Victorious Virginia Democrats morph from pretend moderates into liberal extremists over night

A caller twelvemonth typically brings maturation and opportunities. But not successful Virginia.

Since past November, the winds successful the commonwealth person carried a dense weight. Elections person consequences, and conscionable a fewer days into Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s reign, Virginians are reaping the effect of their ballot-box decisions. This is nary longer a warning.

Now that Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s ticker has ended, that advancement is nether attack. In conscionable weeks, a recently emboldened Democrat bulk has moved to drain the fund surplus by expanding costly societal programs portion imposing unnecessary taxation hikes connected middle- and lower-class Virginians. Virginians are experiencing a swift, calculated question of anti-business, anti-family and un-American policies that volition irreparably decimate everything that makes Virginia great.

We Virginians were spoiled nether Youngkin’s administration. Over the past 4 years, Youngkin's watchful oculus prevented the Democrat bulk successful the Virginia legislature from starring the commonwealth down a destructive path.

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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger pauses arsenic House Speaker, Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, looks connected during inaugural ceremonies astatine the Capitol successful Richmond, Va., Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (Steve Helber/AP Photo)

Thanks to his leadership, Virginia is stronger than ever. Our authorities is experiencing grounds revenues, grounds taxation relief, and grounds investment. Virginia’s wide gross has grown by 5.2% successful the past year, with $9 cardinal successful taxation relief, $156 cardinal successful superior investments, and a $2.7 cardinal fund surplus. Youngkin near Virginia amended than helium recovered it, bringing our authorities to caller heights. But the higher you climb, the harder you fall.

Now that Youngkin’s ticker has ended, that advancement is nether attack. In conscionable weeks, a recently emboldened Democrat bulk has moved to drain the fund surplus by expanding costly societal programs portion imposing unnecessary taxation hikes connected middle- and lower-class Virginians.

These policies volition lone marque beingness little affordable portion creating caller barriers to introduction for businesses, forcing Virginians to sorb the rising outgo of surviving oregon permission the commonwealth behind.

Democrats are advancing a sweeping taxation docket that volition marque mundane beingness much costly for moving Virginians. For Virginia Democrats, "affordability" means imposing caller taxes connected canine grooming, counseling, conveyance and location repairs, adust cleaning, hosting events and adjacent owning electrical leafage blowers and landscaping equipment. Their proposals would besides authorize caller section income taxes and enforce a transportation taxation connected services similar Amazon, Uber Eats, FedEx and UPS, raising costs for families portion offering thing but a larger, much intrusive government.

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While families are moving time and nighttime to marque ends meet, Virginia Democrats are rewarding themselves. Their fund connection includes an average 209% wage rise for authorities legislators, insulating politicians from economical world arsenic they repeal Virginia’s right-to-work instrumentality and mandate a $15 minimum wage. Together, these policies volition thrust up labour costs, destruct jobs and permission workers with less opportunities.

At the aforesaid time, Democrats are pursuing an assertive battle connected Virginians’ Second Amendment rights. Their bills would enforce an unprecedented taxation connected firearms and ammunition, furniture connected burdensome retention mandates and enact sweeping bans connected some unfastened and concealed transportation successful wide swaths of the commonwealth. These policies volition not deter criminals. They volition marque it harder for law-abiding Virginians to support themselves and their families.

Their transgressions bash not halt there. Virginia Democrats are actively moving to rewrite Virginia’s constitution.

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Both the Virginia Senate and House of Delegates, contempt Republicans' vociferous opposition, voted to o.k. law amendments that let termination connected request up to commencement and gerrymander Virginia’s legislature districts to cheat their mode to Democrat dominance for years to come. Despite caller defeats successful little courts, Democrats vow to proceed disregarding procedural restraints successful their pursuit of powerfulness astatine the disbursal of Virginia’s values.

In conscionable weeks, a recently emboldened Democrat bulk has moved to drain the fund surplus by expanding costly societal programs portion imposing unnecessary taxation hikes connected middle- and lower-class Virginians.

Nationwide, we’ve witnessed an exodus from California and New York City caused by extremist left-wing policies, the aforesaid exemplary that Spanberger seeks to emulate. She looks to California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom and New York Democrat Mayor Zohran Mamdani for inspiration but refuses to judge the repercussions of their policies, due to the fact that she volition ne'er person to acquisition them.

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 It is the radical of our large commonwealth who volition transportation that burden.

Spanberger and Virginia Democrats bash not question to instrumentality commonsense policies that amended Virginians' lives. As we person already seen successful California and New York, their docket volition summation costs, undermine occupation growth, unit families to relocate, dissuade businesses and support criminals.

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Through law amendments, they volition consolidate governmental power until the Californication of Virginia is complete.

The choices being made contiguous volition signifier Virginia’s economy, freedoms and competitiveness for decades to come. The consequences are not theoretical; they are real, unfolding now, and volition beryllium felt by families, workers, and businesses crossed the commonwealth.