the cord on all that? RVA is cool with their taxes tripling for half the services they already receive? Do tell more.
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Whatever kinship the rest of the state may have felt towards Northern Virginia is dead.
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@GovPressOffice And higher taxes, higher cost of living, jail for victims and freeing of criminals
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Oh no — next comes free preschool, free school meals, higher wages, and tuition-free community college.
Truly terrifying stuff.
Laura Ingraham@IngrahamAngle
Adiós, Virginia. The new California.
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@TylerEnglander Amendments to Constitutions require more then just a popular vote. That is why constitutions exist
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Response from the "Yes" campaign.
"Republicans lost. Now they’re trying to overturn the will of the voters in court and trying to relitigate an election they couldn’t win."
Tyler Englander@TylerEnglander
The Tazewell Court ruling does the following: - DECLARES that any and all votes for or against the proposed constitutional amendment in the April 21, 2026 special election are ineffective - ENJOINS Defendants and their successors from certifying the results of the April 21, 2026 special election
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@savagesportfan @Blake_Allen13 Yep, mission accomplished by them I'd say
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@TheMasklessAP @Blake_Allen13 And she was still never a congresswoman lol
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Lucas somewhat proving that revenge is a dish best served cold. Republicans intentionally targeted her in the early ‘00s to prevent her from becoming a congresswoman, decades later she removes 80% of their seats from the state
L. Louise Lucas@SenLouiseLucas
Thank you McDonalds for hiring those facing federal job losses. Every family deserves to earn a living and that’s why we raised our minimum wage in Virginia to $15 an hour.
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@amycwentz Who do you think is going to get arrested the most for "carrying assault weapons"? The bill Spanberger just signed. I'll give you a clue. Their skin won't be white
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Virginia is very much NOT gone. Our Governor and legislative leadership are protecting America FROM the fraud. Your take is quite wrong. 🗳️
Laura Ingraham@IngrahamAngle
You’re a fraud and you campaigned against what you did tonight—only for power. Virginia is gone.
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@notlarrysabato Yeah, that is not a win or vengeance. Lol She is quite old though. Tick tock time comes for us all
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Senator Lucas waited so long to avenge the 2001 redistricting that eliminated her from the 4th Congressional District that not a single Republican Senator who voted to remove her from the district is still in office.
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@cfcisnvil @nikicaga Which will destroy the state. Also, Virginia Beach voted no
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GOP basically got their ideal turnout scenario and it just wasn't enough
J. Miles Coleman@JMilesColeman
Turnout in the redistricting vote was down about 10.7% from what the 2025 gov race saw. Gold localities = smaller drop Purple localities = larger drop Basically, turnout was the strongest, relative to 2025, in dark gold localities.
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