Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (5/25/25)

Thoughts on the Wildly Differing VA Governor’s Race Polls; Fmr. VA Trump Campaign Chair Calls Youngkin "100% MAGA"; VA Dems' LG Debate Highlights, Video; Kaine vs. Rubio Over Trump and South Africa

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• Arlington Dems: “The Republican Lt. Governor nominee in Virginia is justifying the murder of George Floyd” (who was asphyxiated to death in cold blood 5 years ago)

• Ivy Main: “One state that will lose big under Trump’s order [stopping approvals, permits and funding for wind projects] is Virginia, which has positioned itself to be a national leader in offshore wind development, supply chain and manufacturing”

• Augusta Free Press Editor’s Analysis of the Wildly Differing VA Governor’s Race Polls: “it could be what we’re seeing with the discrepancy in the numbers is, the Virginia FREE poll has a thumb or two on the scales”

• In Norfolk, Spanberger Highlights Plan to Make Virginia More Affordable, Lower Healthcare & Drug Costs

• Senators Warner, Kaine Push ICE to Require Agents Identify Themselves, Limit Use of Masks and Face Coverings During Enforcement Operations

• Audio: After Trump’s Fmr. VA Campaign Chair Calls Him “100% MAGA,” Batting a Thousand” on the “MAGA Meter,” Youngkin Very Much Lives Up to the Billing!

• Senators Mark Warner, Tim Kaine: Under GOP Tax Plan, Virginia Children WIll Go Hungry to Pay for Tax Cut to Billionaires

• Virginia Democratic Lt. Governor Candidates (Alex Bastani, Ghazala Hashmi, Babur Lateef, Aaron Rouse, Victor Salgado, Levar Stoney) Debate Tonight at 7 pm on Live TV

• Video: Sen. Mark Warner Vows “to do everything I can in the Senate to either stop or dramatically reform” the House GOP’s “big bill - nothing beautiful about it…will do remarkable damage”

• HIGHLIGHT REEL: Winsome Earle-Sears Lies About Her Extreme Record on Abortion Rights and Doubles Down on Her Opposition to Marriage Equality

• The Advocate Reports on Winsome Earle-Sears Delivering Commencement Addresses at Institutions with Extreme Records on LGBTQ and Abortion Rights

• Roanoke College Poll Finds Spanberger Leads Earle-Sears by 17 Pts (43%-26%); Youngkin Underwater at 44%-50% - “his worst showing”; Trump’s 65% Disapproval Rating “the worst it has been”

• “At Donald Trump’s command, [all five Virginia Republican Congress members] voted to pass a cruel, billionaire-first budget that will devastate Virginia’s working families”

• Sen. Mark Warner Blasts “Deeply Disturbing,” “Dangerous” Revelations That DNI Gabbard’s Chief of Staff “sought to alter an intelligence assessment to align with false political narratives pushed by Donald Trump”

• Virginia Democratic Delegation Demands Answers and Accountability from RFK Jr., Stands Up for Virginia’s Health Care Services

• NEW: Spanberger Announces Priorities to Make Virginia More Affordable, Lower Virginians’ Healthcare & Prescription Drug Costs

• “With Immense Sadness,” Connolly Family Announces the Passing This Morning of Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11)

• Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Asks Secretary of State Marco Rubio, “Why Prioritize Afrikaner Farmers” Over, For Instance, Black South Africans? A Flustered Rubio Has No Serious Answer, Absurdly Claims, “You’re the One…Talking About the Color of Their Skin”

• FACT CHECK: Winsome Earle-Sears Outright Lies (“I never said limiting”) About Her Support for Dangerous Abortion Ban”

• NEW AD: Hampton Roads Veterans Call on Rep. Kiggans to Say No to Medicaid Cuts

• REMINDER: Virginia Republicans Support Bill That Will Rip Medicaid Coverage Away From Hundreds of Thousands of Virginians

• After Del. Candi King Calls Out Youngkin’s “HYPOCRISY”, Abigail Spanberger, Glenn Youngkin and Winsome Earle-Sears All Condemn “Vile, Racist Slur” Hurled at Her

• Sen. Mark Warner Argues “GENIUS Act” on Stablecoins Is “not perfect, but it’s far better than the status quo”

• Video: VA Sen. Aaron Rouse Releases First Ad of LG Campaign; Joins Ghazala Hashmi and Levar Stoney on the Air