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A federal government shutdown could upend Virginia's elections

 

"When Republicans forced a government shutdown in October 2013 in a fruitless quest to defund Obamacare, their Virginia gubernatorial candidate, Ken Cuccinelli, lost by fewer than 3 points. At the time, Cuccinelli’s top strategist lamented that “more than anything,” the shutdown “is what cost us the race.”

 

Ten years later, a new generation of House Republicans is on the verge of sparking a shutdown just ahead of another important election in Virginia, which could throw a wrench into Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s goals of capturing both chambers of the General Assembly.

 

Early voting is already underway and the off-year election is being closely watched for clues about the 2024 presidential election landscape.

 

The 2013 shutdown "definitely helped us,” said Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who was a freshman senator in 2013 and said Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe’s poll numbers improved as a result. “And people do see it since only one side ever flirts with shutdown — Republicans.”

 

“People know who’s doing it. And Virginia is so connected that everybody’s got family who is affected by this,” Kaine said, positing that the “chaos” of another shutdown will spark a “backlash” and cause the GOP aggressors to back down.

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Typical. Newsom Installed a PAC puppet that doesn't even live in Cali, in Feinstein's seat.

 

the MSM is running with. "first female black lesbian " https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/emily-s-list/summary?id=d000000113

 

Laphonza Butler is the president of EMILYs List. (PAC) As a leader in Democratic politics, campaign strategy, and the labor movement

 

Her wife is the director of SEIU.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ironic twist its conservatives that are trying to censor on social media companies?

 

 

 

"At stake this term will be whether 2nd Amendment gun rights are expanded to include those accused of domestic violence, the legal status of abortion pills and how far conservative states can go in regulating social-media companies."

 

 

Went from lies, attacks and even an assassination attempt, to supporting him being a moderate.

 

 

 

 

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On 10/6/2023 at 5:12 PM, Joe Ferguson forever said:

At some point SpaceX will no longer be the dominant satellite company but to act as if a couple dozen satellites will threaten the almost 5k that SpaceX quickly has is funny. 

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