Gerrymandering Intensifies After SCOTUS Weakens Voting Rights Act
Laura Coates Live
CNN
3.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back. |
| 0:05.0 | Mom! |
| 0:06.0 | Up the stairs for something. |
| 0:08.0 | Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for. |
| 0:12.0 | Mom, what's for dinner? |
| 0:14.0 | Chop, sizzle, done. |
| 0:17.0 | Hello Fresh can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier. |
| 0:23.4 | So its phones down, forks up. |
| 0:25.5 | Hello Fresh. Bring back dinner time. |
| 0:32.6 | Tonight, Republicans strike back in Virginia, delivering a major redistricting blow to Democrats. |
| 0:40.0 | This is Southern states now prepare to run up the score. |
| 0:43.4 | Plus, Trump waits for Iran. |
| 0:45.9 | Americans wait for relief. |
| 0:47.8 | But did the president just get some news that they may make him dig in a little bit longer? |
| 0:53.3 | And the Pentagon drops a whole bunch of new UFO files. |
| 0:57.2 | And my guest says it's just a drop in the ocean of what's coming. |
| 1:01.4 | Tonight, I'm Laura Coates Live. |
| 1:09.0 | My opening statement tonight, Republicans are winning the restricting war, at least so far. |
| 1:16.6 | Because if the U.S. Supreme Court changed the rules of the fight last week, today, Virginia's Supreme Court tied Democrats' hands behind their back. |
| 1:26.8 | It struck down the map that could have helped |
| 1:29.2 | them net up to four additional house seats. Now that would have offset some of the gains Republicans |
| 1:34.0 | are trying to lock in all across the country. In this decision today, it's adding insult to injury |
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