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MAGA Mouthpieces Hatch Crackpot Revenge Plot on Purple State
- Right-wing commentators propose changing state borders to flip Virginia red by returning northern Virginia to D.C. control.
- The plan would restore Virginia to red by moving land back to the District of Columbia as it existed historically.
- A constitutional hurdle exists because state boundary changes require legislative consent and agreement from relevant authorities.
- The discussion occurred amid Virginia’s redistricting referendum and broader gerrymandering debate.
- The show featured approval from Andrew Kolvet, who hosts The Charlie Kirk Show, for a legal reversion of borders.
- The historical borders of D.C. and the 1846 repeal of parts of its land are cited in context of border changes.
- D.C.’s 1846 border change briefly returned Virginia land to the state, cited as historical context.
- The Daily Beast frames the plan within a broader political arms race over map control.
- There is skepticism about feasibility given legal and political headwinds.
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