I think they were counting on winning in court, which is one of the reasons they originally backed the idea that the court allow the vote to occur before issuing a ruling, which is an accord with Virginia precedent.

Now we get “confused” tweets like this:

very confused as to why the VA Supreme Court declined to stop the vote on the redistricting referendum. Whatever you feel about the merits of their decision to strike it down today, the handling of this is a bit odd

— Sam Stein (@samstein) May 8, 2026

Which brings up the old fools/knave issue. Does someone like this not remember the course of events? Did someone like this never pay attention in the first place? Or does he remember but is lying in order to get readers even more incensed at the court for allowing the vote to go forward and then cruelly striking down the people’s will?

Speaking of the people’s will – I’d say this is more than a “little” ironic:

Lydia Moynihan: It's a little ironic that the woman now who is likely going to win the 9th Congressional District in Tennessee is a black Republican instead of a white Democrat male. But that's racist?

Tezlyn Figaro: It actually is

It's now RACIST to elect a black Republican pic.twitter.com/2gEVkz870K

— Brianna Lyman (@briannalyman2) May 8, 2026

The only bona fide black people are Democrats.

Reaction after reaction follows a pattern that shows zero understanding of the fact that states have different rules from each other about how to accomplish redistricting, and that Virginia didn’t follow its own rules. A lot of tweets and comments follow a “they did it in [fill in the blank with a Republican-controlled state], so why can’t we do it in Virginia?” Well, because Virginia has different rules, and this is a state-by-state proposition:

The Virginia Supreme Court has narrowly voted to overturn the will of the people, who voted for a new map to counter Trump’s gerrymandering.

This is despite Republicans in the South moving to eliminate Black-majority districts without even a vote after the Supreme Court gutted… pic.twitter.com/4WoRugVIqI

— Headquarters (@HQNewsNow) May 8, 2026

Also:

Let’s be clear: If this standard applies in Virginia, it should apply in Florida too.

Two different standards for democracy is not justice. https://t.co/SsAdJupxfq

— Katherine Clark (@TeamKClark) May 8, 2026

Once again, I don’t think this is mere stupidity. The concept of federalism is not a difficult one, and I’m pretty sure these people could easily master it. Their reaction is politically motivated, of course. To me, it also indicates the desire for states all to have the same rules, and for those rules to always favor Democrats. Plus, I think these tweets come from people who may (accent on the “may”) know better, but who count on the idea that their readers don’t know better and are trying to stir them up to rage. It’s one of the reasons Democrats want education to be leftist indoctrination that keeps people ignorant of some very important facts about our government and our history.

Speaking of stirring readers to rage, we have Hasan Piker:

the va supreme court denied the results of the redistricting referendum. scotus gutted the voting rights act and tennessee carved up the last dem district destroying black voter power in the state.

those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable https://t.co/Ul1nW2oz29

— hasanabi (@hasanthehun) May 8, 2026

NOTE: And what of California? Stay tuned.