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?






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