Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill that will allow voters to weigh in on four amendments, including one that would change the commonwealth's congressional districts. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, slammed the legislation saying in a post on X that it was "a brazen abuse of power [and] an insult to democracy."
Lucas, the 82-year-old Democrat who spearheaded the plan, hit back at the senator, saying, "You all started it and we f---ing finished it," referring to a controversial redistricting effort in Texas that sparked fights over districts in several states.
Several social media users slammed the Virginia lawmaker, including Braeden Sorbo, son of actor Kevin Sorbo, who asked, "So now gerrymandering is okay?" Many other responses spoke about the origins of gerrymandering as a practice, while some mocked Lucas for her use of profanity and her complaining about Texas' redrawn maps.
Democrats currently hold six of Virginia's 11 congressional seats, and the new 10-1 map would likely give them four more. This has caused some Republicans to say that the map disenfranchises large numbers of voters in the commonwealth.
Gavin Newsom and Donald Trump. (Getty Images)
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a vocal Trump critic, quickly jumped into the fight, with his state passing Proposition 50, a ballot initiative that will temporarily sidetrack the left-leaning state's nonpartisan redistricting commission and return the power to draw the congressional maps to the Democratic-dominated legislature. The move is expected to result in five more Democratic-leaning districts in California, with the goal of offsetting the move made by Texas.
Several other states have also drawn new maps, including Missouri, North Carolina and Vice President JD Vance's home state of Ohio.
Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser, Lindsay Kornick and Greg Wehner and Fox News' Shannon Bream and Bill Mears contributed to this report.
Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.
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