Barack Obama spent years telling the country that gerrymandering was destroying American democracy. He launched an entire initiative dedicated to fighting it. He recorded videos about it. He wrote about it on social media.
And now, with a critical vote just days away, he wants Virginians to approve one of the most aggressive gerrymanders in modern history.
Obama just released a video urging Virginia voters to approve a redistricting referendum on April 21 that would strip power from the state’s nonpartisan redistricting commission and hand it directly to the Democrat-controlled legislature. The projected result? A congressional map that gives Democrats 10 of Virginia’s 11 House seats. Republicans would be left with just one.
The New York Post highlighted how ABC News even ran Obama’s campaign video as a breaking news “exclusive,” drawing immediate backlash from journalists and commentators.
ABC News faces backlash for presenting Obama campaign ad as an ‘exclusive’ on redistricting measure https://t.co/TIZisxshHO pic.twitter.com/qs3zPzhsE4
— New York Post (@nypost)
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