弗吉尼亚州参议院临时议长L·路易斯·卢卡斯表示：“是你们先挑起的，而我们他妈的完成了它”
作者：瑞秋·沃尔夫
福克斯新闻
发布时间：2026年2月7日 美国东部时间下午3:21
弗吉尼亚州参议院临时议长路易斯·卢卡斯在紧张的重新划分选区斗争中，对德克萨斯州共和党参议员泰德·克鲁兹进行了充满脏话的反驳，她辩称民主党人“他妈的完成了”她认为是共和党人发起的选区操纵行为。
周五，民主党州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格签署了一项法案，允许选民对多项修正案进行投票，其中包括允许在中期重新划分该州国会选区的修正案。弗吉尼亚州立法者计划在2026年4月21日将这些修正案提交给民众投票，这比联邦中期选举提前了几个月。
“弗吉尼亚州选民应该有机会回应全国范围内对我们权利、自由和选举的攻击。每个人都应该有自由与自己所爱的人结婚——弗吉尼亚州宪法应该确认我们联邦内所有家庭都受到欢迎。弗吉尼亚州的女性应该有自由自主决定生殖健康护理，而不是由政客们 dictate 她们的选择。当弗吉尼亚人偿还了对社会的债务，他们就应该重新获得投票权。当其他州采取极端措施时，我相信弗吉尼亚选民会作出回应，”斯潘伯格在其网站上的声明中表示。
弗吉尼亚州民主党人试图夺取重新划分选区权力，为新增4个亲左席位打开大门
弗吉尼亚州州长阿比盖尔·斯潘伯格签署了一项法案，允许选民对四项修正案进行投票，其中包括一项将改变该联邦州国会选区的修正案。(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
德克萨斯州共和党参议员泰德·克鲁兹猛烈抨击这项立法，在X平台（原推特）上发文称这是“对权力的公然滥用[和]对民主的侮辱”。
82岁的民主党人卢卡斯是该计划的主要推动者，她回击了这位参议员，称：“是你们先挑起的，而我们他妈的完成了它”，这里指的是德克萨斯州一项有争议的重新划分选区努力，该努力引发了多个州的选区斗争。
一些社交媒体用户抨击了这位弗吉尼亚州议员，包括演员凯文·索博的儿子布雷登·索博，他问道：“所以现在操纵选区就合法了吗？”许多其他评论者谈到了操纵选区这一做法的起源，还有一些人嘲笑卢卡斯使用脏话以及她对德克萨斯州重新绘制的地图的抱怨。
民主党人目前在弗吉尼亚州11个国会席位中占据6个，而新的10:1地图可能会再增加4个席位。这导致一些共和党人表示，该地图剥夺了该联邦州大量选民的权利。
弗吉尼亚州参议院临时议长L·路易斯·卢卡斯回击了泰德·克鲁兹对弗吉尼亚州重新划分选区努力的批评，称：“是你们先挑起的，而我们他妈的完成了它。”(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
弗吉尼亚州法官宣布重新划分选区计划无效，裁定立法者越权
卢卡斯此前在周四的新闻发布会上表达了对这项立法的类似看法。
“如果唐纳德·特朗普没有开始这场权力掠夺……我们现在就不会处于这个境地，”卢卡斯在接受《华盛顿邮报》采访时表示，“是他制造了这个烂摊子，而弗吉尼亚州会解决它。”
在美国最高法院允许德克萨斯州使用重新绘制的国会地图后，全国的民主党人感到愤怒。许多人感到不满，因为该提案似乎源于白宫，正如唐纳德·特朗普总统在2025年6月提出中期重新绘制地图的想法。总统正试图加强共和党对众议院的控制，而他在第一任期内未能做到这一点，民主党人在2018年重新夺回了众议院多数席位。
加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽森和唐纳德·特朗普。(Getty Images)
加利福尼亚州通过类似法案，回应弗吉尼亚州行动
加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽森迅速加入这场斗争，该州通过了第50号提案，这是一项公投倡议，将暂时搁置倾向左翼的该州无党派重新划分选区委员会，并将绘制国会选区的权力交还给由民主党主导的立法机构。此举预计将为加利福尼亚州增加五个更倾向民主党的选区，目的是抵消德克萨斯州的行动。
其他几个州也绘制了新地图，包括密苏里州、北卡罗来纳州以及副总统JD·万斯的家乡俄亥俄州。
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Virginia Democrat gives profanity-laced response to Cruz’s criticism of the state’s redistricting push
‘You all started it and we f—ing finished it,’ Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L Louise Lucas said
By Rachel Wolf
Fox News
Published February 7, 2026 3:21pm EST
Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas delivered a profanity-laden retort to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, amid a tense redistricting fight, arguing that Democrats had “f—ing finished” what she views as gerrymandering started by Republicans.
On Friday, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, signed a bill that would allow voters to weigh in on multiple amendments, including one that would allow for a mid-decade redrawing of the state’s congressional districts. Virginia lawmakers are aiming to put the amendments before the people on April 21, 2026, months before the midterm federal elections.
“Virginia voters deserve the opportunity to respond to the nationwide attacks on our rights, freedoms, and elections. Everyone deserves the freedom to marry who they love — and Virginia’s Constitution should affirm that all families are welcome in our Commonwealth. Women in Virginia deserve the freedom to make their own reproductive healthcare decisions without politicians dictating their choices. When Virginians have paid their debt to society, they deserve to regain their right to vote. And when other states take extreme measures, I trust Virginia voters to respond,” Spanberger said in a statement on her website.
VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS MOVE TO SEIZE REDISTRICTING POWER, OPENING DOOR TO 4 NEW LEFT-LEANING SEATS
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill that will allow voters to weigh in on four amendments, including one that would change the commonwealth’s congressional districts.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, slammed the legislation saying in a post on X that it was “a brazen abuse of power [and] an insult to democracy.”
Lucas, the 82-year-old Democrat who spearheaded the plan, hit back at the senator, saying, “You all started it and we f—ing finished it,” referring to a controversial redistricting effort in Texas that sparked fights over districts in several states.
Several social media users slammed the Virginia lawmaker, including Braeden Sorbo, son of actor Kevin Sorbo, who asked, “So now gerrymandering is okay?” Many other responses spoke about the origins of gerrymandering as a practice, while some mocked Lucas for her use of profanity and her complaining about Texas’ redrawn maps.
Democrats currently hold six of Virginia’s 11 congressional seats, and the new 10-1 map would likely give them four more. This has caused some Republicans to say that the map disenfranchises large numbers of voters in the commonwealth.
Virginia Senate President Pro Tempore L. Louise Lucas fired back at Sen. Ted Cruz over his criticism of Virginia’s redistricting push, saying, “You all started it and we f—ing finished it.”(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
VIRGINIA JUDGE VOIDS REDISTRICTING PUSH, RULES LAWMAKERS OVERSTEPPED AUTHORITY
Lucas had previously expressed a similar sentiment about the legislation during a news conference on Thursday.
“If Donald Trump had not started this power grab… we wouldn’t be in this place right now,” Lucas said, according to The Washington Post. “He started this mess, and Virginia is going to finish it.”
Democrats across the country were left fuming after the U.S. Supreme Court moved to allow Texas to use redrawn congressional maps. Many were upset because the proposal appeared to stem from the White House, as President Donald Trump proposed the idea of the mid-decade redrawing of maps in June 2025. The president is looking to fortify Republican control of the House, something he was unable to do in his first term when Democrats retook the House majority in 2018.
Gavin Newsom and Donald Trump.(Getty Images)
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a vocal Trump critic, quickly jumped into the fight, with his state passing Proposition 50, a ballot initiative that will temporarily sidetrack the left-leaning state’s nonpartisan redistricting commission and return the power to draw the congressional maps to the Democratic-dominated legislature. The move is expected to result in five more Democratic-leaning districts in California, with the goal of offsetting the move made by Texas.
Several other states have also drawn new maps, including Missouri, North Carolina and Vice President JD Vance’s home state of Ohio.
Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser, Lindsay Kornick and Greg Wehner and Fox News’ Shannon Bream and Bill Mears contributed to this report.
Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.
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