Obviously, the Trump GOP(Q) has gone completely off the rails nationally. How about here in Virginia? Sadly, it’s no better. Check it out; here are a few examples of Virginia Republican extremism, just from the past few days:
Per the @splcenter, Brigitte Gabriel heads ACT for America, which “is listed as an anti-Muslim hate group because it pushes wild anti-Muslim conspiracy theories, denigrates American Muslims and sows fear about Islam in the United States” https://t.co/PmpfTYGNwB cc: @SenatorHashmi pic.twitter.com/3fCZfoOdVa
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 24, 2022
Quick summary of what happened Saturday in Virginia politics: the new VA08 GOP nominee thinks Fauci should be “jailed”; the new VA10 GOP nominee is a climate denier and “Big Lie” promoter; and the VA05 GOP nominee is…Bob Good https://t.co/wA00hiathd pic.twitter.com/IIku7eth9F
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 22, 2022
Just a few reminders who Bob Good is, what he believes, etc. https://t.co/wA00hiathd pic.twitter.com/8a9FVKrsJi
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 21, 2022
The newly minted GOP CD8 nominee says she doesn’t trust the govt because she grew up in the USSR so “Fauci should be jailed, we all know that” in the same sentence! Can someone make sure she’s taking her meds? @DonBeyerVA @vademocrats @MtVernonDemsVA @LeeDems @arlingtondems https://t.co/uKbBzAGRO7
— 🇺🇦Senator Scott Surovell 🇺🇦 (@ssurovell) May 21, 2022
The newly minted VA08 GOP(Q) nominee, Karina Lipsman, recently said “Fauci should be jailed, we all know that” (in response, Alexandria Rs actually APPLAUDED!). Needless to say, this should be an automatic disqualifier. https://t.co/nMHhxAY0a1 cc @RepDonBeyer h/t @MichaelLeePope pic.twitter.com/LUd972WPd1
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 21, 2022
Speaking of Ronny Jackson endorsing the VA10 GOP(Q) nominee, check out the latest news on him. As @NormOrnstein puts it, “Ronny is not just a pill-pushing quack, a radical, a serial liar, and a seditionist. He is also thoroughly corrupt!” https://t.co/Bbgo2ns5Co cc: @vademocrats pic.twitter.com/5IXROzsfS3
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 23, 2022
Just a reminder that large majorities of Virginians want to keep Roe v Wade in place, so if you are “thrilled that SCOTUS appears to be overturning Roe,” you are far out of the mainstream of Virginia. Go @JenniferWexton! https://t.co/35OmEsJWc6 h/t @vademocrats pic.twitter.com/aUivl1XIOS
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 23, 2022
DPVA: Swamp-Backed Anti-Abortion Radical Wins Republican Nomination for VA-10 (Cao’s been endorsed by former White House physician Rep. Ronny Jackson, “who was found to have engaged in ‘inappropriate conduct’ during his time in the [Trump] White House”) https://t.co/hcEQGJvBOL
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 23, 2022
Add this to his endorsement of the “Big Lie,” his climate science denial, his promotion of quack “cures” for COVID, his anti-LGBTQ bigotry, etc, etc. https://t.co/BjJ5BkVFZO h/t @Stand_DeliverVA pic.twitter.com/Wlpw90OJ1c
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 23, 2022
Pushing “Trump’s dangerous election conspiracy theories about the 2020 election” also should be an automatic disqualifier for holding public office in the United States of America. Period. https://t.co/DU91gg4gN8
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 23, 2022
Denying the climate crisis, of course, should be an automatic disqualifier for holding public office in the United States of America. Period. https://t.co/XtwGZm2rdF
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 23, 2022
VA10 GOP nominee Hung Cao: “The left just wants to come up with crazy ideas about, you know, wind power well…what happens when there’s no wind? Solar power; what happens in the winter time? Also what what do you do with the lithium?” https://t.co/NymhEhSQNx pic.twitter.com/puWOb3LQot
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 22, 2022
VA10 R nominee Hung Cao: “It’s just very difficult for me to understand what happened in 2020, when the person sits in their basement for the whole election cycle & they got more votes than…Obama….you can’t change the rules halfway through like in [PA]”https://t.co/hI4bQvGNNu pic.twitter.com/2TVYOEaANm
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 22, 2022
VA10 Republicans Nominate Hung Cao, Who Backs “Off-Label Alternatives” to Treating COVID, Is 100% Anti-Reproductive Freedom, Rails Against “Insidious Grooming…of Students” by “government-backed organizations,” etc. to Take on Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA10) https://t.co/UF7TJVCTT3 pic.twitter.com/IgPKoaJ2cJ
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 22, 2022
In this interview, Cao falsely claims “the left” exploits racism to “break us all apart”; falsely claims COVID vaccines “have not been tested” (in fact, they have been EXTENSIVELY tested), etc. https://t.co/eLIVFwOfTj cc: @JenniferWexton @PRandallcares @VA10thDemocrats pic.twitter.com/71Iycwkwma
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 22, 2022
So the @LoudounGOP nominee for congress @HungCaoCongress is pushing “the big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen. This is a threat to our democracy & and disrespects all who fought & died for the right to vote & have their vote counted. We MUST defeat him! Hard stop. https://t.co/yWClSDaGZS
— Phyllis Randall (@PRandallcares) May 22, 2022
Just imagine thinking, as Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA06) does, that it’s “exciting campaign news” to be endorsed by the sociopath, criminal, bigot, etc. who tried to destroy American democracy…and almost succeeded! Yet another reason to vote @JenniferForVA https://t.co/SoAICeWUpV pic.twitter.com/UNztAFQfoZ
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 21, 2022
Former far-right Rep. Dave Brat – who was defeated in 2018 by @SpanbergerVA07 – endorses Yesli Vega for the VA07 GOP(Q) nomination, says she will fight against “elitist globalism” and for “the Judeo-Christian values our Country was founded upon.” https://t.co/OykOIj2xdV pic.twitter.com/N8rZvmCOPh
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 23, 2022
Judge Throws Out Recall Cases Against Loudoun County School Board Members Brenda Sheridan and Atoosa Reaser Due to Lack of Sufficient Evidence (Reaser says, “What I will tell you is this type of malicious court filing has a chilling effect on democracy”) https://t.co/YdrlAbmOj7
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 23, 2022
Just a reminder that although the VA State Senate rejected Trump’s horrendous EPA director Andrew Wheeler’s nomination, Youngkin’s still got him hanging around…the “Shadow Secretary,” as Sen. @ssurovell correctly puts it. https://t.co/zHZnEYYvvq pic.twitter.com/mgvOUxFbNU
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 23, 2022
The latest – including a FB post about abortions & elephants (don’t ask!) – from the far-right VA delegate who’s “asked a court for restraining orders that would prevent private bookseller Barnes & Noble from selling two books to minors” https://t.co/88a2cWE8ws cc: @marcussimon pic.twitter.com/jBbvwAJmnx
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 22, 2022
Also from far-right VA Del. Tim Anderson, check this post out…ranting that “the @ALALibrary has elected a Marxist,” and arguing that “this is a true fight about good vs evil” https://t.co/S9bkgJZ5Y4 pic.twitter.com/94dPYjouE6
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 21, 2022
Video: Far-Right VA Del. Tim Anderson (R) Urges Parents “All Over Virginia” to Go to Court to Decide Which Books Children Should Have Access To; Cites “Gender Queer,” “A Court of Mist and Fury,” “Handmaid’s Tale,” etc. (“This is so un-American”) https://t.co/NIV1kL3RGj
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 21, 2022
And here are some photos of far-right VA Del. Tim Anderson with his buddy, conspiracy theorist/insurrection VA Sen. Amanda Chase. https://t.co/gZJkyhzJ6P pic.twitter.com/RPh1oMZwv2
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) May 21, 2022
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