CNN’s ‘Shermichael Singleton on Democrats Winning the Virginia Gerrymandering Vote: ‘I Mean, Look, I’m Not Happy About This’

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SINGLETON: "I mean, look, I’m not happy about this. What we’re seeing is the gradual destruction of institutions in our country. So what happens when you create an atmosphere and an environment where compromise no longer exists? Yeah, maybe this is good for Democrats today, but is it good for the long run? Probably not. For four years, there was an argument from my friends on the other side about democracy, about democracy falling in darkness. Well, how in the hell is this preserving democracy? And look, I’m not saying that one side over the other doesn’t — hell, they all gerrymandered. It’s just not a good thing at all. The American people don’t benefit from this. And as someone who resides in Virginia, where you have, what, 40-plus percent of the state that voted for the previous — for the current president, rather, leaving only one Republican congressional seat seems to be in force of democracy and protecting the Constitution and the preservation of these great ideas? I think not."