He called the ruling a “huge win” over a “horrible gerrymander.” But Trump himself has ordered many GOP states to gerrymander maximally. So here Trump openly declared that Republicans reserve the right to rig elections while Democrats do not. His actual position is that Republicans should play by their own corrupt rules, a declaration of intent to functionally steal the midterms.

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    Uh… The Virginia referendum was to suspend the state constitutional amendment requiring a non-partisan districting committee to draw the districts. That amendment was championed by Democrats. Most Republican voters also support measures like this (though not in a high numbers as Dems, last I looked). GOP politicians are staunchly opposed to any anti-gerrymandering legislation. I’ll give you three guesses as to why.

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      Have a computer program do it. If Republicans oppose it, use it against them during reelection.