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‘Cotton picking’: US lawmaker condemned for racist comment about Jeffries

Hakeem Jeffries](/news/2026/5/7/trump-calls-for-incitement-charges-against-top-democrat-hakeem-jeffries), the top-ranking Democrat in the United States House of Representatives, has released a fiery statement condemning a fellow lawmaker who endorsed a racist comment about him. Tuesday’s statement came

Virginia congressional map vote could embolden Florida Republicans to push for boundary changes, says Jeffries – US politics live

Virginia](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/virginia) should serve as a warning to DeSantis. He wrote in a statement: > double quotation markIf Florida Republicans proceed with this illegal scheme, they will only create more prime-pick up opportunities

Virginia’s victory good for Democrats but also shows Trump’s redistricting battle could be all for nothing

Hakeem Jeffries](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/hakeem-jeffries), said in a statement that vowed “maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time.” The [redistricting war](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/nov/02/us-redistrcting-congressional-map) began last year, when red states [Texas](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/us-supreme-court-texas-congressional-maps), [Missouri

Florida is latest US state to enter redistricting war ahead of 2026 election

Hakeem Jeffries of New York threatened a wider front in Florida if they enacted redistricting legislation. “If Florida Republicans proceed with this illegal scheme, they will only create more prime pick-up opportunities for Democrats

Florida’s Republican governor unveils plan for redrawn congressional maps

Virginia referendum result. Trump called that vote “rigged”, and a travesty of justice, while Mike Johnson, the Republican House speaker, accused Democrats of a “dishonest gambit to try to rig the system”. In Florida, however

Democrats up in Virginia, but US voters may pay price for redistricting war

Hakeem Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House, told the Associated Press after Virginia’s vote. “When they go low, we hit back hard.” But some Democrats have echoed concerns over the new precedent being

US Democrats urge Jen Kiggans to resign for agreeing with racist ‘cotton-picking’ remark

Hakeem Jeffries should stay out of [Virginia](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/virginia),” Kiggans’s statement said. On Tuesday morning, the interview was not available on the Richmond’s Morning News archive on the [Apple Podcasts platform

Voters say they feel confused and misled on Virginia's redistricting vote

Hakeem Jeffries. Virginians for Fair Maps, the group behind the no vote, has received $19 million across six [donations](https://cfreports.elections.virginia.gov/Committee/Index/3c07843c-ba10-4883-ac04-e5a5ef8e11bb#LargeContributionReports) from its own 501(c)(4) — also named Virginians for Fair Maps. ## "Campaign

Trump calls for ‘incitement’ charges against top Democrat Hakeem Jeffries

Hakeem ‘Low IQ’ Jeffries, should be charged with INCITING VIOLENCE! The Radical Left Democrats actually want to Destroy our Country,” Trump wrote. Since returning to the White House last year, the US president has successfully

Not just Trump: Redistricting race will hinge on what these state leaders did

Virginia will not sit on the sidelines while it happens." ### An Indiana senator said no to redistricting, and others followed *By* [*Benjamin Thorp*](https://www.wfyi.org/people/benjamin-thorp)*, WFYI* It seemed likely last fall that Indiana lawmakers