Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (5/18/25)

Videos of 2025 Dem LG, AG candidates; Trump senior strategist calls Earle-Sears campaign a bunch of "amateurs"; Spanberger says it’s “outrageous to me” Earle-Sears won't "stand up for Virginia"

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• Video: Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04) Says “I have honestly not had time to think about Joe Biden,” Because “I am focused on…the harm that President Trump is doing right now”

• Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Says Virginians Are NOT Talking to Him About What Joe Biden Should Have Done in 2024, They “are talking to me about can you get rid of the Trump economic chaos,” etc.

• Chairman Trump’s Cultural Revolution

• Ranking Members Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11), Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY25) Warn DOGE to Stay Out of Legislative Branch After Musk’s Cronies Attempt to Infiltrate GAO

• Video: Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07) Uncovers DoD Lies to the American People About Russia Cyber Operations, Slams Hegseth in Armed Services Subcommittee Hearing

• Video, Highlights: “Friday Power Lunch” Features Both 2025 VA Dem AG Candidates, Four of Six Lt. Gov. Candidates

• Video: Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04) and Health Care Advocates Join Protect Our Care Virginia as Republicans Charge Ahead with the Largest Medicaid Cuts in History

• What Does Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) Have to Say About Mass VA Layoffs and Veterans Firings? “Thank you, Mr. Secretary”

• Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA01) Says He is “Pleased” With Bill that Could Kick Hundreds of Thousands of Virginians Off Medicaid

• Video, Highlights From Nelson County Dems’ 2025 Virginia Lt. Governor, Attorney General Forum

• Given Trump’s Senior Strategist Calling the Earle-Sears for Virginia Governor Campaign a Bunch of “Amateurs,” Here’s a Quick Review of the Bad Blood Between Earle-Sears and Trump/Trump’s People

• Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says It’s “Dangerous” That Tulsi Gabbard Is Politicizing Intelligence “to make sure that content is basically driven to reinforce this administration’s views”

• Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Says “The Trump Administration is disappearing people to megaprisons in El Salvador. I’m forcing a vote to demand answers.”

• [GOP-Controlled] U.S. House Committees Pass Bills That Would Threaten Health Care and Food Access for Virginians

• America is Not for Sale: Ranking Member Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) Urges White House to Immediately Decline a $400 Million Plane, an Illegal '“Gift” from Qatar

• Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Presses RFK, Jr. on Cuts at HHS and Impact on Constituent Services; Asks, “Where does the rubber meet the road on the 20,000 RIFs and layoffs”

• Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Celebrates Judge’s Ruling That Georgetown Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Badar Khan Suri - a Constituent of Rep. Beyer’s - Must Be Released After His Unjust Arrest by ICE

• Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11), Other Top House Dems “Demand All Suspicious Activity Reports Related to Trump Crypto Ventures, Musk PAC and WinRed”

• Video: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Rips House GOP Bill That “Hikes Taxes For Working People and Cut Taxes for Billionaires

• Ivy Main: “Not surprisingly, Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power are seizing this opportunity to push for changes that would undermine the economic calculus supporting customer-owned solar”

• Video: In Acceptance Speech for Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award, Del. Adele McClure Talks About Giving Birth to Her Daughter, Says “If I can endurse that kind of pain to bring her into this world, I can endure any battles to make it better”

• Video: Elected, Reproductive Rights Leaders Call Out Winsome Earle-Sears for Being “Morally Opposed” to Protecting Reproductive Freedom

• Video: Shannon Taylor Launches TV Ad, Says “To protect our families, their lawlessness has to be stopped…I’m running for Attorney General to beat back Musk and Trump”

• Video: Abigail Spanberger Says “job number one of the governor is to stand up for Virginia” - and It’s “outrageous to me” That Winsome Earle-Sears Isn’t Doing That

• Virginia AFL-CIO Responds to Gubernatorial Candidate Spanberger’s Refusal to Support Repeal of Virginia’s So-Called “Right-to-Work” Law

• Planned Parenthood’s Role in Virginia Health Care — What’s at Stake if It’s Defunded?

• Video: In Interview with Meidas Touch, Abigail Spanberger Says “We’re going to [win] in Virginia this November, and we look forward to seeing the rest of the country follow our very good example”

• DLCC Announces Seven New Board Members, Including VA Speaker Don Scott