The article reports that a Republican-aligned PAC is using mailers with Ku Klux Klan imagery and old statements from Barack Obama and Abigail Spanberger to oppose Virginia’s redistricting referendum, while Democrats and voting-rights advocates call the ads misleading. The April 21 vote could affect congressional maps and party control, and the article describes outreach efforts and arguments from both sides.
ALSO MENTIONED A.C. Cordoza, Leader of the Democracy and Justice PAC, which sent the mailers; Barack Obama, Former president whose earlier statements the mailers invoke; Jay Jones, Virginia attorney general who condemned the mailers; Jeff Ryer, Republican Party of Virginia chairman who defended the use of old quotes; Peter Thiel, Billionaire Trump supporter whose affiliated group contributed to the PAC’s campaign
