Due to a major outage by our hosting service, Blue Virginia’s been down all day. So…just catching up here, with some reactions to the news of the FBI executing a search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago compound, as part of what appears to be “a long-running investigation of whether documents — some of them top-secret — were taken there instead of being sent to the National Archives when Trump left office.”
As you can see, the reactions by almost all Virginia Republicans – Gov. Glenn Youngkin, VA02 GOP nominee Jen Kiggans, VA07 GOP nominee Yesli Vega, VA10 GOP nominee Hung Cao, Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA09), Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA06), Rep. Bob Good (R-VA05), etc. – were variants of either real or feigned (or a mix of both?) outrage that their cult leader could possibly be investigated, maybe even held to account, for the many crimes he’s committed. That’s very telling, and also should be completely disqualifying for any of these people to hold public office, as respect for the rule of law and the concept that NOBODY is above the law are bedrock principles – or NEED to be – of our country, if we don’t want to become a “banana republic” or whatever. And yet the Youngkins, Vegas, Caos and Kiggans of the world don’t give a crap. And that should tell voters all they need to know for November, and motivate everybody to turn out in droves and vote BLUE up and down the ballot!
P.S. Keep in mind that these same Republicans have eager to have the FBI investigate and “lock up” pretty much anyone with a “D” by their name, including Hillary Clinton in 2016, for allegedly mishandling her emails in a way that, even if it were 100% as bad as Republicans claimed it was (which it certainly wasn’t), would have been many, many times less serious than almost any of the severe crimes committed by Trump, including egregious mishandling of highly classified documents. And yet…do we hear Republicans chanting “Lock HIM Up?” Of course not. Because that’s how they roll…
Obviously. But the main point is, Youngkin’s willing to go as far right as necessary to make himself a viable GOP(Q) candidate in 2024. And that’s really disturbing. pic.twitter.com/3Gmu7u9Vi4
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
Glenn “Trumpkin” weighs in on the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago, and it’s just as stupid, pathetic, disgusting, etc. as we’d expect from him. And just remember, Youngkin said that “President Trump represents so much of why I’m running,” so…’nuff said. pic.twitter.com/dl0GIzA2Jn
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
The silence from supposed “law-and-order” guy (hahahaha, riiight!) Glenn Youngkin about the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago is deafening. Also, where’s fellow “law-and-order” guy (hahahaha, riiiight!) Jason Miyares on this? https://t.co/rCMUU8AcVq h/t @SenLouiseLucas pic.twitter.com/VunbVyDcRe
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
Not sure what an “ex-prexy” is (LOL), but @RTDSchapiro is 100% correct that “More often than not, @GlennYoungkin sucks up to Trump” pic.twitter.com/frzVsBz4Ah
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
Great point by Alexandria Mayor @justindotnet: “At a time when the Commonwealth is working to bring the FBI’s HQ to Virginia, @governorva is bashing their dedicated work based on the deranged rantings of someone under Federal criminal investigation.” pic.twitter.com/msGEumZlLW
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
Youngkin “must really want to out-DeSantis DeSantis in his pursuit of MAGA primary voters” – @marcussimon pic.twitter.com/AtY59Hmx4w
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
Over the years, the VA GOP has called for the FBI to investigate just about anyone with a “D” by their name. They also decried the possibility of classified information being mishandled and called for the FBI to investigate. But when it comes to Trump? Nah, forget all that! LOL pic.twitter.com/yGECYuAFYM
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
And yet for some strange reason the VA GOP today is NOT asking the rhetorical question: “So when will the press start asking Yesli Vega, Hung Cao, Jen Kiggans, etc. questions about Donald Trump being under investigation by the FBI?” Wonder why not…lol. pic.twitter.com/B9jpDUFEdM
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
Every Republican and independent should follow @Matt4VA‘s lead on this and ditch Kiggans/support Luria! h/t @samshirazim pic.twitter.com/K6nmcnQnq6
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
DCCC: Republican Jen Kiggans Changes Her Tune on Law and Order (“Republican incumbents appeared to become the party of ‘defund the police’ in a matter of hours.”) pic.twitter.com/4KjsPoODXF
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
This isn’t surprising coming from such an extremist, but still, it’s disqualifying. Anyway, let’s all make damn sure we reelect @RepWexton (D-VA10), preferably by a HUGE margin! pic.twitter.com/Bnbc89xzT8
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
It’s amazing this even has to be said, it should be so obvious that “no one is above the law” and “the FBI and DOJ must be allowed to continue their work free from political interference.” But it’s clearly NOT obvious for the Glenn Youngkins of the world… pic.twitter.com/ZWAXtcQZfk
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02): TheFBI raid on Mar-a-Lago is “unprecedented, because this is in reaction to an unprecedented presidency. We have never before seen a president who sought to overturn electors…summon a mob to DC…torn-up pieces of paper in a toilet…” https://t.co/mAaI3FHahy
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA09) might not be quite as horrible as Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA06) or Rep. Bob Good (R-VA05), but he’s really, really bad. pic.twitter.com/NEzriuJIGi
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
“This man and his fellow bootlickers hid under a rock rather than respond every time Donald Trump called for persecution…or violence against his political opponents. These same people talk about Trump like he’s above the law.” He’s not…” @RepDonBeyer https://t.co/XXataMiwlx pic.twitter.com/uzG7z9Q1x0
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
Not surprisingly, but appallingly nonetheless, insurrectionist/extremist Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA06), who just spoke at the white supremacist/fascist conference in Texas, is rushing to the defense of the cult leader…and also attacking law enforcement, the rule of law, etc. pic.twitter.com/8fe3hKPo5M
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
Insurrectionist/extremist Rep. Bob Good (R-VA05) clearly not pleased at the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago! So sad! LOL https://t.co/2G94t1ukW1 pic.twitter.com/j9hgloLtPF
— Blue Virginia (@bluevirginia) August 9, 2022
Hey Gov – I think you forgot to mention the warrant was approved by TRUMP'S hand-picked FBI Director, who TRUMP said had "impeccable credentials," was former Bush Administration, supported unanimously by every Republican United States Senator, & was approved by a federal judge https://t.co/jYevJmgRjJ
— 🇺🇦Senator Scott Surovell 🇺🇦 (@ssurovell) August 9, 2022
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