If the national conversation on abortion is changing, Democrats aren’t listening. Days after Governor Ralph Northam grudgingly signed a new restriction the use of state funding for abortion into law, Virginia Democrats show no sign of backing off from their controversial support for late term abortion. Vice President Mike Pence tweeted his opposition to Northam’s […]
It hasn’t made many headlines, but there’s a major change coming to abortion law in Virginia. Language in the newly-passed Virginia budget bill will for the first time prohibit the use of public funds for abortion except when required by Federal law. Governor Ralph Northam signed the 2019 budget bill containing the language into law […]
Farmers, Realtors, and other professional groups shouldn’t be allowed to form their own health plans, according to Governor Ralph Northam. The reason? Those folks might be too healthy. Northam, a Democrat, vetoed two bills late Thursday that would have allowed trade associations and other professional groups to go outside the current marketplace system set up under Obamacare […]
Governor Northam’s ‘Second Chance Week’ has claimed another legislative casualty. The Democratic governor announced Thursday that he had vetoed House Bill 2528, a bill that would have made drug dealers who sell synthetic opioids like heroin laced with Fentanyl responsible for the deaths of their customers. The legislation passed both House and Senate with bipartisan majorities. […]
Mandatory minimum sentences have to go, even for crimes of violence, Governor Ralph Northam said Wednesday. Northam, a Democrat, vetoed two bills that would have established mandatory minimum sentences in two instances — a 60-day term for domestic abusers who commit a second act of abuse in 10 years, and six month term for anyone […]
Governor Ralph Northam has vetoed a bipartisan effort to take some of the partisan rancor out of the Virginia State Board of Elections. Northam, a Democrat, issued the veto on Monday, putting an end to this year’s effort to add some bipartisanship to a state department recently accused of political bias. “This was a good-faith […]
Governor Ralph Northam’s veto streak continued unabated Tuesday, blocking a bipartisan bill that would have required sex offenders in storm shelters to identify themselves. The Democratic governor vetoed a pair of identical House and Senate bills that required sex offenders to “as soon as practicable after entry, notify a member of the shelter’s staff … of such […]
Sometimes it seems like Democrats and the press don’t think anyone is paying attention. President Trump held a rally in Green Bay last week, and during his usual free form remarks, he once again took Governor Ralph Northam and other Democrats to the woodshed for their views on abortion. As reported by CNN: “The baby […]
Apart from refusing contributions from Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, neither Governor Ralph Northam, nor Attorney General Mark Herring, both of whom admitted to wearing blackface years ago, have sought to sponsor a table at the fundraising event, showing that scandals still engulf Virginia Democrats.
Primary season brings out some interesting ideas, especially at the national level. Things like “Medicare for All,” “Forgive all student loans,” “Flat taxes for everyone,” and “Let terrorists in jail vote.” Wait, what? Yes, voting rights for incarcerated terrorists. Long-time Vermont socialist and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders embraced that position at a town hall in Massachusetts earlier this week, telling a […]
