😠 Dems. tap Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger for State of the Union response. 🧐
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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has been tapped to give the Democratic response next week to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union, the party’s leaders said.
Spanberger was announced as the Democratic speaker Thursday in a joint statement from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both from New York.
“Gov. Spanberger has always put service over politics — defending our national security and delivering real results for working families,” Schumer said.
“She knows real results for working families. She knows Americans want lower costs, safer communities and a stronger democracy — not chaos and corruption.”
Spanberger is a rising star in the Democratic Party. A former CIA officer, Spanberger ousted a Republican incumbent to win a U.S. House seat for her state in 2018.
After three terms in the chamber, she was elected in November as the first female governor of Virginia. Democrats are hoping her win flipping the governor’s mansion blue will help cement Virginia’s status as a Democratic-led state come the midterm elections.
Strange choice, seeing as how the dems just got knocked down about redistricting.
Link to article: https://wtop.com/virginia/2026/02/virginia-judge-temporarily-blocks-democrats-redistricting-work-on-bid-to-flip-4-congressional-seats/
From the article. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia court on Thursday effectively blocked Democrats’ planned April voter referendum to redraw the state’s congressional maps, another potentially devastating blow to the party’s effort to pick up four more U.S. House seats in the national redistricting battle.
Virginia Democratic Attorney General Jay Jones has already vowed to appeal the ruling by a Tazewell Circuit Court, which granted a temporary restraining order requested by the Republican National Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee. The plaintiffs argue that the ballot referendum’s timing and phrasing are illegal.
The court’s decision on Thursday, while temporary, could kill the referendum for this year if it withstands appeal. The restraining order is in effect until March 18 and early voting is slated to start March 6.
The Republican request for a restraining order — also signed by Republican U.S. Reps. Ben Cline and Morgan Griffith — argued that Democrats were ramming redistricting-related bills through the legislature despite legal hurdles that prevent such a rushed process.
In a statement, the GOP national committee said the latest ruling was “a massive win in defending honest representation for every Virginian.”
The TV ratings will be in the toilet nobody's going to watch it.
Slotkin last year and Spanberger this year? See Eye Ayyyy much?
Adoy!