The cohosts of The View were, like many Americans, split on the issue of Virginia’s successful measure to redistrict the state’s Congressional seats in a way that strongly favors Democrats.
Whoopi Goldberg, in particular, was majorly on the fence about the matter. First, she fired back at those who are claiming that this gerrymandering is unfair to Republicans.
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