Democrats’ gerrymandering campaign in Virginia hits a snag: Obama
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Obama wrote in a July 8, 2020, post on X, “For too long, gerrymandering has contributed to stalled progress and warped our representative government. Redistricting begins next year — let’s all do our part to protect and restore our democracy.”
Obama then urged Americans to join him “in the fight for fair maps” — specifically to support a possible constitutional amendment that would curb gerrymandering.
In the video accompanying the former president’s 2020 post, Obama states, “Gerrymandering is a sneaky way for politicians to consolidate as much power as they can.”
Another activist featured in the video adds, “Gerrymandering is when politicians manipulate the maps in order to predetermine the outcome so that it benefits one side over the other.”
‘Barack Obama, Abigail Spanberger, and others have already spoken against this kind of gerrymandering.’
Eric Holder, former President Obama’s scandal-plagued attorney general, notes in the video that “you see the greatest amount of voter suppression when you see the greatest amount of gerrymandering.”
Desperate to secure a majority in the U.S. House in the midterm elections, Obama and Democrats have jettisoned their supposedly principled stance from yesteryear and are now speaking out of the other side of their mouths.
Obama, specifically, is supporting the “yes” campaign.
In addition to featuring in a video championing Democrat gerrymandering, he stated last month, “Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections. Now Virginia has a chance to help level the playing field.”
The mailer that highlighted Obama’s hypocrisy and urged voters to “Protect Minority Representation” was sent to Virginia voters last week by the Justice for Democracy PAC, reported the Virginia Independent News.
A similar graphic was reportedly texted to Virginia voters by the Democracy and Justice PAC — which, like Justice for Democracy, is chaired by former Virginia Del. A.C. Cordoza (R) — along with the following message, “President Barack Obama says ‘For too long gerrymandering has contributed to our stalled progress and warped our representative government.’ That’s why it’s important next month to vote NO against Virginia’s redistricting effort.”
As proponents of the gerrymandering initiative melted down over the sight of Obama in the opposition mailers, Cordoza said in a statement to CNN, “No one can refute the accuracy of the quotes we’re presenting. Barack Obama, Abigail Spanberger, and others have already spoken against this kind of gerrymandering — I’m simply reminding voters where they stood.”
A Tazewell County judge ruled on Jan. 27 that the proposed constitutional amendment was unlawful. The Virginia Supreme Court then ruled last month that Virginians can still vote for it in the statewide April referendum, though the commonwealth high court may yet uphold the lower court’s injunction.
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