{"id":598844,"date":"2026-05-09T14:56:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=598844"},"modified":"2026-05-09T14:56:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:56:42","slug":"error-prone-virginia-dems-ask-state-supreme-court-to-stay-its-redistricting-ruling-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=598844","title":{"rendered":"Error-prone Virginia Dems ask state Supreme Court to stay its redistricting ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Virginia Democrats filed a spelling-error-ridden motion on Friday asking the Virginia Supreme Court to stay its latest ruling.<\/p>\n

Earlier Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court blocked a heavily gerrymandered but voter-approved map that would have granted Democrats several additional House seats in the state.<\/p>\n

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The Supreme Court of Virginia just struck down a proposed 10-1 map from democrats.<\/p>\n

What a win!<\/p>\n

So much for them being the party of \u201cfairness.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/X2xD9YI4ES<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mat Nuclear (@MatNuclear) May 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In response, Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Don Scott and other top officials, including state Attorney General Jay Jones, filed a joint motion asking the court to essentially delay its ruling as they appeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s action is an imperative step in the process we promised to pursue to explore every available option to restore the will of the voters,\u201d Jones\u2019 spokesperson said in a statement shared with The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue moving through that process deliberately, responsibly, and with full respect for the voters who made their voices heard,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n

There was just one problem. The motion asking for a stay was riddled with ridiculous spelling errors.<\/p>\n

Look:<\/p>\n

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Virginia Democrats misspelled \u201cVirginia\u201d and \u201cSenator\u201d in their motion to delay the VA Supreme Court\u2019s ruling on gerrymandering today. pic.twitter.com\/DvkeruWqw6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 David M. McIntosh (@DavidMMcintosh) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As seen above, Virginia was misspelled, as was the word senator.<\/p>\n

The misspellings prompted mockery on social media.<\/p>\n

Look:<\/p>\n

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From the Jay Jones Skool of Speling<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tim D. Nank (@TimNank) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Oh but the proper pronouns were used so all good. Dem logic.<\/p>\n

\u2014 J.T. (@TurnjayTurner) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The only thing dumber that a Democrat is a Committee of Democrats<\/p>\n

\u2014 PK Dick MD (@HollowM38743396) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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That\u2019s what happens when you prioritize gender studies over English\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Old Mechanic \"\ud83e\ude78\"\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" (@OldMechanic) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Democrats are the party of the educated that is run by the uneducated.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Joe Colangelo (@Itsjoeco) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The best and the brightest, obviously out of the Quality Learing Center. \"\ud83e\uddd1\u200d\ud83c\udf93\"<\/p>\n

\u2014 xrobiwan (@xrobiwan) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I presume the folks who wrote this motion spent some time at Learing Centers axing questions.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bill Crowell (@n4hpg) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Should toss it just on that alone. Who was the DEI hire that was to do spell checking? Seriously.<\/p>\n

\u2014 GHOST__194 (@Ghost__194) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Correct spelling is an artifact of the capitalist patriarchy that is designed to impose artificial constraints upon minds unburdened by what has been.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rick Atkinson (@SCWVRick) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Despite the Democrats\u2019 loss in the Virginia redistricting battle and their inability to spell correctly, they remain optimistic.<\/p>\n

\u201cVirginia voters were with us! This is not the time to despair \u2014 this is the time to keep fighting,\u201d Scott wrote<\/a> on social media after the Virginia Supreme Court\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeep your head up and keep moving forward. One battle at a time, one fight after another. We\u2019ve come too far to stop now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Jones, meanwhile, released a statement smearing the Virginia high court.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday the Supreme Court of Virginia has chosen to put politics over the rule of law by issuing a ruling that overturns the April 21st special election on redistricting,\u201d he said. \u201cThis decision silences the voices of the millions of Virginians who cast their ballots in every corner of the Commonwealth, and it fuels the growing fears across our nation about the state of our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Republican-led majority of the Supreme Court of Virginia contorted the plain language of the Constitution and Code of Virginia to give it a meaning that was never intended, which allowed them to reach the wrong legal conclusion that fit their political agenda. The consequences of their error are grave,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

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(\u00bd) Today the Supreme Court of Virginia has chosen to put politics over the rule of law by issuing a ruling that overturns the April 21st special election on redistricting.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Attorney General Jay Jones (@AGJayJones) May 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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(2\/2) This decision silences the voices of the millions of Virginians who cast their ballots in every corner of the Commonwealth, and it fuels the growing fears across our nation about the state of our democracy.<\/p>\n

Read my full statement here: https:\/\/t.co\/enp32V4Bii<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Attorney General Jay Jones (@AGJayJones) May 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Jones added that his team is \u201ccarefully reviewing this unprecedented order\u201d and \u201cevaluating every legal pathway forward to defend the will of the people and protect the integrity of Virginia\u2019s elections.\u201d<\/p>\n

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has also weighed in, calling the Virginia high court\u2019s decision \u201can unprecedented and undemocratic action that cannot stand.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Virginia Democrats filed a spelling-error-ridden motion on Friday asking the Virginia Supreme Court to stay its latest ruling. Earlier Friday, the Virginia Supreme Court blocked a heavily gerrymandered but voter-approved map that would have granted Democrats several additional House seats in the state. The Supreme Court of Virginia just struck down a proposed 10-1 map… Continue reading Error-prone Virginia Dems ask state Supreme Court to stay its redistricting ruling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-empowerment","category-national-security","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=598844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/598824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=598844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=598844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=598844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}