‘Wah, wah, wah’: AOC mocks Republicans crying over Virginia gerrymandering, and her reason for doing it leaves them with nowhere to go

U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has mocked Republicans for complaining about Virginia‘s newly approved gerrymandering measure, comparing them to whiny babies. She mimicked a crying baby, saying, “Wah, wah, wah,” and laughed when asked about the GOP’s concerns over the potential for a 10-1 Democratic congressional majority in Virginia.

According to RawStory, the gerrymandering ballot measure was approved by Virginia voters on Tuesday, with strong support from Democrats. The measure could give Democrats control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the midterm elections. However, a Virginia circuit court judge blocked the vote-approved redistricting on Wednesday, following a lawsuit from the Republican National Committee.

Ocasio-Cortez pointed out that Democrats have been asking Republicans to ban partisan gerrymandering for 10 years, but the GOP refused. She said Republicans “wanted to start this” and that Democrats are simply fighting back, after losing seats in states like North Carolina and Texas due to Republican-drawn maps. Trump’s push for Texas Republicans to redraw their maps is widely seen as the start of the current redistricting arms race.

Democrats are done being passive, and Republicans are now feeling the consequences of their own playbook

“We have been asking the Democratic Party to stand up and fight, and now they did,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “Now the Republican Party doesn’t like the fact that they are fighting against someone who actually will stand up for the American people.” Her comments reflect a broader frustration among progressive Democrats who have long felt the party was too slow to respond to Republican electoral tactics.

Ocasio-Cortez said she is willing to work with Republicans to pass a ban on partisan gerrymandering, but stressed that the GOP has no interest in doing so. She said they “like pursuing and continuing to enact an unfair electoral landscape.”

AOC has been increasingly vocal on several political fronts lately, including her stance on U.S. military aid to Israel. Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, also weighed in on the matter, saying voters “pushed back against a President who claims he is ‘entitled’ to more Republican seats in Congress.”

Spanberger added, “As we watched other states go along with those demands without voter input, Virginians refused to let that stand. We responded the right way: at the ballot box.” The Virginia redistricting is part of a larger national effort that began after President Trump urged conservative states to re-examine their voting maps to help Republicans keep their congressional majority intact heading into the midterms.

The current House balance stands at 217 Republicans, 212 Democrats, and one independent, making every seat highly competitive. Historically, the party of the sitting president tends to lose House seats during midterm elections. If Democrats win the House in November, it would not only hurt Trump’s political agenda but also expose him to Democratic-led congressional investigations.

AOC’s foreign policy positions have also drawn scrutiny, with JD Vance repeatedly targeting her policy positions as a regular talking point. Several other states have also redrawn their electoral maps recently as part of this national redistricting push. California voters approved new maps in a special referendum in November, giving Democrats an edge in five new districts.

North Carolina, Missouri, and Utah have also made changes to their maps, with Utah passing court-imposed districts that could give Democrats an advantage in at least one district. The redrawing of these boundaries is expected to have a significant impact on the overall balance of power in Congress come November.