About this episode

The episode discusses Black politics in Virginia, redistricting efforts, and the impact of misinformation on elections with attorney Phillip Thompson.

EP68 - Discussing flyer wars, Black politics in Virginia and redistricting with attorney Phillip Thompson of Loudoun. In late 2025, after President Donald Trump pushed Republicans in Texas to change their maps so he could rig the 2026 midterm elections, Democrats reacted and pushed back hard. RELATED: Peter Thiel-backed group contributes $2.5 million to oppose Virginia redistricting (Democracy Docket, April 1, 2026) In Virginia and California Democrats moved quickly to counter Trump’s moves. Trump pushed Republicans to conduct a rare redistricting round as Republicans slowly figured out how unpopular their politics are to voters. In Virginia, the maps to be voted on in November will be decided on by the voters on April 21 by way of a referendum vote. Voters may choose to move Virginia’s congressional delegation to what would likely be an overwhelmingly Democratic majority of ten Democrats and only one Republican — or keep the maps the same as they are now. The MAGA right is now moving fast to flood the box with misinformation on redistricting and gerrymandering. Part of the disinfo has been run by a Black Republican Virginia House of Delegates member who was defeated in 2025 as…

People in this episode

Host: Lauren Burke

Guest: Phillip Thompson

Topics covered

• Black politics
• redistricting
• elections
• Virginia politics
• misinformation
• gerrymandering

Keywords

• Black politics
• redistricting
• Virginia
• elections
• misinformation
• gerrymandering
• Donald Trump
• Democrats
• Republicans

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democracy Docket, MAGA

Places: Virginia, Texas, California

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