Okay, so just moments ago, as you just heard if you were watching Chris's show, the Associated Press called a major redistricting ballot referendum in Virginia.

The new maps are set to net Democrats four more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

And again, it just passed. I mean, literally minutes ago, according to the AP's projection.

It's the latest turn in what has become kind of an

arms race to redraw congressional maps in states all across the country, all prompted by

Trump's insistence that red states carve up their districts to stack the deck for Republican

candidates. And we're going to talk to the great Ali Velje, who's, of course, standing by at the big board. New data continues to come in. He's going to break it all down as he always does in his special vest. And we're going to check it back in with him in just a moment. And Senator Elizabeth Warren is going to join me to talk about the impact of tonight's results on the election this November, big potential impacts. I'm also going to talk

with Virginia Senator Tim Kane tonight about the hard-fought battle over redistricting in his state.

So lots and lots to get to tonight. But I just want to start with what happened down the road in

Virginia. My home state of Virginia, we're very close to Virginia, of course, here in Washington,

D.C. Because tonight's ballot initiative would not have even been on the table. We would not even be talking about it. There wouldn't have been a vote tonight. There wouldn't have been a net gain of four seats potentially here had it not been for Donald Trump. That's right. He set up his own defeat tonight. And the reason is that there is

nothing more important to the man than holding onto power. And he has shown he is willing to do

almost anything to hold on to it. So remember last summer? I was thinking about this today and I

thought it wasn't as long back, but it was last summer.

Trump was already running against the headwinds of being the party in power.

And he also was running basically sort of on a deeply unpopular signature legislative achievement in the big ugly bill.

I mean, honestly, what swing district Republican wants to run on cutting Medicaid and giving big tax

cuts to the rich. So exactly a bumper sticker or a good campaign ad. So Trump decided there

wasn't really a path to winning on the merits of his accomplishments. And instead, he put in place

a process to rig the game in the Republicans' favor, or he tried to, I should say.

And he pressured Republicans last summer, first in Texas, to redraw their maps to eliminate districts that favored Democrats, effectively trying to guarantee that Republicans had a lock on

more seats than they otherwise would have had this November.

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