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California Democrat calls Virginia Supreme Court ruling on redistricting ‘disgraceful’
Key takeaways
- Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Sunday called a recent Virginia Supreme Court ruling rolling back redistricting in the state disgraceful, saying the court suckered the people of Virginia.
- So, what the Virginia Supreme Court did was not only wrong, it was disgraceful.
- The court could have stopped this by not having the election in the first place.
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Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Sunday called a recent Virginia Supreme Court ruling rolling back redistricting in the state disgraceful, saying the court suckered the people of Virginia.
So, what the Virginia Supreme Court did was not only wrong, it was disgraceful. They basically said, Hey, Virginia, spend all this taxpayers money holding an election, do all this stuff and oh, by the way, just kidding, that election didn t count, Lieu told CBS News s Margaret Brennan.
The court could have stopped this by not having the election in the first place. They suckered the people of Virginia. It was a complete disgrace, he added.
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