Share this postBlue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (11/27/22)bluevirginia.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherBlue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (11/27/22)Virginian-Pilot calls out anti-LGBTQ Rs; Rep. Spanberger appalled that white nationalist "had dinner with the former president"; Fmr. VA Sen. Glen Sturtevant epitomizes Trumpification of VA GOPBlue VirginiaNov 27, 20223Share this postBlue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (11/27/22)bluevirginia.substack.comCopy linkFacebookEmailNoteOtherShareAfter Virginian-Pilot Calls Him Out in Editorial, “LGBTQ Americans need public support against efforts to erase them,” VA Del. Tim Anderson (R) Goes on Tirade Against “woke, Marxist, liberal mob intent on sexualizing and confusing children”Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07): “[Nick Fuentes’] white nationalist diatribes are horrendous, breed hate, sow division…and yet he had dinner with the former president [Trump]”Friday Night Update from the ER in Arlington, VA: “COVID cases are up a bit. As is the percent positivity rate. But I’m still seeing way more flu than COVID.”The Trumpification of the GOP in a Nutshell: Former VA State Sen. Glen Sturtevant, Formerly Considered a Fairly “Moderate” Republican, Lurches Far RightDonald Trump, the GOP’s Leader, Had Dinner with a “white supremacist and Holocaust denier.” Have Any Republicans Condemned This?Virginia ER Nurse Kellen Squire: “Things are bad in healthcare right now. We’re faced with the worst pediatric health surge in the history of our country.”VA House, Senate Dems Statements on Chesapeake Shootings, Gun Violence EpidemicEquality Virginia Sends Letter to Youngkin et al “urging them to rescind the VDOE’s anti-trans proposed model policy set to go into effect Saturday”Audio: Far-Right Rep. Bob Good (R-VA05) Says “It’s clear to me that…Kevin McCarthy cannot get the needed 218 votes to become Speaker”Progressive Arlington/Falls Church Commonwealth’s Attorney Parisa Dehghani-Tafti Announces for ReelectionMass Shooting in Chesapeake: “Enough is enough”; “Trauma upon trauma”; “Something has to give”; “Our country cannot continue to live in fear of gun violence”Following New Investigation, Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Elissa Slotkin Press Google on Misrepresentation in Online Ads Targeted to Users Searching for Abortion ServicesVA Del. Tim Anderson (R), Formerly a Close Ally of Far-Right-Extremist VA Sen. Amanda Chase, Warns VA GOP to “Move to the center, turn the page on Trump, leave abortion alone and focus on kitchen table issues”Hamkae Center: “For [VA Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian] Balow to write off glaring omissions and inaccuracies as mere mistakes or gaffes is insulting”Video: Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) Says Appointment of Special Counsel Was “Long Overdue” Given Voluminous Evidence Pointing Towards Criminal Behavior by “Trump and his acolytes”Rep. Donald McEachin Leads Virginia Democratic Delegation in Urging General Assembly to Enshrine Right to an Abortion in Virginia ConstitutionDel. Sally Hudson (D-Charlottesville) Announces Primary Challenge to Sen. Creigh Deeds (D) in the Newly Configured SD11Looking Ahead to the Crucial 2023 Virginia General Assembly Elections: VPAP Breaks Down the 2022 Midterm Results by VA House of Delegates, State Senate DistrictsThanks for reading Blue Virginia News! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Subscribe