Editorial board calls Obama, other Democrats hypocrites who made ‘cynical calculation’
The Washington Post editorial board accused Democrats of a gerrymandering “power grab” in Virginia with a scathing opinion on Tuesday.
Democrats scored a major victory Tuesday when Virginia voters narrowly passed a congressional redistricting referendum that could give the party a significant boost in the battle for the U.S. House of Representatives majority in this year’s midterm elections, according to the Associated Press.
The ballot measure gives the Democrat-controlled Virginia legislature — rather than the state’s current nonpartisan commission — temporary redistricting power through the 2030 election. It could result in a 10-1 advantage for Democrats in Virginia’s congressional delegation, up from their current 6-5 edge.