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Republicans are furious. They were outmaneuvered, outspent, and outgunned in the redistricting wars, even after lobbing the first grenade in Texas, which now looks like a costly strategic blunder. The Republican defeat in Virginia last night—assuming it survives a court challenge—will lose them four seats, leaving Democrats three seats ahead in the nationwide gerrymandering frenzy. In Washington this morning, the finger-pointing was already underway, though not necessarily at the real culprit: President Donald Trump.
