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Republican Virginia State Senate candidate Danny Diggs joked about unsolved rape cases during his sheriff retirement speech.
The election is Tuesday, November 7th.
In the past WEEK alone, Virginia republicans have
(1) Intentionally exposed a gigantic cardboard penis to children, and
(2) Taken over school property with guns.
We’re under no obligation to pretend this is anything other than extremism.
NEW: Juan Pablo Seugra's billionaire father has given his campaign millions of dollars. What hasn't been reported yet is that much of that money comes from a corrupt business deal being investigated in the West African nation of The Gambia.
This is major int'l corruption.🧵
VA Republicans in private FB groups are now theorizing that Democrats tricked(?) Republicans into taking unpopular stances on abortion.
"I wonder how much stealth Democrat money is used to encourage our candidates to take hard lines on abortion."
#VApol
For years, Tara Durant has claimed that she was accosted at a BLM protest in 2020. New records show that it never happened.
Instead, records show that Durant was the aggressor, and that she was practically desperate to mow-down some pedestrians with her car.
#VApol
🚨GOP Senate candidate
@juanpablo4VA
Segura has taken hundreds of thousands of dollars from Judicial Crisis Network -- the MAIN group funding the nationwide push to ban abortion.
#VApol
The city of Virginia Beach bought a parcel of land for $6 million, then sold it to GOP state Senator Bill DeSteph for $1.8 million.
Now, DeSteph intends to lease the land to Dominion -- a company which has given DeSteph more than $100,000.
Just hours after running cover for Hamas, deranged Democrat
@ssurovell
is once again arguing in favor of keeping porn in school libraries.
Quite a week for Scott!
Scoop: Gov. Youngkin's administration pulled Virginia out of ERIC today, becoming the 8th state to make the move.
It's the bipartisan election partnership that's become the target of right-wing conspiracy theories.
If Juan Pablo thinks Loudoun is such a crime-ridden hellhole...
...why is he so proud to be endorsed by the sheriff presiding over the crime-ridden hellhole?
#VApol
New Ad 📺:
My opponent is supported by anti-cop and Defund the Police groups - and she has admitted to being responsible for many of the soft-on-crime policies coming from the Loudoun County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office under Buta Biberaj. 🗳️Vote for commonsense this November.
Today, I voted against the 2018 Budget Bill
#HB29
&
#HB30
. While I respect the hard work put into it, expanding Medicaid is not the right answer fiscally. We cannot afford to saddle the next generation with unforetold debt and risk vital funding to K-12 education. (1/2)
Hey just double checking — are we all cool with
@GovernorVA
Youngkin using taxpayer dollars to host campaign events for GOP candidates like
@TaraDurantVA
?
You've gotta respect the bond between Danny Diggs and AC Cordoza. True friendship doesn't let things like "bringing guns to a bunch of schools a bunch of times" get in the way.
#vapol
@joelgriffinva
@TaraDurantVA
A bald-face proven lie. You and your party support abortion to the moment of birth at taxpayer expense. Withdraw from the race.
New Ad 📺:
My opponent is supported by anti-cop and Defund the Police groups - and she has admitted to being responsible for many of the soft-on-crime policies coming from the Loudoun County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office under Buta Biberaj. 🗳️Vote for commonsense this November.
Just to be clear, this event is being sponsored by the Governor’s office, with taxpayer-paid staff handling the organizing, and is being promoted by Tara Durant with her campaign logo.
Plain as day.
Hey just double checking — are we all cool with
@GovernorVA
Youngkin using taxpayer dollars to host campaign events for GOP candidates like
@TaraDurantVA
?
Juan Pablo Segura has never met an extremist he didn't like. Here he is with Geary Higgins, an anti-abortion, pro-insurrection radical who hung out with the Oath Keepers leader who is now serving 18 years in prison for *seditious conspiracy against the United States*
#VApol
There's something amusing about all of these law enforcement officers running as GOP candidates on a message of "I've done a very bad job of keeping you safe as a law enforcement officer. It's DANGEROUS out there."
This is not ok. The left shouldn’t be demonizing parents who just want a say in their kids’ education. As state senator, I’ll always work with parents AND educators to do what’s best for our kids.
Thank you
@Chap4Sheriff
for hosting this important forum on the fentanyl crisis we are experiencing here and across the country. Unlike radical leftists in the VA state senate, we’ll make sure to side with the victims, not dealers when it comes to rebuilding our communities.
@VA_GOP
Wait, I thought
@RichAndersonRPV
said our platform was to push a communist revolution on Virginia? But now we don’t have a platform? Which is it? Get it together, boys. Your flailing is showing.
Wrapping up the district a day series with SD-22 in VA Beach
Democratic State Senator Aaron Rouse has a rematch against Republican Kevin Adams
They faced off in the Special Election to replace Jen Kiggans
It went from McAuliffe +5.5% in ‘21 to Luria +13% in ‘22
There's only one Republican position on abortion: ban it.
The only difference between Republican politicians is that some of them lie to us about that, and some of them don't.
I know there’s a whole holiday season happening, but y’all would not believe some of the legislation being filed by VA republicans for the upcoming legislative session.
Yesterday, Sen. Siobhan
@Dunnavant4VA
tried to have it both ways on abortion -- explaining that she doesn't want to "ban" abortion, she just wants to make it illegal.
"Something that's legal becoming illegal is not a ban," Dunnavant absurdly claimed.
#VApolitics
The
@VA_GOP
and
@RichAndersonRPV
have such low standards that they’re not just running carpetbaggers — they’re running carpetbagging insurrectionists. 🤦♂️
#VApol
ICYMI: Gov. Youngkin has allegedly had enough free time outside of his governing activities to interfere in a GOP primary election.
#Virginia
#VAPolitics
There's low, and then there's Juan Pablo Segura psychologically tormenting a grieving mother in a cheap attempt to score the political points that his daddy's money can't buy for him.
#VApol
“I have a great idea for an attack ad, boys!” Some genius at RPV headquarters exclaimed. “Let’s associate her with one of the most popular television shows of all time!”
🎵🎶 I’ll be there for you 🎶🎵
Latest attack mailer is out, so I guess the cat’s out of the bag: I’m the newest cast member on Friends 🤷🏻♀️ 😂
But really, I’ll be there for the voters of HD-41 & all of SWVA.
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Conservative Virginia Beach parents in a private Facebook group are worried that Filipino teachers are going to ruin their children's education.
#VApol
When Juan Pablo references a "government-created mess," he's using a euphemism for the far-right military juntas which ruled Argentina for much of the 20th century -- but he wants you to think he's talking about "socialism".
He's demonizing Argentina to con you out of a vote.
Today's legislative extremist to watch: Sen. Siobhan
@Dunnavant4VA
-- who, despite being a practicing OB-GYN, has one of the most anti-womens-healthcare voting records in the legislature.
@HenricoDems
#Virginia
#VApolitics
Glenn Youngkin's Spirit of Virginia PAC, which recently doled-out money to state legislative candidates, is being funded in part by accused rapist Steve Wynn.
#VApol
Juan Pablo Segura is hoping to celebrate his one-year anniversary as a Virginia resident by taking up a seat in the state Senate. Don't let him.
#VApol
GOP carnage continues: Today,
@MattForVA
Strickland went on John Fredericks' radio show and officially endorsed the write-in campaign supporting him, opposing
@TaraDurantVA
.
“Voting for Democrats and voting for people like Tara Durant is no different.”
#VApolitics
@Jaaavis
In the past WEEK alone, Virginia republicans have
(1) Intentionally exposed a gigantic cardboard penis to children, and
(2) Taken over school property with guns.
We’re under no obligation to pretend this is anything other than extremism.
Y'all seen this? 👀
"The weakness of a two-term incumbent in a fairly safe seat suggests that Republicans may face a tremendous challenge in keeping majority control of the state House this fall."
In January,
#Virginia
Republicans were introducing legislation to abolish early voting altogether.
Now, desperate for votes, Glenn Youngkin is promoting early voting.
In case you missed it, one of the first things VA Dems did after gaining power was pass an "assault weapons ban" and then define virtually every gun as an assault weapon.
Yes, they really do want to destroy the Second Amendment and take away your right to protect yourself.
We have to do more to protect our kids, to keep guns out of our schools. We owe it to them.
Watch my new ad about why I’m running for Virginia State Senate⬇️
NEWS: Clarence Thomas’ Hitler-loving billionaire buddy, Harlan Crow, gave $40,000 to Gov. Glenn Youngkin and $10,000 to LG Winsome Sears.
#virginia
#VApolitics
@Jaaavis
If you had asked me in July, I would've guessed that Amanda Chase was the write-in campaign to watch for maximal Republican chaos and our general viewing pleasure -- but Matt Strickland has easily taken the top spot in that category.
#VApol
After using our taxpayer dollars to host a campaign event for
@TaraDurantVA
, the Governor's office has now used our taxpayer dollars to turn that event into a taxpayer-funded campaign advertisement for Durant.
Do we at least get a receipt?
Juan Pablo Segura runs a maternal healthcare company — and recently shared a stage with a congressman who famously opposes not only abortion, but BIRTH CONTROL.
He’d be a wolf in sheep’s clothing if his sheep costume was worth a damn.
The amount of support for our campaign last night was humbling. Thank you to Congressman Frank Wolf and the over 100 supporters who showed up in the rain to push the campaign forward
#Successfultogether
GOP Senate candidate
@TaraDurantVA
tries the crocodile tears act about her Democratic opponent's ads -- only to be called-out by her fellow Republican opponent.
#VApol
NEW:
#Virginia
Attorney General
@JasonMiyaresVA
is courting religious extremists who oppose equal rights for women, want to abolish no-fault divorce, and think you should be able to fire someone for being LGBTQ+.
LIKE & RETWEET TO SPREAD THE WORD 📣
#VAPolitics
Zach is absolutely right: SD-31 is the most important race in the commonwealth this year, and electing Russet Perry is a must.
For comparison, this is her opponent.
SD-31 is THE race that will decide Virginia's future and we must elect
@RussetPerry
here.
Great to knock doors with her,
@julibriskman
, and the amazing
@GMUdems
earlier today!
An incredible day with the Fauquier Sheriff’s office doing a ride along with his deputies. We learned about new technologies that are keeping us safe and also the most pressing issues encountering in the district. We can be successful together when we fully fund law enforcement!
In VA Senate, Schuyler VanValkenburg (D) appears to have defeated Siobhan Dunnavant (R) in
#SD16
. If Russet Perry's (D) narrow lead holds in
#SD31
, Dems would be guaranteed to keep the majority.
Finally, some honesty: Republican state Senator Siobhan
@Dunnavant4VA
admitted that the GOP's political posturing over the state budget has put Virginia families in jeopardy.
"These conversations could've happened long before July 1."
It must be nice to be
@TaraDurantVA
: she can sit back, relax, and let the Koch Brothers' American for Prosperity pay for all her digital ads, without spending a dollar of her own campaign funds.
#VApol
Wouldn’t you know it, Glenn Youngkin let the billionaire’s son borrow yet another cabinet-level official for a campaign photo op.
How many is that now? 4? 5?
Thrilled to engage in a roundtable with Secretary of Transportation Shep Miller today! We discussed ways to tackle toll hikes and traffic congestion head-on with innovative solutions. Together, we're committed to delivering real results for the people of Senate District 31.
@VA_GOP
Imagine your boss can’t set the office’s budget, and as a result he has decided to take it out of your paycheck.
That’s what Glenn Youngkin and the
@VA_GOP
are doing.
My opponent’s campaign is in total free-fall and he’s desperate. As a result, he’s decided to lie to voters about my position on abortion and healthcare.
According to one Gambian writer, "It is...clear that Securiport is NOTHING BUT A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE."
That criminal enterprise is funding Juan Pablo Segura's campaign with the money it is extracting from one of the poorest countries in the hemisphere.
#VApol
It's hot out there. Make sure to drink enough water, and remember: Glenn Youngkin is doing everything within his power to make it even hotter.
#Virginia
Prepare for extreme heat, Virginia!
🚗 NEVER leave people or pets in a car
☀️ Avoid high-energy activities during the midday heat, if possible
🥤 Stay hydrated
🐾 Keep your pets hydrated, too, and keep their paws away from hot pavement
#VaWx
At a time when we are once again confronting the scourge of antisemitism at home and abroad, mailers like these, which are nothing more than dog-whistles to the far-right, are reckless and wrong. Shame on the Republican Party.
VA GOP delegate candidate Eric Zehr is alleging that the members expelled from the TN statehouse were protesting in support of “the transgender movement.”
They were protesting inaction in the face of the mass murder of schoolchildren.
#Virginia
#VApolitics
GOP candidate
@TaraDurantVA
's campaign is achieving the unthinkable: getting a bunch of hardcore conservatives to sympathize with her Democratic opponent.
#VApol
Securiport -- Enrique's Segura's company -- has been the subject of scandal in The Gambia for the past 3 years, since the government contracted the company’s services for Banjul Airport – the country’s largest airport.
#VApol
🚗 Today we launched the Commitment to Virginia's Commuters!
Our plan will lower commuter costs immediately, and we already have strong support from local and state-level candidates and elected officials.
Check it out, and make sure you vote early on Friday!
All over Virginia, GOP candidates for the state legislature are running campaigns on exactly this same kind of full-throated anti-LGBT hatemongering.
Hate and tax cuts for the wealthy are the only things they’re offering in 2023.
Yesterday's meeting for the Virginia Board of Education was like the circus. Here's
@mfk_mike
introducing all the performers of special interest groups and a sample of these transphobic sideshows.
GOP Senate write-in candidate
@MattForVA
Strickland thinks that the American "uniparty" staged the Hamas attack in Israel to distrct from the Kevin McCarthy situation -- which is certainly *a* take.
#VApol
Interesting that the pro-Israel rally in DC today will be headlined by none other than televangelist Pastor John Hagee, who once said “God sent Adolf Hitler to help Jews reach the promised land.”
Says a lot about a movement.
📊FORECAST UPDATE📊
After examining the July-August campaign finance reports, we are making 3 district changes in our VA 2023 forecasts.
SD-31 | Toss-Up → Tilt D
HD-30 | Likely R → Lean R
HD-71 | Lean R → Likely R
VA State Senate | Tilt D → Lean D