Showing posts with label Spanberger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spanberger. Show all posts

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Democrat Abigail Spanberger elected governor of Virginia

An ex-CIA and federal law enforcement officer who served three terms in the US House of Representatives after flipping a GOP-held district, Spanberger was leading the state's Republican lieutenant governor Winsome Earle-Sears 57% to 43%, with 89% of the vote counted, according to the Associated Press...


Monday, November 3, 2025

Obama criticizes Trump and Republican policy in stump speech for Abigail Spanberger

"As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving overthe Rose Garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes, and gold-plating the Oval Office and building a $300m ballroom," Obama said. "So Virginia, here's the good news. If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry, he will save you a dance."… 

"We've got a president who deployed the national guard in American cities and claimed to be stopping crime waves that don't actually exist," Obama said. "We've got masked ICE agents in unmarked vans pulling people in off the streets, including US citizens, on the suspicion that they don't look like real Americans."… 

"It's like every day is Halloween except it's all tricks and no treats," Obama said amid reports of immigration raids taking place in Chicago and Los Angeles even on Halloween night… "There is absolutely no evidence Republicans' policies have made life better for you, the people of Virginia," Obama said at the rally. 

"They have devoted enormous energy trying to entrench themselves in power and punishing their enemies and enriching their friends and silencing their critics."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/01/obama-virginia-abigail-spanberger


 

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Governor’s race shaken up by ‘violent’ texts sent by ally of Democratic candidate

Earle-Sears has released new campaign advertisements condemning Democratic former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, her opponenent in the governor's race, for continuing to support Jay Jones, whose private texts three years ago speculated about a senior state Republican getting "two bullets to the head" and "breeding little fascists". 

Jones, a former state lawmaker, has apologized, and Spanberger distanced herself from his remarks, insisting in a statement: "I will always condemn violent language in our politics."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/07/virginia-governor-election-spanberger


 








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