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弗吉尼亚州众议院少数党领袖、共和党籍的特里·基尔戈尔（来自盖特城）对福克斯新闻数字频道表示，共和党同僚认为他们可以“因法官在重新划分选区问题上作出正确裁决而罢免法官”的想法是“疯了”。
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独家报道： 弗吉尼亚州共和党人猛烈抨击全国及州内民主党人推翻弗吉尼亚州最高法院以4票对3票否决他们选区重划计划的“疯狂”想法，矛头直指众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯及其他全国民主党人的最新干预行动。
《纽约时报》周一报道称，全国及弗吉尼亚州民主党人举行会议，讨论如何重振他们此前被否决的10比1选区划分方案，此举引发强烈反弹。
“我的第一反应是，这太疯狂了——因为我的意思是，如果因为法官作出了正确裁决就罢免他们，那简直是疯了，”基尔戈尔说道。
“这实在太离谱了。我想很多弗吉尼亚人都会看穿这一点。而且从法律层面来说，他们现在这么做已经太晚了，”他援引5月12日的初选前最后期限说道。
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众议院民主党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯（左）；弗吉尼亚州众议院少数党领袖特里·基尔戈尔（右）。（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社；道格拉斯·格雷厄姆/盖蒂图片社）
报道称，来自纽约州的民主党人杰弗里斯参与了相关讨论，内容包括降低州法官的退休年龄、名义上在一个精心挑选的法院重新审理此案，以及利用塔泽韦尔县作出的那份原本对共和党有利的裁决。
这份由杰克·赫尔利法官作出的塔泽韦尔县裁决最初判定选区重划公投无效，但弗吉尼亚州最高法院允许投票继续进行。《纽约时报》报道称，民主党人正考虑利用赫尔利的推理逻辑，反过来推翻2020年创建独立选区重划委员会的公投结果——他们此前曾试图通过4月份的投票绕过该委员会。
“这恰恰证明了哈基姆·杰弗里斯和他领导的民主党人是多么贪恋权力，我很高兴最高法院遵守了法治，这对弗吉尼亚州来说是美好的一天，”基尔戈尔说道。
民主党人对此并不认同。弗吉尼亚州参议院多数党领袖、来自芒特弗农的民主党人斯科特·萨罗维尔宣布，民主党人已于周一晚间向美国最高法院提交了紧急救济申请。
萨罗维尔在一份声明中表示，此次申诉由他本人、众议院议长、来自朴次茅斯的民主党人唐·斯科特，以及参议院临时议长、来自朴次茅斯的民主党人L·路易丝·卢卡斯共同发起。
弗吉尼亚州两党在州最高法院前就选区重划问题展开激烈交锋
批评人士指出，此次诉讼提交得十分仓促，第一页上就出现了多处明显的拼写错误。
该案件被提交给美国最高法院，但文件页面在第二次提及法院时却写成了“弗吉尼亚州最高法院”。
众议院民主党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯（中）在民主党同僚的陪同下向记者发表讲话。（内森·波瑟/安纳多卢通讯社/盖蒂图片社）
参议院少数党领袖、来自汉诺威的共和党人瑞安·麦克杜格尔作为最初的原告，在文件中被标注为“Sentator”（应为参议员Senator）——这一拼写错误在X平台上引发了网友的表情包调侃，一家弗吉尼亚州政治评论账号也借此将自己改名为“Virgnia Sentator”，呼应了这一拼写失误以及斯科特头衔上的另一处错误。
在最初的裁决公布后的周四声明中，斯科特表示他“尊重”该裁决，并指出此次投票结果接近表明弗吉尼亚人希望“反击”总统唐纳德·特朗普——弗吉尼亚州民主党将“继续为这样的民主而战：由选民而非政客拥有最终决定权”。
弗吉尼亚州共和党众议员本·克莱因所在的谢南多厄河谷选区原本会被拆分为三个部分。他在一份声明中赞同基尔戈尔的观点，称杰弗里斯和全国民主党人对弗吉尼亚州最高法院“维护法治”的裁决“怒不可遏”。
克莱因敦促弗吉尼亚民众积极参与政治，并警告称民主党所谓的“非法”行动旨在重新划分选区地图。
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基尔戈尔驳斥了利用塔泽韦尔县裁决解散选区重划委员会的说法，称这是“垂死挣扎”，并指出该委员会已经在没有争议的情况下划定了州立法选区的边界。
在这场争端愈演愈烈之际，邻州西弗吉尼亚州的议员们提出动议，允许弗吉尼亚州一些更为保守的农村社区脱离“老自治领州”弗吉尼亚，就像1863年6月20日西弗吉尼亚州本身所做的那样。
基尔戈尔所在的议员选区覆盖了查尔斯顿地区支持者所发布地图中的大片山区。
“我认为这有点为时过早，”基尔戈尔回应道。“我宣誓要维护弗吉尼亚州宪法，我会留在这里，夺回弗吉尼亚州。”
“我们可以夺回弗吉尼亚州，就像你在这次赞成与反对的投票中看到的那样，结果接近。这就是弗吉尼亚人的立场。我们是一个摇摆州，我们是紫色州。”
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基尔戈尔表示，他预计弗吉尼亚州选民会“强力反弹”，反对今年迄今为止出现的这些闹剧——这可能会让这个紫色州的政治钟摆开始摆动，正好赶在特朗普团队11月为保住众议院多数席位而努力之际。
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Virginia GOP leader blasts ‘power-hungry’ Jeffries as Dems mount ‘insane’ gambit to overpower high court
2026-05-12 12:09pm EDT / Fox News
Virginia Republicans are ‘crazy’ to believe they can ‘throw out judges for making the right decision’ on redistricting, the commonwealth’s top elected Republican told Fox News Digital.
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EXCLUSIVE: Virginia Republicans blasted national and state Democrats over their “insane” ideas on how to reverse the Supreme Court of Virginia’s 4-3 ruling against their redistricting gambit, targeting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other national Democrats’ latest intercession.
The New York Times reported Monday on a meeting between national and Virginia Democrats to discuss ways to revive their now-blocked 10-1 map, drawing sharp backlash.
“It is insane — is my first take on that, because I mean, it would be crazy to throw out judges for making the right decision,” said Virginia House Minority Leader Terry Kilgore, R-Gate City.
“That would just be beyond the pale. I think a lot of Virginians would see through that. And it’s too late for them to do it as a matter of law,” he said, citing a May 12 pre-primary deadline.
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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, left; Virginia House Minority Leader Terry Kilgore, right.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Douglas Graham/Getty Images)
The report claimed Jeffries, D-N.Y., was party to discussions that ranged from lowering the retirement age of state justices to ostensibly re-trying the case before a handpicked court, as well as using the otherwise Republican-favorable ruling out of Tazewell County.
The Tazewell decision — from Judge Jack Hurley — initially invalidated the redistricting referendum, but SCOVA allowed the vote to proceed. The Times reported Democrats are considering using Hurley’s reasoning to instead invalidate the 2020 referendum that created the independent redistricting commission they tried to circumvent with their April vote.
“That just shows you how power-hungry Hakeem Jeffries and his Democrats are up there, and I’m glad the Supreme Court followed the rule of law, and it was a good day for Virginia,” Kilgore said.
Democrats disagreed, with Virginia Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell, D-Mount Vernon, announcing an emergency application for relief was made to the Supreme Court of the United States by late Monday.
Surovell said in a statement that the response was brought by himself, House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, and Senate President Pro Tem L. Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth.
VIRGINIA GOP, DEMS BATTLE IT OUT OVER REDISTRICTING BEFORE STATE SUPREME COURT
Critics pointed out the haste with which the case was filed, evinced by several visible typos on the first page.
The case was filed with SCOTUS, but the page itself indicated in its second reference that it was filed to the “Supreme Court of Virginia.”
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, center, addresses reporters while flanked by Democrats.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Senate Minority Leader Ryan McDougle, R-Hanover, the original plaintiff, was labeled as a “Sentator” — leading to potato memes from critics on X, while a Virginia political commentary account renamed itself “Virgnia Sentator” over that and a second misspelling in Scott’s title.
In a Thursday statement following the original ruling, Scott said he “respect[ed]” it and said the close vote showed Virginians wanted to “fight back” against President Donald Trump — and that Virginia Democrats will “keep fighting for a democracy where voters — not politicians — have the final say.”
Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., whose Shenandoah Valley district was primed to be chopped in three, agreed with Kilgore in a statement saying Jeffries and national Democrats are “furious” at SCOVA for “up[holding] the rule of law.”
Cline urged Virginians to get involved politically, warning of what he called an “illegal” Democratic push to reshape the maps.
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Kilgore dismissed the idea of using the Tazewell ruling to dismantle the redistricting commission as “grasping at straws,” noting the panel has already drawn state-legislative districts without challenge.
Amid the current battle, neighboring West Virginia lawmakers launched a bid to allow some of Virginia’s more conservative, rural communities to secede from the Old Dominion, as the Mountaineer State itself did on June 20, 1863.
Kilgore’s delegate district comprised a large swath of the mountainous country featured in maps put out by proponents in Charleston.
“I think that’s a little bit premature,” Kilgore responded. “I took an oath to uphold the Constitution of Virginia, and I’m going to stay right here and take Virginia back.”
“We can take Virginia back, as you saw the close vote in the yes-no. That’s where Virginians are. We’re a close state. We’re a purple state.”
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Kilgore said he expects Virginia voters to “swing back hard” toward Republicans in response to the hijinks playing out so far this year – which could create a purple-state pendulum just in time for Trump’s own effort to hold the House of Representatives in November.
Fox News Digital reached out to Jeffries for comment.
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Charles is a Pennsylvania native and graduated from Temple University with a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism. Story tips can be sent to charles.creitz@fox.com.
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