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We are fired up for
@ReverendWarnock
!
Tickets at this link ➡️
Introducing our keynote speaker:
@ReverendWarnock
💙🍑
You won’t want to miss this – RSVP link to the 2024 Blue Commonwealth Gala is live on our website!
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BREAKING:
@VASenateDems
just BLOCKED the Virginia GOP from slashing millions of dollars from Virginia's local schools.
In other words, we just successfully killed the final piece of charter school legislation of this session. *chefs kiss*
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We just made history. For the first time in 26 years Democrats will have full control of state government thanks to all of your hard work and support!
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✅
@JennMcClellanVA
has won her race for the U.S. Congress in VA-04!
She is the first Black congresswoman to be elected in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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🚨 SEAT FLIP! 🚨
✅ Aaron Rouse has won his race for the Virginia Senate in SD-07!
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Take three minutes and watch
@pwcdanica
give an AMAZING speech defending a bill to ban discrimination against LGBTQ+ Virginians. This is what Democratic leadership looks like.
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Governor Youngkin messed with the wrong generation.
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We made the decision to let Governor Northam do the correct thing and resign this morning - we have gotten word he will not do so this morning.
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So Mike Pence shows up to a Virginia nursing home
1. without a mask
2. while not social distancing
3. after a Trump valet tests positive for coronavirus
4. for an unnecesssary photo-up.
.
@VP
VP Pence delivers personal protective equipment (PPE) from FEMA to Woodbine Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Roughly 350,000 full-time workers in Virginia woke up to a 9% raise this morning.
Virginia’s new $12/hr minimum wage was passed by Democrats — the party of working-class Virginians.
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BREAKING: Under Gov. Youngkin, Virginia is no longer the top state for business.
Youngkin is putting us in the ditch.
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We stand with Democrats across Virginia and the country calling him to immediately resign. He no longer has our confidence or our support. Governor Northam must end this chapter immediately, step down, and let Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax heal Virginia's wounds and move us forward.
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Virginia Democrats reaffirmed a person’s constitutional right to make decisions about their own health and body and DEFEATED the final anti-abortion bill in the legislature.
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✅🇺🇸 Sen. Jennifer L. McClellan has WON the VA-04 Democratic Firehouse Primary
McClellan – 23,661 (84.81%)
Morrissey – 3,782 (13.56%)
Marks – 217 (0.78%)
Preston – 174 (0.62%)
Congratulations to Virginia’s next Congresswoman,
@JennMcClellanVA
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🧱The Brick Wall Caucus stands firm.
Virginia Senate Democrats just voted down Gov. Youngkin’s vile anti-abortion amendment.
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We just shattered the voter turnout record for a Democratic Presidential primary but go off
At the end of the day, whomever the
@vademocrats
vote to nominate will lose in November.
#KeepAmericaGreat
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Today a Democrat-led Senate Subcommittee took the first steps toward killing the final anti-abortion legislation of the session.
The Brick Wall Caucus will not budge when it comes to protecting the right to choose.
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Glenn Youngkin wants to defund Virginia's schools.
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Roses are red, violets are blue, we won't accept Governor Youngkin's extremism and neither should you❤️
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Incredible to see students across Virginia stand up against Youngkin’s discriminatory and hateful policy.
Crowds of students have begun to walk out of Northern Virginia schools in protest of Gov. Youngkin’s proposed restrictions on transgender students’ rights. WATCH LIVE:
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We’re grateful to see that the peaceful transition of power in Richmond today is free of the election lies and conspiracies that Glenn Youngkin began his campaign on.
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Senate Democrats today stood strong and voted unanimously to reject Andrew Wheeler’s appointment–dealing another huge blow to Governor Youngkin during his first month in office.
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This you?
This is not who we are. We may disagree on policy and who we support for President, but this country is built on law and order. We cannot do the work of the People if we are having to deal with the breaches in security of the U.S. Capitol. (1/2)
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And there it is: the TOTAL ban on abortion — with no exceptions — that Youngkin and the VA GOP have been after all along.
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"Simply put, if Donald Trump postponed his Florida vacations until September, he could save the Chesapeake Bay.”
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It’s mostly just a poorly funded Donald Trump fan club at this point
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Happy birthday to our favorite harmonica player, dad joke savant, and tireless fighter for a stronger, fairer Virginia.....Senator
@timkaine
!
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Governor Youngkin’s anti-trans policy is just plain cruel.
Thank you Casey and all other students today for your bravery and showing our country that bullies never win.
"How can he stand there and say he loves this country and loves this state if he wants to hurt us?" --Casey Calabia, 17, a non-binary senior at McLean High School to
@GovernorVA
@mclean_gsa
@PrideLiberation
@wusa9
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Today Virginia Republicans voted to prevent women from making decisions about their own bodies and restrict access to reproductive freedom. Virginia Democrats have fought hard to protect the right to abortion and we will not allow Republicans to take us back.
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Proud to have Gold Star parent Khizr Khan representing the Virginia delegation from Charlottesville as we nominate
@JoeBiden
!
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Reminder: Governor Youngkin wants SCOTUS to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Governor Youngkin has asked you to please STOP retweeting this video.
Governor Youngkin thinks he can make us back down from our progress with some advertising? No, No, No. That shot just got blocked.
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🚨 BREAKING: Warner and Kaine call for DOJ investigation into Youngkin's purge of Virginia's voter rolls.
"This widespread error creates an enormous barrier to the democratic process for these affected Virginians..."
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🚨🚨🚨 FROM THE WHITE HOUSE:
@K_JeanPierre
released a statement on behalf of
@JoeBiden
concerning Governor Youngkin’s recent attempts to supply women’s menstrual data to law enforcement, saying it “attacks the principles of freedom and a woman’s fundamental right to privacy…”
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These past two weeks, the Youngkin Administration has confirmed what we’ve known all along—they have no idea what they’re doing, and Virginia’s paying for it.
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🚨 Great news, Virginians!
@timkaine
is seeking re-election in 2024 to continue delivering for the Commonwealth.
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Today, students across Virginia are making a statement. We stand by them to ensure they will not be the post-Roe generation.
Student walkout for abortion access at Woodson High School in Fairfax. Hundreds of students are protesting at 46 schools across Virginia today, with Generation Ratify VA
@wusa9
#studentdayofaction
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63% of Virginians reject Governor Youngkin’s and his far-right allies' attempts to ban “divisive concepts” from our classrooms. When will the Governor wake up and realize he can’t whitewash our history?
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Full statement demanding that Governor Northam resign immediately.
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Governor Youngkin has asked you to please STOP retweeting this video.
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Glenn Youngkin admitted today that he’s been lying to Virginians and critical race theory is not in fact taught in Virginia’s schools.
This dangerous lie continues to pit parents against educators and our students are paying the price. It must end now.
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In a win for Virginia parents, courts rule against Youngkin’s executive overreach.
BREAKING: An initial win for school boards which have decided to keep universal masking in place. An Arlington judge has granted their request for a temporary restraining order.
@nbcwashington
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Governor Youngkin’s last week of session:
- Slammed by all 133 school superintendents for overreach and discriminatory practices
- Refused to help Virginians with rising gas prices
- Failed to get his Parole Board nominees confirmed
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House Republicans just killed legislation that would have established a LEGAL marketplace for buying marijuana in Virginia.
We could have ended the illicit marijuana market. Now the black market now will continue to thrive, putting Virginians at risk.
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We can think of no better person than Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax to do so.
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Gov. Youngkin’s legislation on lab schools is nothing but a charter school bill in disguise.
Virginia Republicans are attacking our local schools by trying to slash hundreds of millions of dollars away from our local school divisions.
We won't allow it.
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You heard
@AndrewYang
! We can flip Virginia blue if you get out and make your voice heard on November 5
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Gun safety bills the House of Delegates passed today:
✅Universal background checks
✅Red flag law
✅Allow localities to regulate guns
✅Mandate reporting of lost/stolen guns
✅One handgun a month rule
✅Prohibiting child access to firearms
✅Disarming domestic abusers
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@timkaine
passionately defends the ACA to hundreds at Capitol - Encourages people to share their ACA stories
#savehealthcare
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Nice to see
@RalphNortham
and
@FairfaxJustin
helping
@AndrewGillum
and
@FlaDems
#BringItHome
. We showed the nation
#TheWayAhead
last year and are excited for big Dem wins here in VA and across the US!
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📺 NEW AD – With three weeks until election day, the MAGA Republican agenda is clear: to pass an abortion ban, roll back gun safety laws, take away voting rights, and increase costs for the middle class, taking away Virginians’ rights and freedoms.
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Glenn Youngkin when he’s invited to be anywhere other than Virginia.
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.
@staceyabrams
knows exactly how important it is that everyone make their voices heard at the polls and every vote is counted on Election Day.
Check out this great GOTV message!
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House Democrats have been pushing legislation to support our students, teachers, and public schools. Republicans have been working to pass legislation to undermine them.
Need proof? Their budget strips hundreds of millions in funding from Virginia’s public schools.
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Today Gov. Youngkin and Lt. Gov. Sears participated in the far-right March for Life, doubling down on their anti-choice stance even referring to abortion as “wicked.”
News flash: VA Dems will not let Republicans push us back to the restrictions of the 1950s.
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JUST NOW:
@AdamEbbin
calls on Governor Youngkin to request Andrew Wheeler’s immediate resignation following his rejection by the Senate. The Senate's position is clear and
@GovernorVA
must do what's right and allow the Commonwealth to continue with its business.
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Today Virginia Republicans killed critical legislation to protect sexual assault victims at VMI and encourage reporting. Republicans say they will stand up for survivors but actions today show otherwise. Democrats will continue fighting for survivors just as we always have.
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Daily Reminder: Gov. Youngkin and Virginia Republicans believe you should not have control over your own health care decisions.
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Youngkin has deserted his post as Governor — again, this time without finishing Virginia’s budget — to beg for money in New York for his 2024 presidential bid.
He’s not even pretending to work for Virginians any longer.
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The amazing
@DouglasEmhoff
, making his fourth campaign swing through Virginia to rally voters for GOTV!
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🛒 If your weekly grocery bill feels lighter this year, that’s because it is.
Democrats ended the 1.5% state sales tax on groceries — and that starts today.
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Earlier this year, Gov. Youngkin abused his power and blocked 11 of Governor Northam’s highly-qualified appointees.
In rejecting the Governor’s appointments to the parole board, Democrats showed Virginians that Gov. Youngkin’s partisan approach will not be tolerated.
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House Republicans released their budget that would:
❌Defund public schools
❌Slash teacher raises
❌Gut funding for early childhood education
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We're going to flip the Virginia House and Senate faster than his former aides are flipping on him
I hope everyone in the Great State of Virginia will get out and VOTE on Tuesday in all of the local and state elections to send a signal to D.C. that you want lower taxes, a strong Military, Border & 2nd Amendment, great healthcare, and must take care of our Vets. VOTE REPUBLICAN
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One of your candidates for governor was literally at the Capitol today.
"They neither represent nor speak for the Republican Party of Virginia, our fellow citizens, or any civilized people."
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Virginians are FIRED UP to elect
@TerryMcAuliffe
,
@HalaAyala
,
@MarkHerringVA
and Democrats up and down the ballot!
Thank you,
@JoeBiden
! 💥💥💥
#VAGov
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📱 REMINDER: State law allows you to take your cellphone into the voting booth with you to look up the races on your ballot.
If anyone tells you you’re not allowed to have your cellphone, call our voter protection hotline at: 1-844-482-8683
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Senator
@SenLouiseLucas
is the FIRST woman and African American to serve as President Pro-Tempore of the
@VASenate
. Sen. Lucas is the Chairwoman of the Finance and Appropriations Committee as well as our very own Vice Chair for Outreach. Her unwavering leadership and commitment…
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Governor Youngkin spends 1 hour a day governing and 12 hours checking flights to Iowa.
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Today, Republicans launched yet another attack on reproductive freedoms.
Senate Democrats stood as a brick wall to protect them.
We will continue to protect access to abortion in Virginia -- no matter what comes our way.
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We applaud Virginia’s parents for standing up to Gov. Youngkin’s illegal executive order that puts our children’s health and safety at risk and threatens in-person learning.
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Congratulations to SPEAKER
@DonScott757
— the first Black Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates. Big day kicking off Session to deliver results on the issues we ran on. It’s a great day to be a Virginia Democrat!!!
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REMINDER ON 4/20: VA Dems passed historic legislation to legalize marijuana, making Virginia the first southern state to do so.
Now Gov. Youngkin wants to roll back cannabis legalization and reinstate criminal penalties into the law.
We won’t let him🍃💨
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💵 Effective tomorrow morning, the minimum wage in Virginia will be $12/hr — all thanks to the hard work of Democrats in Virginia’s legislature!
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Today
@timkaine
and
@MarkWarner
voted to codify Roe v. Wade while Republicans voted against it.
Thank you Senators for fighting to protect Virginians’ reproductive rights. We have a long road ahead but we will not go back.
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Don't let a lil rain stop you from voting in VA today. Need a ride to the polls? Let us know and we will connect you!
#ElectionDay
#GameOnVA
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After justice was served and Derek Chauvin was rightly found guilty of murdering George Floyd, Amanda Chase said "the verdict today makes me sick."
Will any Virginia Republican condemn this despicable racism?
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The Youngkin administration officially withdrew Virginia from ERIC today — a system designed to prevent voter fraud — without a replacement.
That’s the MAGA plan for Virginia: make it harder to vote and easier to cheat.
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Gov. Youngkin has decided to become the watchdog of our classrooms — and keep the results of his tipline a secret. Maybe Gov. Youngkin should listen to his GOP colleagues calling for transparency on his own tipline 🤔
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@LarrySabato
: "Youngkin hoped his extensive out-of-state travels would create a big buzz and real momentum for a presidential bid. But the GOP flopped, Youngkin is at zero percent in the presidential polls, and his bandwagon has barely moved."
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The results are in, Democrats will control the Virginia State Senate for the next four years, stopping Youngkin, the VA GOP, and MAGA extremists’ plan to take total control of state government and enact their agenda.
Read
@DPVAChair
's statement:
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Republicans in VA-07 are flat out denying the events of the deadly insurrection on Jan. 6th.
Don’t take it from us, take it from their own words:
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BREAKING: Youngkin’s consultant for last night’s CNN Town Hall has been revealed…
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Happy birthday, Senator
@timkaine
! Thank you for your continued service to our harmonica-loving Commonwealth!
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🚨 Gov. Youngkin is attempting to ban crucial funds for reproductive healthcare. 🚨
This is his first step toward criminalizing abortion in the Commonwealth.
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"It's hard to be this bad this fast." —
@DonScott757
highlights how a majority of Virginians disapprove of Governor Glenn Youngkin and his far-right agenda.
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Tim Kaine: improve the ACA, fight the drug companies to bring healthcare costs down.
Corey Stewart: sabotage the ACA for political purposes and kick sick folks off the healthcare rolls, despite the pain it causes Virginians
#VASEN
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For those tuning in to Virginia and seeing our Governor poke jokes about
an assassination attempt, this is not who we are. We lift each other up, we help our neighbors, we look to unite —not divide.
Gov. Youngkin is out of touch with Virginians.
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