Youngkin as a scapegoat for voters’ approval of redistricting is Trump’s aversion to reality

By: Bob Lewis

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: April 30, 2026

Words: 855

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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Former Gov. Glenn Youngkin isn’t necessarily a sympathetic figure. It takes something as amoral, ungrateful and casually cruel as the current White House with its recent maltreatment of Youngkin to make that feeling resonate.

Politico reports that senior White House officials blame Youngkin for passage of a Democrat-supported redistricting referendum’s outcome in Virginia — one of only two states that gave voters a say before attempting bare-knuckle partisan remapping.

Virginians gave input …

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