Virginia has emerged as a key battleground state this year with at least three competitive congressional races garnering national attention – as Republicans go all in trying to regain control of the United States House of Representatives next month.
Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District is the most competitive race in the state, where GOP State Senator Jen Kiggans is working to unseat two-term Democrat Elaine Luria.
Luria must be feeling the heat, as she resorted to using disgusting, sexist, and demeaning rhetoric to talk about her opponent in a closing statement she said during a debate that took place earlier this week between the two women.
“LURIA LAUNCHED INTO A RANT ABOUT MCCARTHY DURING HER SECOND DEBATE AGAINST REPUBLICAN VIRGINIA STATE SEN. JEN KIGGANS IN SMITHFIELD ON MONDAY. “I SEE I HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT, SO I’M JUST GONNA WRAP IT UP, BUT THE THING IS, LIKE, THIS WOMAN WANTS YOUR GAS PRICES TO BE HIGH,” LURIA SAID, GESTURING TOWARD KIGGANS. “I JUST LISTENED TO AN INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN MCCARTHY, WHO SHE WANTS TO VOTE WITH FOR SPEAKER, AND HE SAID, ‘THIS IS BECOMING A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM FOR REPUBLICANS AS THE MIDTERMS APPROACH. I SAW FROM AUGUST AS GAS PRICES WERE GOING DOWN, WE REPUBLICANS THOUGHT THAT MIGHT REALLY HURT US WINNING THE HOUSE … THEY DIDN’T CARE ABOUT YOUR POCKETBOOK AND THE FACT THAT GAS PRICES WERE GOING DOWN AND THAT’S WHAT THEY SHOULD WANT,” LURIA CONTINUED. “THEY JUST WANT GAS PRICES TO STAY HIGH SO THEY CAN WIN THE ELECTION. AND KEVIN MCCARTHY, WHO WANTS TO BE SPEAKER, WHO SHE SAYS SHE’D VOTE FOR AND WILL KISS HIS FEET AND HIS RING AND EVERY OTHER THING, WANTS YOUR GAS PRICES TO BE HIGH.”
Such rhetoric has no place in our political discourse, and it is appalling to hear from the mouth of a female, especially a member of Congress, and a member of a party who constantly tells the world that they are pro-women.
As I mentioned earlier, Luria is guaranteed to be feeling the heat turned up by Kiggans and her team in the race.
As I previously wrote in The Republican Standard, “Jen Kiggans – Republican nominee for Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District .. touted a Q3 haul of over $1 million.”
🚨BREAKING: WE RAISED OVER $1 MILLION IN Q3!🚨
— Jen Kiggans (@JenKiggans) October 4, 2022
THANK YOU to all of my incredible supporters for chipping in these last few months to help us post our LARGEST fundraising quarter yet! We have the momentum! Now let’s finish strong & take back control of our country! #VA02 pic.twitter.com/QlDZYpWvj3
The Cook Political Report ranks VA-02 as a “Democrat Toss-Up” with a Partisan Voter Index (PVI) of R+2.