It’s all about the enthusiasm, and voters are apparently seeing red. In a good way. Surging turnout in contested GOP primaries swamped their Democratic counterparts on Tuesday, flipping the script from two years ago when Democrats ran the table. On average, House Republican contests turned out 22 percent more voters than Democrat contests did, according […]
Sen. Gillibrand: Pro-life Views are the New Racism
Holding pro-life views are now the moral equivalent of racism, according to one of the 23 Democrats running for President. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., told the Des Moines Register this week that holding pro-life views is the moral equivalent of racism, and appointing pro-life judges is the equivalent of appointing racist judges. Gillibrand made her […]
Northam Buys Off Legislators Who Call for His Resignation
How much money does it take to make a Democratic candidate forget about a call for resignation? If the latest round of campaign finance reports are right, the going rate is anywhere between $5,000 and $15,000. That’s the takeaway from an analysis done by the Washington Free Beacon today, which found no fewer than 13 […]
Democrats: Set Aside Nasty Rhethoric; Also, You’re All Cowards
Set aside the nasty attacks and work with us. And by the way, you’re all cowards. That’s the message of Virginia Democrats headed into a Special Session called by Governor Ralph Northam. While the date of the session has yet to be announced, the rhetoric is already ramping up. The Democratic Party of Virginia chided […]
Northam Calls Special Session for Gun Control
Calling for more “votes and laws” over “thoughts and prayers,” Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam said he would call the Virginia General Assembly back into session to pass new gun control legislation. Meanwhile, Republicans said they would use the session to pass strong, new mandatory-minimum sentences for criminals who use guns in the course of the […]
Speaker Cox: Tuition Freeze Working, Hopes to Make It Happen Again Next Year
Earlier this year, Virginia Republicans froze college tuition for the first time in 20 years. Now the highest ranking Republican in Richmond wants to see it happen again next year. “This is a good first step,” said said House Speaker Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights, speaking with WOQI’s Mari and Brian in Lynchburg Friday morning. “Next […]
Pot, Kettle: Democrat Takes Aim at GOP, Hits Self Squarely in Foot
For a rock aficionado, Democrat Del. Ibraheem Samriah seems to enjoy living in a glass house quite a bit. Samirah, the recently-elected Northern Virginia Democrat with a history of anti-Semitic rhetoric, took to Twitter this week to castigate Republican for having the audacity to accept money from political lobbyists. “Isn’t it a strange coincident hat […]
In Name Only: Reaction to Northam Report Shows Governor a Lame Duck
First came the report, which was inconclusive. Then came the reaction, which was anything but. To say the response to the Eastern Virginia Medical School report on Governor Ralph Northam’s racist photo debacle has been unkind is the understatement of the decade. Governor Northam told WHSV that the report vindicates him. “I think it was […]
Northam Photo Report Inconclusive, Governor’s Staff Blames Response on Stress from Abortion Comments
NORFOLK — While report commissioned by Eastern Virginia Medical School didn’t break much new ground on who was in the Governor’s infamous photo, it did shed light on why the situation was handled so poorly — the crisis from his abortion comments on WTOP radio. “With respect to the photograph on Governor Northam’s personal page, […]