DAVID MARCUS: Rich men north of Richmond set to steal the votes of rural Virgi

Oliver Anthony came retired of obscurity successful 2023 with his hauntingly homespun deed "Rich Men North of Richmond," which laments the powerfulness and power that the nonrecreational and concern bluish classes person implicit the agrarian south. In Virginia’s ongoing Congressional redistricting battle, Anthony's ballad is coming to life.

On April 21, successful a peculiar predetermination to alteration the Commonwealth constitution, Democrats from the affluent northbound of Virginia are acceptable to disenfranchise the poorer south, changing the legislature representation from a 6-5 Democratic advantage, to a distinctly undemocratic 10-1 domination of the delegation.

David, who lives successful Windsor, and works portion clip successful the Williamsburg country connected operation told maine helium feels powerless.

(Oliver Anthony/Instagram)

"It conscionable feels similar Democrats power everything now, and nobody’s warring back," helium told me. "I lone ever spot ballot yes ads connected TV."

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He has a point. Windsor is southbound of Richmond, and the existent powerfulness successful the commonwealth is progressively successful the hands of the precise wealthy, precise bluish counties of Virginia northbound of Richmond, leaving the poorer denizens of the confederate counties retired of luck.

Some radical are warring back, though.

Finishing a repast astatine Craft 41, a bully midrange edifice extracurricular of Williamsburg, my lad gestured to the parking lot. Over my shoulder, I saw idiosyncratic putting a "Vote No," motion successful the windshield arsenic if it was a prima protector.

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A mates who looked to beryllium successful their precocious 70s walked in, some successful American emblem sweaters. They were seated arsenic I paid our check, and portion it won’t marque my brag happy, well, I didn’t person the bosom to interrupt their beauteous repast unneurotic by quizzing them connected politics.

One mates made their lawsuit for voting against the referendum that would alteration the Virginia Congressional representation connected their SUV. (Fox News Digital)

It turns out, I didn’t person to, due to the fact that their connection was virtually painted connected the broadside of their vehicle, 1 portion reading:

"Redistricting ignores implicit 1/3rd of Virginia voters."

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It besides blared this damning quote, "Gerrymandering is detrimental to our democracy," a punctuation from nary different than existent Virginia Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanburger.

As I fired the ignition connected my Lancer, I said to my son, "The Virginia GOP has much wealth than God, and yet those 2 folks person crafted the champion governmental messaging I person seen successful this full race."

The upcoming ballot pits agrarian Virginians against the affluent citizens of bluish counties, and could permission the Old Dominion with conscionable 1 reliably Republican House seat. (Fox News Digital)

Just arsenic successful past year’s gubernatorial race, the Virginia Republican Party, and I’ll propulsion successful the nationalist GOP, person been flat-footed, ineffective and worse, much funny successful the affluent men northbound of Richmond than the plain folks of the southbound and westbound of the state.

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Over the past 2 weeks, the GOP and overmuch of the blimpish media person been focused connected NOVA - arsenic bluish Virginia is known - issues, specified arsenic taxes connected the affluent oregon connected the services utilized by the wealthy, it's not a winning strategy.

If Republicans privation to snatch a late-game triumph successful Virginia, they person to recognize that this a people war, not a argumentation fight. It is the loafer and cardigan acceptable sticking it to the men and women with callouses connected their hands and stealing their votes.

Part of the occupation is that the enactment of the Virginia GOP besides hap to beryllium large fans of loafers and cardigans, and what they bash not person is an Oliver Anthony who tin talk for the forgotten moving class, for the farmers, and for the patriots.

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There is besides a radical facet to each of this, due to the fact that if immoderate governmental enactment tried the wholesale disenfranchisement of mediocre Black oregon Hispanic people, the mode mediocre White radical are intelligibly being treated here, it would beryllium a nationalist scandal.

Maybe portion of the crushed I couldn’t muster the courageousness to spell speech to the older mates astatine the edifice was that I deliberation they are going to lose, and I did not relish the thought of saying that to them.

But astatine slightest they aren’t going down without a fight, which is much than I tin accidental truthful acold of the authorities and nationalist GOP.

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In his song, Oliver Anthony sings;

"Livin' successful the caller satellite with an aged soul

These affluent men northbound of Richmond

Lord, knows they each conscionable wanna person full control."

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Well, it’s not conscionable a opus anymore, it's existent life. And connected April 21, it is acceptable to bargain the voting powerfulness of the mediocre men southbound of Richmond.

If determination is immoderate accidental to halt it, past this indispensable beryllium the connection and it indispensable beryllium precise loud.

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