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April 22, 2026

10 Spiciest Takes on Virginia Gerrymander Win

Dems gerrymander back at Trump, voters barely say yes, and now it's knife fight rules.

Virginia voters narrowly approved a Democratic redistricting map that could flip four GOP House seats, hitting back at Trump's Texas gerrymander push. Republicans scream hypocrisy while Dems cheer playing hardball to retake Congress. Obama stumped for it, Trump warned of disaster, and courts might still kill the whole thing.

  1. Mild: Dems finally learned to fight fire with fire.

  2. Warm: Voters picked fairness over GOP whining about rules they broke first.

  3. Toasty: Trump started this gerrymander war, now cry about getting stabbed back.

  4. Hot: Narrow win shows even blue Virginia hates rigged maps, just not Dem ones.

  5. Scorching: Bipartisan commissions are cute until your side loses, then nuke them.

  6. Blazing: Obama calling this "leveling the field" is peak partisan gaslighting.

  7. Inferno: Dems disenfranchised 47% of voters while preaching democracy. Gross.

  8. Molten: If courts toss this, Trump wins without lifting a finger. Sweet irony.

  9. Explosive: "We cannot bring a stick to a knife fight" is Dems admitting they're thugs now.

  10. Nuclear: Virginia's Virgerrymander proves both parties are power-hungry scum, burn it all down.

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