Josh Israel’s tweet (see below) highlights how RPV Chair John Whitbeck has no sense of irony, let alone shame. Also, as I wrote this morning in the news headlines about this story: This bigot, Fredy Burgos, is a “member of Virginia’s Republican State Central Committee” who received over $100k from the RPV, over $40k from Virginia House Republicans, $20k from Speaker Bill “ALEC” Howell, etc, etc. That kind of says it all about the Virginia GOP, eh?



![CNU Wason Center Poll of Virginia: Trump Approval at Just 34%; “narrow majority support a constitutional [redistricting] amendment”](https://bluevirginia.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/wason0128-1-238x178.jpg)






![[UPDATED 1/29/26] Audio: Sen. Tim Kaine Talks to Blue Virginia About His “Five-Point Plan” to Fight Trump’s Orban-Like Assault on US Democracy; Civil Disobedience a la MLK Jr.; Trump’s Bogus “Energy Emergency”; the Crucial Importance of the 2025 VA Elections; etc.](https://bluevirginia.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kaineinterview2-100x75.jpg)
