Hakeem Jeffries Faces Blowback After Virginia Redistricting Defeat

“Over three million Virginia citizens cast their votes in a free and fair election, yet the State Supreme Court has chosen to invalidate their voice, disenfranchise them and violate their due process rights,” Jeffries said.

“The decision to overturn an entire election is an unprecedented and undemocratic action that cannot stand,” he added.

“The decision to overturn an entire election is an unprecedented and undemocratic action that cannot stand,” he added

Jeffries also tied the ruling to broader Democratic attacks on the judiciary, accusing “far-right extremists” on the U.S. Supreme Court of weakening the Voting Rights Act and enabling what he described as attacks on minority representation across the South.