Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger was sworn in just a few weeks ago, but the tornado of bad policy is already sweeping through her state.
Spanberger’s very first assignment was to undo Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Order 47, which had allowed coordination between the Virginia State Police and the Department of Corrections and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. That coordination was important because it allowed the federal and state governments to work together to remove people in the country illegally who had committed additional crimes. That it was necessary for Spanberger to make it harder to deport criminals is a sign that her moderate campaign commercials will instead translate into a much further left-wing government.
Spanberger isn’t the only one moving Virginia sharply to the left. Both branches of the state legislature are now also controlled by Democrats, and they are introducing policies that no one campaigned for. House Bill 863 would reduce minimum sentences for rape, manslaughter and child pornography. If Spanberger continued with “let’s let the rapists off easy,” the Virginia electorate somehow missed that. In fact, Spanberger’s campaign ads emphasized her experience in law enforcement and that she is a moderate who works with both sides of the political aisle.
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Several other bills would increase various taxes and run counter to the “affordability” message Spanberger campaigned on. One would increase sales taxes on services like dry cleaning, while the other would add a tax on deliveries from Amazon and Uber Eats. Spanberger also noted that she would rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which would likely make energy bills higher.
Then there’s House Bill 1442, which would prevent any immigration law enforcement near polling places. We are told that it is very rare for illegal immigrants to vote in our elections, and yet the Virginia Legislature thinks a law like this is a high priority for the state. Why would immigration operations disrupt polling places unless there are illegal immigrants voting at those polling places?
Then there’s the chaos the Democrats are wreaking at the Virginia Military Institute. VMI is a highly ranked military university with a number of notable alumni, such as Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine. The House of Representatives has introduced a resolution to form a task force to decide whether the VMI should continue to receive funding from the state. They also politicize the school’s administration.
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Spanberger appointed former Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, known for taking a photo in blackface while in medical school, to VMI’s board of visitors. Northam will replace Garrett Exner, who was appointed by Governor Glenn Youngkin. Exner was not heard and asked no questions before being replaced. On his X-page, Exner quoted Senator Scott Surovell as saying there are “genuine concerns about the qualifications, backgrounds and intentions” of Youngkin’s appointees. Exner noted, “Mr. Surovell is not a veteran. He has never been deployed. He has never prepared young men and women for service to the nation. I have dedicated my life to serving this country and helping the next generation of leaders succeed. I would like to know what part of my background Mr. Surovell finds ‘concerning’.”
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Of course, there are no actual concerns. Exner told me that VMI is just “the latest target of the Democrats’ assault on America’s institutions. The school, with its strict honor code and commitment to merit, is diametrically opposed to the Democratic party’s new ideals — socialism and equality.”
Democrats are going to move Virginia as far to the left as possible over the next four years — unless Virginians stop them. Virginians who want to save their state must continue to point out that Spanberger the candidate is not Spanberger the governor, and that the state government, which is completely controlled by the Democratic Party, is turning lawlessness and social engineering into policy. Virginia can be saved from this before it becomes another failed blue state with its residents running for the door, but they must act quickly.
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