‘Give me liberty’ Founding Father’s descendant blasts Spanberger’s redistricting push

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FIRST ON FOX : Virginia Republicans offered their own response to Gov. Abigail Spanberger ’s Democratic Party rebuttal to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union, featuring a descendant of the famously outspoken Founding Father Patrick Henry. Del. Anne Ferrell Tata, R-Virginia Beach, is a direct descendant of Gov. Patrick Henry’s sister Elizabeth, a lineage Tata said stems from the first days of the Old Dominion and one she does not often discuss. But, as Tata mentioned in recent floor remarks, Henry — famous for his "Give me liberty, or give me death" speech to the Second Virginia Convention at St. John’s Church of Richmond in 1775 — proved that "concern about the government silencing its citizens is not new." In her response to Spanberger, Tata condemned the governor’s partisan interest in redistricting out all but one Virginia congressional Republican , suggesting it is the new way some politicians are trying to silence citizens. VIRGINIA DEMOCRAT GIVES PROFANITY-LACED RESPONSE TO CRUZ'S CRITICISM OF THE STATE'S REDISTRICTING PUSH "A few years ago, Virginians did something rare. We agreed the old redistricting system wasn't working. Too much power in the hands of politicians, too little trust from the public," Tata said. "Voters approved a constitutional reform to remove politicians from the process and Gov. Spanberger, who was in Congress at the time, praised that change and spoke at length about the corrosive effects of gerrymandering on our democracy. It wasn't easy. It required compromise. It required restraint and it required trust." Tata noted that Indiana, a Republican-led state, and legislative leaders in Maryland, a Democratic-led state, both opposed similar efforts to create a map that sweeps away the political minority’s voice. "Both chose to respect the rules. Both chose to keep the promise they made to voters," she said. WHO IS ABIGAIL SPANBERGER, AND WHY DID DEMOCRATS CHOOSE HER FOR TO THEIR STATE OF THE UNION RESPONSE? "Here in Virginia, our g…