Virginia House of Delegates refuse to act on redrawing Racially Discriminatory Maps

[Va Lefty]

House Democratic Leader David Toscano released the following statement following the first day of the special session on redistricting called by Governor Northam.

“In the 64 days since a court declared 11 districts to be an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, Republicans have proposed no remedies. Despite requests to Speaker Cox from myself, and a request from the court that action be shown, Republicans have failed to show any movement."

“Today, Republicans had yet another opportunity to propose a map. They did not."

“Today, Republicans had an opportunity to submit amendments to our proposal. They did not."

“They also had an oppportunity to schedule public hearings and set a day to reconvene. Again, they did not."

“The Republicans’ cross-examination today was a thinly-veiled attempt to protect at all costs their seats held by politically motivated racial gerrymandering. At the end of the day, we still have an unconstitutional map and no remedies from Republicans.”

Thanks to lowkell!


http://bluevirginia.us/2018/08/video-gop-controlled-virginia-house-of-delegates-debates-fails-to-act-on-fixing-racially-discriminatory-maps

[Tiggeroshii]

1. Thats because they know any changes would mean they immediately lose their fragile majority the next

Election

[Roland99]

2. Remember that ONE vote difference??

[Va Lefty]

3. Exactly!

[magicarpet]

4. The court should let Dems do the new map and the...

... court approves it sans Rethug input. They refuse to contribute to the court ordered remedy to the unconstitutional gerrymandered map and redraw a district map absent racially discriminatory districts - fuck them.

Time is short the election will soon be upon us.

[Garrett78]

5. We need a law that requires a robot to draw all district boundaries in this country.

Gerrymandering must end.