Right-wing voices erupted Sunday over a report that congressional Democrats had privately floated ousting Virginia’s entire state Supreme Court, a long-shot idea that came up during a Saturday call with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) following Friday’s ruling that voided the state’s Democratic-drawn congressional map.
The Virginia GOP led the charge, accusing Democrats of trying to “pack the court with activist judges who will simply ignore Democrats’ violations.” The state party called the discussion “totally shameful and dangerous.”
Former Trump press secretary Sean Spicer wrote that Democrats’ “hypocrisy knows no bounds,” while conservative commentator Kyle Becker declared, “All of these people are unhinged. Americans are electing monsters.” Conservative pundit Ryan James Girdusky dismissed the entire report: “Now they’re writing fan fiction.”
Conservative writer Andrew Follett floated his own escalation — suggesting House Republicans could “refuse to seat any Virginia Democrats from such an obviously illegal election” if the gambit moves forward.
GOP strategist Brad Todd zeroed in on Gov. Abigail Spanberger, who claimed she hadn’t been briefed on the proposal: “Abby Spanberger has amputated much of her centrist street cred. If she wants to get any back, this is her best shot. She should renounce Jeffries & all this quackery.”
Trump adviser Caroline Wren offered a more conflicted reaction, calling the move “categorically insane” — and admitting it’s “what I was looking for” from Republicans. “The Democrats are always willing to cross the insane line while the GOP dances around ‘democracy,’” she wrote.
Veteran GOP operative Chris LaCivita dismissed the whole thing as performance: “That won’t happen — these are discussions meant to calm fears of donors — and the NYTimes willingly plays along.”
The reactions come as Jeffries continues to wage what he’s called “maximum warfare” against Republican redistricting efforts, and as Trump has escalated personal attacks on the House minority leader in recent weeks.
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