Tom Steyer’s NextGen America is using cookies and cute puppies as “voter registration” tactics that hide his subversive liberal agenda.
Northam: Banning Virginia Sanctuary Cities “Unnecessary”
After he supported it during his 2017 gubernatorial campaign, Ralph Northam has vetoed a bill that would ban sanctuary cities in Virginia.
Republican Bills Raising Felony Threshold, Collecting Restitution Signed By Governor
GOP legislation raising Virginia’s felony threshold and ensuring the collection of restitution has been signed by Governor Northam.
Wexton’s Own Poll Shows 70 Percent Of Dems Not Voting For Her
Meanwhile in VA-10, embattled Democratic State Senator Jenny Wexton (D-Fairfax) is struggling to get support from even 3 in 10 of her own political base.
Northam Hearts Corporate Money
Dominion, Altria, Capital One, Hunton & Williams and Aetna? Even Omega Protein and the Virginia Association of Realtors got into the game.
Progressives Are Very Unhappy With Ralph Northam
Set aside how the GOP is expected to work with progressives who believe they are “evil” — how is Northam going to bring his Democratic base to heel?
Washington Post Tries To Salvage Northam’s Bipartisan Street Cred
Best of luck convincing others that the dirty gutter campaign Northam’s surrogates ran on his behalf isn’t how he intends to govern.
What Happens Next?
Republicans’ best hope may be that Democrats draw the wrong conclusions from last night’s events.
Northam 2007: Abusive Driver Fees Should Target Illegal Immigrants
Just to get a sense of how much embattled Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ralph Northam has changed since his 2007 state senate run, here’s an advertisement he ran against then-Republican State Senator Nick Rerras.
The topic? Abuser fees embedded within the Virginia transportation tax bill. Northam’s caging of the topic? Demonizing undocumented immigrants (back when calling out illegal immigration was cool, we suppose?)
Probably an advert the Democrats would rather have you ignore as they sell Northam as a Clinton-era “mainstream” liberal. Along with this:
…and the ill-fated Cooter for Congress campaign of 2002, where the Confederate flag was prominently displayed by Virginia Democrats in Ben Jones’ failed attempted to defeat Eric Cantor.
Northam’s leveraging of illegal immigrants to drive home opposition to “abuser fees” were perfectly acceptable campaign tactics back in 2007.
What changed?
Ralph Northam Is Out Of Math and Out Of Time
Northam’s staff are both publicly and privately derisive of the candidate himself, viewing him as insufficiently energetic to motivate the progressive base.