Democrats are furious that the Virginia Supreme Court upended their scheme to unfairly tilt the table in their favor when it blocked the implementation of a new gerrymandered congressional map, and they are reportedly discussing one innovative remedy.
As the party sifts through the wreckage of their failed redistricting war, a group of Democrats, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), discussed how to overcome the setback just six months before the midterms, with the idea of ousting Old Dominion’s highest court in its entirety and replacing it with one that would restore their illicit map.
The New York Times reported on Saturday’s private call during which the “audacious and possibly far-fetched idea” was proposed, although such an extreme measure drew a mixed reaction. The report cited anonymous sources in “three people who participated in the call and two others who were briefed on it.”
@hakeemjeffries who said “FAFO” after Virginia violated the law is now an angry boy
A Private Call Reveals Democrats’ Desperation Over Tossing of Map
A conversation involving House members from Virginia and the top House Democrat reflected the fury and desperation that has…
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) May 10, 2026
“The conversation reflected the desperation and fury that have gripped the party after the state Supreme Court struck down a favorable map that had been ratified by voters. The most dramatic idea they discussed — which would involve an unusual gambit to replace the entire state Supreme Court, with a goal of reinstating their gerrymandered map,” the paper reported.
The radical idea “drew mixed reactions on the call, said the people, and it was not clear that it would even be viable, or palatable to Gov. Abigail Spanberger and Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly.”
“One key to the plan would be having Democrats in Richmond lower the mandatory retirement age for state Supreme Court justices, an idea that began circulating among state lawmakers and members of Congress after a column proposing a version of the idea was published on Friday night in The Downballot, a progressive newsletter,” according to the paper.
Such legislation would require the approval of the governor, whose sources said has “not been briefed on the proposal,” and Spanberger’s spox Libby Wiet, declined to provide comment.
Another idea that reportedly came up was seeking to invalidate a constitutional amendment that created Virginia’s independent redistricting commission.
“They did not land on a specific course forward, and Mr. Jeffries and the other members of Congress agreed to consult with their lawyers about the most prudent way to proceed, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private talk,” the Times reported.
A spokesperson for Jeffries, the top House Democrat, also declined to comment.
Things have taken a dramatic turn for the New York City lawmaker who was talking trash after the vote to adopt the map gerrymandering the GOP out of power in Virginia passed. Now, he has been reduced to secret plotting based on the recommendations of a crackpot far-left newsletter.
Pathetic doesn’t even begin to describe it.
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