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RandySF

(84,790 posts)
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 06:28 AM 6 hrs ago

Trump in Charlottesville, to try to cock block congressional redistricting

Donald Trump will be in Charlottesville later today for a closed-door fundraiser, which brings up the question – what does this supposed billionaire who can’t run for political office anymore need to raise funds for?

The closed-door event is at the Trump Winery, which, do you need to close the doors to a place that nobody goes to anyway?

Seems like much ado about nothing, especially when you find out that it’s an event for allies for the Vote “No” campaign, which is the effort of MAGAs to try to cock block Virginia from balancing out the gerrymandering they’ve been doing in places like Texas, Missouri and North Carolina.

“Trump and MAGA Republicans know what’s at stake — and they’re trying to rig the system before the midterms even begin,” said Dan Gottlieb, spokesperson for the Vote “Yes” campaign



https://augustafreepress.com/news/trump-in-charlottesville-to-try-to-cock-block-congressional-redistricting/

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Trump in Charlottesville, to try to cock block congressional redistricting (Original Post) RandySF 6 hrs ago OP
Couple of things: no_hypocrisy 5 hrs ago #1

no_hypocrisy

(55,013 posts)
1. Couple of things:
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 06:51 AM
5 hrs ago

1. It's more than holding a public event at his winery. More than redistricting a state with a democratic governor.

2. He's in Thomas Jefferson territory.

3. Charlottesville is cobalt blue for the most part.

4. Trump's deluded (well, we already know he is) if he believes that UVA students would be flocking to see him.

5. Trump going to Charlottesville (where the Unite the Right riot occurred/Heather Heyer) IMO is akin to Reagan opening his 1980 presidential campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi, where the three civil rights activists were murdered by the Klan. Nothing is random.

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