Video: At Pro-Labor Event, Abigail Spanberger Vows to “Always Have Workers’ Backs”; Speaker Don Scott Says “our state motto is sic semper tyrannis, thus always to tyrants. We don’t like kings in Virginia. We stand up to them, we fight back!”

See below for some photos from Abigail Spanberger’s event today in Henrico County, at which she promised that, if elected governor, to “sign legislation increasing the minimum wage,” and also “signaled support for proposals to expand paid family leave and strengthen collective bargaining rights.” Also, check out the video of VA Speaker Don Scott firing up the crowd and – obviously referring to Donald Trump – pushing back hard against “tyrants” and “kings.” Great stuff!

“We’re ready to lift wages. We’re ready to defend workers’ rights. We’re ready to stand up to these bullies and these billionaires who think they can come in here and run roughshod over Virginians. You know our state motto is sic semper tyrannis, thus always to tyrants. We don’t like kings in Virginia. We stand up to them, we fight back. So I need y’all to understand something: if we pass a minimum wage bill next year – no, WHEN we pass it, WHEN we pass it…I need y’all to say the name of the governor who’s going to sign that bill, say it with me [crowd: Abigail Spanberger!]. When we pass collective bargaining for state workers next year, who’s going to sign that bill [crowd: Abigail Spanberger!]? And when we win this next election, who’s going to be sworn in as the next governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia [crowd: Abigail Spanberger!]?”

Sounds like a plan – let’s all help make it so!