CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Virginia’s Democratic-led General Assembly on Friday advanced a proposed constitutional amendment to allow redistricting ahead of the midterm elections. Democrats nationally need to gain three seats to control the House and counter Trump’s agenda.

HJ6007 is a limited exception, intended to be used only if another state redraws its congressional districts outside of the standard decennial process for reasons other than a court order.

Governor Glenn Youngkin issued a response on Friday.

“Everything about this process was shameful, fundamentally wrong, and illegal. In a party-line vote, in an eleventh-hour special session at the tail end of the election, with debate silenced, members threatened with removal, and resolutions against political violence shot down, House and Senate Democrats sold out all Virginians for $300,000 from the same national Democrats who are shamefully keeping our federal government shut down. Virginians are not ‘leverage.’ They deserve fair districts, and they will not forget this injustice.”

Several other states have majority parties looking at ways to control congressional districts.