On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones (D) responded to questions on whether language in the state’s redistricting measure was misleading by stating that “there was a vigorous campaign. Both sides were able to lay out their case for their adopted positions, and yes prevailed.”
Co-host Brianna Keilar asked, “Judge Hurley, citing multiple substantial and procedural problems, including that the ballot question for the constitutional amendment was flagrantly misleading, as I said, the ballot question says new congressional districts will be temporarily adopted to ‘restore fairness‘. Does he have a point that it’s misleading?” Jones answered, “Look, we are excited that Virginia went out to the polls on Tuesday, made their voices heard, turnout was robust, both sides engaged in a vigorous campaign, and the yes side prevailed. And, now, as Attorney General, my job is to enforce the laws of the commonwealth of Virginia. And so, we won’t let one activist judge in one county in Virginia try to offset the will of the people of this commonwealth, where more than 1.6 million voted yes. And so, we will be in court very soon, my office appealed the decision, and we are going to get this resolved quickly, so that we can bring some clarity to the situation.”
