Richmond – Virginia Republicans have doubled down on their long history of opposing reproductive rights. In 2012 they tried to force women to undergo invasive transvaginal ultrasounds. They implemented TRAP laws designed to restrict access to abortion. And this year, they have spread lies about a Democratic bill intended to undo these restrictions. None of…
Month: October 2019
RICHMOND – Republican challenger to Delegate Elizabeth Guzman (D-Dale City) has sent attack mail that, ironically, criticizes a Fauquier County safety initiative of making students less safe. The bill Jordan cites in his ad is HB1289, which Delegate Guzman patroned in 2018 at the request of the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors. The legislation would have…
The Republican challenger to Delegate Kelly Fowler (D-Virginia Beach) is taking a page out of Trump’s playbook with race-baiting campaign materials. A recent mail piece from Kane’s campaign falsely pictures Delegate Fowler, who is of Latinx descent, standing with individuals who are implied to be gang members. The mailer is a blatant dog-whistle tactic to…
Richmond – Following a pattern set by other Virginia Republicans, the GOP candidate in HD-87, Bill Drennan, pivoted on a question about gun violence by suggesting women who get abortions are criminals. In a forum on Friday, Drennan answered a question (36:10) about gun violence prevention with, “How about this: I’m going to propose commonsense restrictions on the constitutional…
Just two PACs made up the bulk of Mary Margaret Kastelberg’s and GayDonna Vandergriff’s September fundraising RICHMOND, VA – In the September fundraising filings that became public this week, House Republican candidates Mary Margaret Kastelberg and GayDonna Vandergriff reported raising the vast majority of their money from just two GOP PACs. Kastelberg and Vandergriff are challenging…
Henrico – Gaydonna Vandergriff, Republican challenger to Delegate Schuyler VanValkenburg (D-Henrico) in HD-72, believes the conversation on climate science is too “dramatic.” In a forum hosted by the ChamberRVA Henrico Cabinet on Tuesday, Vandergriff answered a question on climate change by saying, “I just saw recently…a Time magazine article telling me that we’re all going…