House Democrats made their priorities clear early in this week’s special legislative session on gun control — block aid to the City of Virginia Beach and victims of the May 31 shooting. It was quite literally the first thing they did. During the opening moments of the session on Tuesday, House Republicans introduced a resolution […]
It’s called a Pyrrhic victory: a win, but a win that so badly harms the winner that it may have well been a battle lost. For example, the situation now faced by Democrat Attorney General Mark Herring. With his “win” on a redistricting case at the U.S. Supreme Court, he may have sunk the whole […]
Firearm confiscation measures fall flat as Virginia Democrats flounder for a new narrative.
Less than 24 hours before a special session on gun control is set to gavel in, Governor Northam and his team still haven’t settled on a reason for calling it. Northam called legislators back to Richmond following the massacre in Virginia Beach on May 31, where 12 people were killed by a single gunman. The […]
Perhaps he ought to ask around before pulling an election year stunt two full years before a gubernatorial election?
The Fourth of July is the perfect time to take stock of who we are as a nation and to pass on the meaning of America to the next generation.
The grassroots ain’t what they used to be, at least for Virginia Democrats. Del. Chris Hurst, D-Montgomery, took to Twitter on Monday to thank Democrats for their patience with his begging — a necessary evil, since they lack big donors. “To all of you who endure endless fundraising emails and tweets from Dems because we […]
Democrat Governor Ralph Northam addressed his horrifying remarks on abortion this week for the first time since his blackface scandal broke. Rather than walk back his comments, Northam told Gray Television that his “comments were taken out of context.” Northam spoke to reporters following a visit with the Virginia Congressional Delegation — all of whom […]
Democrats in the House of Representatives passed a $4.5 billion initiative this week to help alleviate an immigration crisis at the southern border. The legislation contains $1 billion to house and feed migrants detained by immigration authorities and almost $3 billion to care for unaccompanied children. The GOP-led Senate passed its own measure, that would […]
Add yet another Democrat to the “Believe All Women, Unless They Accuse Democrats” camp. Sen. Chap Petersen, D-Farifax, dismissed allegations of rape against Democrat Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax on Monday, saying that the legislature has no business holding hearings on the accusations. “But the General Assembly — we need to be about representing the people […]
