Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Day 942 of GOP election denier hysteria (Trump Big Lie Clown Show Circus, Virginia edition)

 
Meet the stars of the
ATTACK Of the Clown Show zombies
 
Starring Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin
Headline:  Fulcrum, 5/30/2023
WHY VIRGINIA? 
Of all the decisions involving withdrawal from ERIC, Virginia is the most puzzling. As an original founding member, it has a decade of experience with the group during both Democratic and Republican administrations. The group’s purposes have not changed in that decade, and it has shown a record of success. Perhaps Youngkin is simply looking for any opportunity to match DeSantis’s actions to appeal to the conservative base that has not warmed to the Florida governor but has qualms about a Trump redux. It is certainly not due to cost; the Commonwealth’s member dues are $54,000 per year. 
Despite his best efforts, evidenced by executive actions to undermine diversity and deny the full complexity of our history, Youngkin has failed to pass a conservative agenda that has been promoted in red states across the nation. This is largely due to a slim Democratic majority in the Virginia State Senate that has scuttled countless attempts to make the state look more like North Carolina–or even Mississippi.

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