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When They Go Low, We Go …

Virginia's decision to redistrict is NOT an "escalation" in the redistricting arms race, if blue-state governors send the right message

Robert Reich
Apr 22, 2026
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Tuesday’s redistricting decision by Virginia has been depicted as an escalation of the redistricting “arms race” between red and blue states. It is not.

Friends,

When Democrats gathered in Philadelphia in 2016, Michelle Obama famously declared, “When they go low, we go high.”

That became the supposed moral choice facing Democrats: Either maintain the int…

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