After the Virginia Supreme Court struck down the state’s 10-1 Democratic gerrymander on Friday, ABC Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl joined World News Tonight to omit why the court ruled the way it did. By contrast, CBS Evening News host Tony Dokoupil referenced the ruling that held state Democrats violated the rules in how the map was drawn and put to voters, but then national and White House correspondent Ed O’Keefe joined Karl in trying to tie Virginia’s ruling to Southern states’ redistricting after the Supreme Court’s VRA ruling.
Karl began his report by teeing up a clip of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, “Today, a big blow to Democrats. With the midterms fast approaching, Virginia’s Supreme Court struck down a new congressional map that would have created four House seats that Democrats likely would have won. Virginia voters approved the new map last month.”
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