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The pro-gun people were engaging in mass protests weeks after the state swore in a Democratic governor and a Democratic General Assembly and those Democrats began pushing all those bills.
And now, again, we're out of power. The House of Delegates is a week away from being 52 Republicans to 48 Democrats, and the governor will be Trump-humping, Big-Lie endorsing, former CEO of the goddamn Carlyle Group, and anti-abortion proponent Glenn Fucking Youngkin
And in a time when state Republicans across the nation are pushing voter-suppression bills, now they can add Virginia to the list of states they can cement.
No same-day registration. No mail-in ballots. No early voting. Fewer polling places. Tighter identification requirements. Partisan challenges to voters at the polls. Provisions for the assembly to override the secretary of state on slates of electors.
And that means that, soon, they'll repeal all those laws your bragging about because they'll have locked in their minority rule, and lock in the state's 13 electoral votes for a goddamn Republican.
And after SCOTUS guts abortion rights in the spring, you can be sure that Virginia will be an anti-woman state within a couple of years. The entire Virginia Senate is up for election in 2023 and one seat changing hands means a tie, with the Republican lieutenant governor breaking ties.
Fun fact: the Medicare expanding in Virginia was done by the lieutenant governor casting a tie-breaking vote. Well, that's dead and buried now, isn't it?
So, congrats. We managed to defy the odds and kept New Jersey blue, but thanks to your side, we lost Virginia when we didn't need to.
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