While Dems’ Redistricting Power Grab Goes to Court in Virginia, Here’s the Real Solution to Counter Their Gerrymandering Scheme
It didn’t take long for a Virginia court to smack down the Democrats’ cynical redistricting power grab as unconstitutional. The Tazewell Circuit Court ruled Tuesday’s referendum violated the state constitution, denied any stay pending appeal, and issued an injunction blocking certification of the election. Score one for the rule of law.
But let’s be honest — Democrats don’t quit when they lose in court. They just look for another way to rig the game and dilute Republican votes in the Old Dominion. Their “Virgerrymander” scheme was never about fairness. It was a naked attempt to stack the deck, weaken President Trump’s support, and keep Virginia bleeding blue.
So what if there’s a better, bolder solution — one that doesn’t just block their latest trick but actually flips the board?
What if we simply took back what was always supposed to be federal land in the first place?
Arlington County and the city of Alexandria were originally part of the District of Columbia. Virginia and Maryland each donated five square miles in 1790 to create the nation’s capital. That Virginia land stayed in D.C. until 1847, when it was retroceded back to the commonwealth for one shameful reason: to protect slavery after D.C. abolished it.
Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) is calling this out and proposing the “Make D.C. Square Again Act” to fix the map once and for all.
DC Bureaucrats hijacked Virginia… but we will restore it.
Arlington and Alexandria were always meant to be a part of DC.
That’s why I introduced the Make DC Square Again Act, because it’s a simple concept: DC = 🟥 pic.twitter.com/lPWcUoQ6Yg
— Congressman Rich McCormick, MBA MD (@RepMcCormick) April 22, 2026
As McCormick explained, that 1846 retrocession “warped the system” and directly enabled the kind of Democrat power grabs we’re seeing now. Repealing it would give D.C. exactly what it should have — a square district — and return Virginia to its proper boundaries.
But here’s the even better part: President Trump doesn’t need to wait for Congress to act. He could issue an executive order reclaiming Arlington and Alexandria for the District of Columbia, declaring the slavery-motivated retrocession unconstitutional. The issue would immediately head to the courts, where Democrats would be forced to defend a literal vestige of slavery — the same crowd that melts down Confederate statues at the first opportunity.
It’s a brilliant fire-with-fire move. Those deep-blue enclaves loaded with federal employees would finally belong where they geographically and historically fit — inside D.C. No more letting them distort Virginia’s congressional map ten-to-one in favor of Democrats.
This isn’t some wild theory. It’s grounded in the original intent of the founders and the ugly history Democrats love to ignore when it’s inconvenient. Trump has already shown he’s willing to use every tool in the executive toolbox to fight back against the radical left’s lawfare and power grabs. This would be one more way to put America First — and Virginia First — by ending the gerrymandering games that let a handful of blue counties dictate the future of the entire commonwealth.
Democrats screamed bloody murder when Trump fought to secure the border and protect American workers. Imagine the meltdown when he moves to restore the actual map of the nation’s capital and stops their endless redistricting scams.
The court already ruled against their latest scheme. Now it’s time for real leadership to deliver the knockout punch. President Trump has the pen, the mandate, and the backbone to do it.
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