Ocasio-Cortez on Republicans complaining about Virginia redistricting loss: ‘Wah, wah, wah’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday mocked Republicans complaining about the Virginia redistricting loss and said she looks forward to picking up additional House seats in midterm elections. 

Journalist Matt Laslo, founder of the Laslo Congressional Bureau outlet, began to ask Ocasio-Cortez to comment on Republicans’ pushback to the Tuesday redistricting win. 

“What do you think of Republicans saying that Virginia– you guys getting–,” Laslo asked.

“Oh, wah, wah, wah,” the New York lawmaker interrupted. 

When asked about comments regarding the measure being “unconstitutional” and “wrong,” Ocasio-Cortez said Republicans prompted the redrawing of congressional districts across the country.

“Listen, Democrats have attempted and asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering, and for 10 years, Republicans have said no. Republicans have fought for partisan gerrymanders across the United States of America, and these are the rules that they have set,” she said on the steps of the Capitol.

“And so if the Republican Party wanted to start this, they did this in North Carolina. They drew out three Democratic members of Congress in North Carolina. They drew out in Texas. They re-did Texas,” she added. 

The Tar Heel State and the Lone Star State both saw GOP lawmakers remap their congressional districts last year in favor of House Republicans, who currently hold a razor-thin majority in the lower chamber. 

President Trump approved of the mid-decade redistricting effort in those two states but said the Virginia vote, approved by the public, was “rigged.”

“All day long Republicans were winning, the Spirit was unbelievable, until the very end when, of course, there was a massive ‘Mail In Ballot Drop!’ Where have I heard that before — And the Democrats eked out another Crooked Victory! Six to five goes to ten to one, and yet the Presidential Election in November was very close to a 50-50 split,” the president wrote in a post on X. 

Florida Republicans are now considering new congressional lines in hopes of picking up seats in midterm elections, but some party members have warned against the proposal, citing recent Democratic wins in the Sunshine State.

Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) said she would prefer to “have left the lines the way they were.”  

“But if the governor of the state of Florida and the legislature believes differently, who am I to say?” she added. 

Democrats and Republicans are gearing up for a heated election season that will determine the future of the legislature under the final two years of the second Trump administration. GOP lawmakers are fighting to hold on to their trifecta earned in 2024. 

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