"HANNITY: I said this from the beginning, this will never, ever meet judicial scrutiny. Number one, the wording itself of the amendment was abusively biased. I think any objective person would say that, but that's not even the main thing. They have very strict constitutional procedures that they had to meet. They didn't follow any of the procedures to get an amendment on the ballot, none of them!"
"TURLEY: No, that's absolutely right, Sean, and there was a host of problems, but the most glaring was that one. Virginia was always the gold standard for gerrymandering. Virginia doesn't like gerrymandering makes it very difficult to do so. They have a commission to avoid gerrymandering. So to get this through, they had to do a sort of bum's rush to get this in before the midterm elections. And the Supreme Court of Virginia said, No, we're not going to sign off on this."
"Now, this was a face-planting of legendary size for Governor [Abigail] Spanberger. She had previously assured voters that she was vehemently against gerrymandering. And as soon as she was elected, she went to the hard left, and then asked and pushed through the most radical gerrymandering scheme in the country. And so this is a remarkable effort that has resulted in a massive loss for the Democrats. They spent a fortune to get this thing through."
"HANNITY: Sixty-four, 64 million. TURLEY: Yeah! In addition to the 64 million, they alienated half of this state. You know, a lot of Republicans and independents are not going to forget this. They don't view this as partisan, they view it as personal. You attempted to erase them"
A proposed Virginia congressional map was struck down by the Virginia Supreme Court. The plan would have given Democrats an advantage in 10 of 11 districts. Critics said the amendment wording was biased and that required constitutional procedures for placing the amendment on the ballot were not followed. The effort was characterized as a rushed attempt to pass before midterm elections. The governor was criticized for previously opposing gerrymandering and then supporting a radical gerrymandering scheme. The rejection was framed as causing major losses for Democrats, including significant spending and alienation of Republicans and independents who viewed the actions as personal.
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