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Smart Girl Politics: VIRGINIA PANIC: Why the Democrats’ Gerrymander Plot Went Down in Flames

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4.4651 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Virginia Democrats’ gerrymander scheme just blew up — but the story may not be over. In this episode, we break down 7 hard truths about the failed Virginia redistricting push, the so-called “lobster map,” and the national Democratic machine behind it. From Hakeem Jeffries and Barack Obama weighing in, to dark money groups flooding Virginia, […]

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0:00.0

I'm Governor Abigail Spanberger, and I'm voting yes on Virginia's redistricting amendment.

0:07.0

It's directly in response to what other states decide to do.

0:11.0

By voting yes, you have a chance to do something important, not just for the Commonwealth, but for our entire country.

0:18.0

Republicans started this redistricting war, and Democrats have made clear we're going to finish

0:23.6

it. When they go low, we strike back.

0:26.3

And there it is. Virginia wasn't just a state election story. It was the test lab for a national

0:33.2

Democratic redistricting power play. And the Supreme Court of Virginia just killed it dead in its tracks.

0:39.5

Today, we look at seven brutal truths about the sinister plot by Democrats to steal Virginia.

0:46.4

Please stay through to the very end, though, because number seven is breaking news, and it's very important.

0:51.8

It changes everything.

0:53.1

Hi, I am Terry. I am a fed-up Xer and a lifelong and ticked off Virginia who's coming out of the shadows of conservative media to grab the microphone so you and I can talk about what's really going on. Welcome to Smart Girl Politics. All right, let's dive in.

1:08.0

Woo, Democrats told Virginians their redistricting scheme was about fairness.

1:12.2

We heard a lot about fairness.

1:13.6

They said it was about saving democracy, about letting the people decide.

1:18.0

But once you follow the money, the timing, the national players, and the court ruling that finally, we think, killed this thing.

1:25.0

The truth looks a whole lot different.

1:26.6

This is not some innocent little

1:28.1

ballot measure. This was the National Democrat Party making a power play in Virginia. It was designed to

1:34.9

take map-making power away from the people and the system that we put into place just back in

1:40.5

2020 and hand it over to the Democrats. And now that the Supreme Court of Virginia has blown up the scheme again, we think, stay

1:49.9

to the end. It's time to talk about what really happened here. And again, what the Democrats

1:54.7

might be planning next. So here are seven hard truths about the Democrats' gerrymander

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