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.”

How will that change to the Virginia Constitution “restore fairness”? It won’t. In fact, it is the opposite of fairness, but if a voter doesn’t understand what the amendment is designed to accomplish, which Gov. Spanberger and her party have made sure is the case, that fact will not enter into his or her mind.

The Virginia House favors Democrats by a 6-5 margin over the GOP, which seems fair since the state went for Biden over Trump in the rigged 2020 election by 51% to 49% and Trump beat Harris in 2024 by 50% to 48%. The redrawn congressional districts planned to take place if the “yes” votes prevail tomorrow will move Democrats from a 6-5 edge over Republicans to a 10-1 advantage. That will not accurately represent the political divide in the state.

You know—fair.

In a video released by Spanberger (who campaigned as a moderate Democrat and immediately demonstrated that she is as rabid a progressive as any elected state governor—just as Bernie Sanders assured Democrats that Kamala Harris would be an ally of socialists once she was President, and not to be concerned with what she was promising during her campaign), the Virginia governor explained that the provision has nothing to do with fairness for Virginians—that is the state, the residents and the interests she is supposedly responsible for, but —you guessed it! — is intended to fight President Trump. She says,

“What has changed is what we’re seeing in states across the country. And a President who says he’s entitled to more Republican seats before this year’s midterms…. And Virginia has the opportunity to take action in response…. It’s directly in response to what other states have decided to do.“

State Rep. Don Beyer, a Democrat and a hard-left progressive, was even more direct. “We have to effectively make the case that even though this seems unfair in Virginia,” this totalitarian hack said. “It’s totally fair for America, for those of us who believe that taking back the House is the most significant thing we can do to stop Donald Trump.”

It is fair for America to effectively disenfranchise Virginia Republicans while getting the authority to do so by misleading voters in a special election.

I have been particularly disgusted by many of my Trump Deranged Facebook friends, lawyers among them, who in posts pimping for this hidden amendment make it quite clear that they know its intent, know it is misleading on the ballot, know it will disenfranchise conservatives (and those who have figured out what the sick 21st Century version of the Democratic Party is after), and feel it should be passed anyway. Their position is that they have to destroy democracy in order to save it.

Witnessing episodes like this, and there have been so many of late, I feel like Connie Corleone (Talia Shire) screaming, “Read the papers! That’s your husband! That’s your husband!” to her brother’s wife Kay while accusing Michael Corleone of killing her husband. “That’s your party! That’s your party!”

At a certain point I’ll have to assume that my friends approve of these tactics, which means they are complicit in the power grab, that they are not concerned with collateral damage, that democracy only “works” in their worldview when it results in policies they want, and that they have been completely corrupted.