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Scarborough Mocks GOP on VA Redistricting—Skips Spanberger’s ‘No Plans’ Pledge
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelsein

Posted on 04/22/2026 11:47:37 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

On Wednesday’s Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough mocked Republican criticism of Virginia’s redistricting scheme and cleared a path for Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger to defend it without facing a single hard question.

Scarborough ridiculed Republican objections as “screeches,” “howls,” and “whining,” reducing them to “blah, blah, blah.”

He went further, hailing the Democrats’ redistricting scheme as “conservative with a small c”—an outrageous misrepresentation of a plan designed, with malice aforethought, to wipe out all but one Republican congressional seat.

And then came Scarborough's silence.

During her gubernatorial campaign, Spanberger said: “I have no plans to redistrict Virginia.” But Scarborough never mentioned that campaign pledge. He never asked what changed. Never pressed her to justify her bait-and-switch flip-flop.

Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

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1 posted on 04/22/2026 11:47:37 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: patro; abb; SE Mom; HarleyLady27; connyankee; Behind Liberal Lines; KC_Lion; frank ballenger; ...

Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.


2 posted on 04/22/2026 11:48:07 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

He wont be laughing when Florida goes ahead and does the same damn thing..by the way Joe, why did you kill Lori


3 posted on 04/22/2026 11:50:01 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Mika might want to be on the lookout. Look at the way Moaning Joe is checking out Woke Salad Abby. She’s making commie goo goo eyes back at him.


4 posted on 04/22/2026 11:54:41 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (I May be Old but I'm Glad I Got to See America Before It Went To Sh**!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The U.S. Constitution requires states to have a representative form of government. Article IV, Section 4 mandates the United States “guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”. This requires state governments to be representative, acting according to popular will rather than direct democracy or monarchy.

Gerrymandering is in conflict with this.


5 posted on 04/22/2026 12:13:45 PM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23 "And THIS is His commandment . . . . ")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

“Abigail. Abigail.”


6 posted on 04/22/2026 12:34:05 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

That puke-ugly AWFL SpunkBurger is one nasty shit sandwich that even the Communist Party USA! will eventually regret ever biting into....whadda beotch.


7 posted on 04/22/2026 12:37:03 PM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

She lied...I’ll be damned.


8 posted on 04/22/2026 12:37:19 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I think a judge in Tazwell has already filed the suit to vacate it. His original one won in court but was stayed by the VA SC who said you can’t throw out an election until it happens.


9 posted on 04/22/2026 12:40:05 PM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: FlingWingFlyer

If Mika’s a dog, what is that commie Spam Burger?


10 posted on 04/22/2026 12:52:46 PM PDT by old-ager
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Mika makes no bones about being a liberal. Spanberger lied through her teeth during the campaign, positioning herself as a moderate, and saying “I have no plans to redistrict Virginia.”


11 posted on 04/22/2026 1:02:14 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Spam Burger is disgusting.

Mika’s just confused (and sounds like she lacks the breath control to be a broadcaster and is married to a turkey).


12 posted on 04/22/2026 1:15:47 PM PDT by old-ager
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Democrat subversives dropped a ‘ballot’ bomb in the last hour of voting (about 500,000). Isn’t it interesting that they know just how much to cheat?


13 posted on 04/22/2026 1:16:41 PM PDT by Eli Kopter (ED)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Joe, your bank account is full. Your soul is empty. Your choice.


14 posted on 04/22/2026 1:30:38 PM PDT by Belteshazzar
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To: Eli Kopter

Democrat subversives dropped a ‘ballot’ bomb in the last hour of voting (about 500,000). Isn’t it interesting that they know just how much to cheat?


I didn’t know that. Is there a link with more info?


15 posted on 04/22/2026 1:38:30 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: AppyPappy

“The Conservative Treehouse” had a post listing four solid objections to it.


16 posted on 04/22/2026 1:39:36 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (Tax the tariff refunds at 100%, then rebate ~$600 to each insured motor vehicle owner)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I checked about 3 hours before the polls closed and the ‘fors’ had about 600,000 votes and the nays had about 750,000 votes, and the final tally was Choice Votes Percentage
Yes 1,575,288 51.45%
No 1,486,229 48.55%
Total 3,061,517 100.00%
Now I am pretty sure that over a million folks stopped in after work and voted yes..I think this will be headed to court (I hope).


17 posted on 04/22/2026 1:46:29 PM PDT by Eli Kopter (ED)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

SURE WOULD LIKE TO INVESTIGATION RESTARTED INTO HER DEATH.


18 posted on 04/22/2026 1:53:24 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

https://cardinalnews.org/2026/04/17/virginias-constitution-requires-compact-districts-courts-have-balked-at-defining-compactness/


19 posted on 04/22/2026 1:53:36 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (Ask your Congressman to tax tariff refunds at 100% & rebate ~$600 to each insured vehicle owner)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

“The proposed amendment would give the General Assembly the authority to redraw one or more of Virginia’s congressional districts before 2031 in limited circumstances. In the event that another state redraws its own congressional districts before 2031, without being ordered by a court to do so, the General Assembly would then be able to redraw Virginia’s congressional districts. The General Assembly’s power to do so would continue until October 31, 2030, and the Virginia Redistricting Commission would reassume the responsibility of drawing the congressional districts in 2031.”

The results listed are of the western part of the state:

https://www.wsls.com/decision-2026/2026/04/20/special-election-results-by-virginia-locality-for-virginia-redistricting-race-on-april-21-2026/


20 posted on 04/22/2026 1:59:17 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (Ask your Congressman to tax tariff refunds at 100% & rebate ~$600 to each insured vehicle owner)
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