House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., made a controversial remark about "maximum warfare" during a press conference celebrating the Democrats' victory in Virginia. The Republican National Committee responded by publishing a video of Jeffries' remarks and asking him to condemn this type of rhetoric. This statement was criticized by both Republican and conservative commentators. Jeffries had previously used the phrase in a context of redistricting, but it was not his first time. The outcome of various states' partisan redistricting efforts is not settled, and the Virginia Supreme Court will consider a Republican lawsuit seeking to undo the Democratic-driven redistricting in an upcoming hearing.