The Virginia Stratagem
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Virginia should be held up as an example of any Democrat candidates calling themselves moderates.
Last year, Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a native of New Jersey, ran for the governorship of Virginia. Her platform was that she was a moderate, playing well with Northern Virginia voters, a hotbed of liberalism in the state. She stated that she had law enforcement experience and was a former CIA Case Officer and congresswoman. During her campaign, she claimed that she was not in favor of gerrymandering. She claimed she wanted “common sense” gun control.
Northern Virginia had dealt with the federal downsizing and the election was more of a referendum on their hatred of Donald Trump rather than what was good for the state. Spanberger played into that perfectly.
One of her running mates, Jay Jones, had gone so far as to say he wanted to shoot his opponents and their children and, “piss on their graves.” Spanberger refused to call for him to step down in the campaign. In retrospect, that was a clue, an early warning as to how radical she was. Still, she put on a positive spin, smiles and handshakes, claiming she was a moderate, who argued that she would run to bring about affordability.
It was all a façade — a lie.
Spanberger was a manufactured candidate, a package which was sold to voters by the Democrat party. Her “law enforcement” experience was as a postal inspector. As Democrats secured control of the General Assembly and Senate, they, along with the new governor, began one of the most dramatic and sweeping changes to ever hit a state
Her very public views of being against gerrymandering were cast aside. In violation of the state’s constitution, the Democrats pushed for a change to the district. Northern Virginia, Richmond, and Charlottesville would control the new districts. Where before, Democrats held five seats, and the Republicans four; the new maps left Republicans with a shot at one representative.