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Hakeem Jeffries: “The Calais decision and an egregious decision by the…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries at the 2026 CAP IDEAS Conference

Published | Video Starts at 10:23

Yeah, well, because of, you know, the Republican gerrymandering scheme had been a complete and total failure, with Democrats fighting back aggressively until they were aided and abetted by The Calais decision and an egregious decision by the Virginia Supreme Court overturned the will of more than 3 million Virginia voters. Now, we're still going to win two seats minimum in Virginia, and then we're going to work as hard as we can in advance of 2028 to restore that 101 map, because that's what the voters decided would be appropriate moving forward. (10:23–10:33)

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Asserts that the Calais decision and Virginia Supreme Court decision overturned the will of over 3 million Virginia voters.

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