Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (5/11/25)

Sabato - Trump admin "drowning in corruption"; Subramanyam dares Trump to "bring it on" & put him "behind bars"; LG & AG will likely be decided on 6/17; Sears “Morally Opposed” to Reproductive Freedom

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• UVA Prof. Larry Sabato on Qatar “Gifting” Trump a Luxury Jet: “The Trump Administration is drowning in corruption - and few Americans seem to care. It’s another sign of a dying Republic.”

• Video: On CNN, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10) Says “if I’m going to be put behind bars for trying to stand up for the constitutional rights of my constituents, for standing up for civil liberties, like bring it on!”

• Ranking Members Gerry Connolly (D-VA11), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD07): “The Oversight Committee will be keeping a very close eye on the actions of the new Postmaster, especially considering DOGE’s infiltration of the agency”

• Important Point by Sam Shirazi: Assuming VA Dems Win in November, “That means essentially lieutenant governor and attorney general are going to be picked in the [June 17] primary”

• Ahead of Winsome Earle-Sears’ Commencement Address at Regent University, Elected Leaders and Norfolk Teacher Call on Her to Stand Up for Virginia Students

• Virginia Small Businesses, Families Brace For Recession As Glenn Youngkin and Winsome Earle-Sears Support Trump’s Attacks

• Video: Abigail Spanberger Pledges to Protect Virginians’ Fundamental Rights, Reproductive Freedoms

• Fmr. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring Endorses Shannon Taylor For Attorney General

• Audio: Jeff Schapiro Correctly Points Out That “Right to Work” Laws Are “all about keeping labor weak,” and That Abigail Spanberger Has Said Unspecified “reforms may be necessary”

• BREAKING: Winsome Earle-Sears Declares She is “Morally Opposed” to Reproductive Freedom

• Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says “While I’m not Catholic, I had huge admiration for Pope Francis and I hope the church continues in that direction”

• Virginia Congressional Delegation *DEMOCRATS* Blast Trump Administration’s Attacks on CDC Programs that Address America’s Maternal Health Crisis

• All Virginia Republican Members of Congress (Wittman, Kiggans, McGuire, Cline, Griffith) Vote to Rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”

• DCCC on House GOP’s Proposed Massive Cuts to Medicaid: “No more bullshit letters or cable news appearances from fake moderates like Rob Wittman and Jen Kiggans”

• Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07) Has Mostly Been Excellent So Far, But Being One of “35 House Democrats [Who] Joined Republicans Against a Major Climate Policy” Is Not Cool. At All.

• Video: VA State Sen. Stella Pekarsky Announces Her Candidacy for VA11

• Video: Virginia Women Leaders Call Out Winsome Earle-Sears for Her Extreme Record on Reproductive Rights

• Fmr. VA LG Bill Bolling, a Conservative Republican and Trump Voter: “No citizen should want…to give the President unlimited and unchecked power”

• Sen. Tim Kaine: “Should Trump order unauthorized military action in Mexico or Greenland, I will immediately file legislation to force a vote to stop it”

• Following Veto of Right to Contraception Act, Sears Calls Protecting Access to Birth Control “Pushing a Political Agenda”

• Video: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11)’s Former Chief of Staff, James Walkinshaw, Announces Run for Congress, Says “It’s Time for Us to Fight Back” Against Trump

• Do Jen Kiggans and Rob Wittman Support Cuts that Target Virginia’s Medicaid Expansion?

• Video: With VA Democratic AG Primary in 42 Days, Jay Jones Goes Up with “Six Figure” TV/Digital Ad Buy, Pledges to “fight Trump and Musk in court”

• Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Urges ICE To Improve Treatment Of Detained Scholar Badar Khan Suri

• Will Special Rate Classes Protect Virginia Residents From the Costs of Serving Data Centers?

• Can Anyone Even Imagine Virginia Republicans Breaking Ranks Like Montana’s “Nasty Nine” Republican State Senators?

• Video: NBC4 Reports on Winsome Earle-Sears’ Anti-Same Sex Marriage Note on Bill