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Last year, in the lead-up to Virginia’s gubernatorial election, then-candidate Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, was billed as a moderate, bipartisan candidate who would resist the far left as much as the far right. Now that she’s in office and the Virginia Democrats’ legislative agenda has been revealed, it’s clear that she’s just as extreme as her far-left counterparts in California.
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From the Daily Wire:
The legislative agenda now being advanced by Democrats in the General Assembly is not by any means a moderate agenda. It is not a centrist agenda. It is not a pragmatic agenda. It is a radical leftist agenda, clearly aligned with priorities laid out by Democrat leadership in Richmond.
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Spanberger’s agenda also includes new restrictions on free speech near abortion clinics, taxpayer-funded education for illegal aliens, eliminating mandatory minimum sentences, lowering the criminal penalties for robbery, and potentially eliminating Virginia’s right-to-work protections.
Spanberger also wants to change the way elections are administered in Virginia. She wants to extend the time absentee ballots can be received and counted after Election Day, extend the deadline for ballot curing, ban the hand counting of machine-readable paper ballots, allow people to cast votes electronically, and add Virginia to the National Popular Vote Compact, which destroys the Founders’ vision for the Electoral College.
According to the Daily Wire article, former Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin left a $2.7 billion budget surplus behind. That didn’t stop Governor Spanberger, however, from immediately pursuing higher taxes on income, investments, landscaping equipment, food deliveries, and hotel stays.
As the author of the Daily Wire article points out, this switch-up isn’t an accident, it was intentional. Governor Spanberger, the author alleges, never truly intended to govern as a moderate. Rather, she branded herself as a moderate to win the election, only to drop the act as soon as she was in office.
And this problem, according to the author, goes far beyond just Governor Spanberger. The agenda being pushed in Virginia now is the same agenda we’ve seen nationwide. Governor Spanberger isn’t the first Democrat to run as a moderate and govern as a hardcore leftist, and she definitely won’t be the last.
As the left continues to advance harmful, dangerous policies, let’s pray. Let’s pray that Democratic leaders would be willing to reach across the aisle and work with Republicans to make our nation better!
How are you praying about Governor Spanberger and her agenda for Virginia? Share your prayers and scriptures below.
(Excerpt from the Daily Wire. Photo Credit: Congressman Don Beyer)
