The GOP Speaker of the House said he expects the Virginia Supreme Court to overturn the redistricting that state voters approved on Tuesday, and that gives Democrats a chance to add four House seats in November.
"It's a hyper-partisan, gerrymandering boondoggle," Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters at the Capitol on Wednesday. "We raised a ton of money. We did our best, but the Democrats in charge of Virginia foisted this upon the people."
Johnson reminded reporters that the state's Supreme Court can still have the final say, adding that "we are confident and calling upon the Virginia Supreme Court to do the obvious and right result. That is to strike this thing down."
Virginia is "a divided state. It is 50-50," Johnson said, referring to the split of Democratic and Republican voters.
"A 10-1 map is not justified in that state," Johnson continued. "The people showed it again last night. The fact that it was so close demonstrates and proves what we've been saying from the beginning."
Fox News posted a clip of Johnson's comments on X on Wednesday. In the comments, X user Chuks Chukwuemeka replied, "GOP guys are scared of the midterm elections? It will be pay back time for Trump and MAGA Republicans."
Others, like Trump voter Joe Masseria, said "Ron DeSantis needs to do some redistricting in Florida" to grab back the lost four seats.
“A HYPER-PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING BOONDOGGLE”
Speaker Mike Johnson not holding back on Democrats’ extreme redistricting move in Virginia that could FLIP control of the House after this year’s midterm elections.
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