Democrats Complete Historic Sweep into Majority in Both Chambers of Virginia Legislature

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Matthew Boyle - Breitbart


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Democrats swept into the majority in the Virginia state legislature, in both the House of Delegates and the State Senate, taking majorities in both in Tuesday’s elections.
Republicans had held one-seat majorities in both chambers until Tuesday, when Democrats in the Tuesday elections flipped a number of competitive seats from GOP to Democrat control.

In the State Senate, Democrats now have at least 21 seats, while Republicans have at least 18 seats, and the GOP leads in one final yet-to-be-called race. In the House of Delegates, Democrats won 53 seats and Republicans won 43 seats. Democrats lead one yet-to-be-called delegate race, and Republicans lead two such races.

Democrats already have control of the governor’s mansion, the lieutenant governor’s office, and attorney general’s office–these three offices were not on the ballot in 2019 and won’t be again until 2021–but Tuesday’s sweep into majorities in both chambers of the legislature marks the first time since 1993 Democrats have consolidated complete control in Richmond.
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It also comes as Democrats control both U.S. Senate seats in Virginia, as Republicans have fallen short in recent years on that front, and now a majority of the U.S. House seats from the state after the 2018 midterm elections. A Republican has not won a statewide election in Virginia since 2009, according to the Washington Post, and the last time a Republican won the state in a presidential election was George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign.

Democrats outspent and outgunned Republicans in the state this cycle, blowing away the GOP in the Old Dominion state, according to the Post:


Democrats consolidated power in Richmond for the first time in a generation, completing the political evolution of a Southern state on Washington’s doorstep from red to blue.

Both U.S. Senators, a majority of the congressional delegation and all three statewide office holders are Democrats and the state went Democratic in the last three presidential elections. Republicans have not won a statewide contest since 2009.

National Democratic organizations and interest groups – from gun control to women’s rights to clean energy – carpeted the state with money, boosting suburban legislative races to the spending level of congressional elections.

What’s more, former President Barack Obama and other top Democrats were engaged at an usually microscopic level–the former president personally endorsed a number of state legislative candidates for both the House of Delegates and the State Senate–in a way nominal leaders of a political party usually do not:
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Now that Democrats have complete control in Richmond, it remains to be seen what exactly they will do with that power. But the Democrat Party in Virginia has been rocked by scandals all year, as earlier this year photographs of Gov. Ralph Northam from his yearbook showing a man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan outfit emerged. Northam has admitted to wearing blackface on other occasions, as has Attorney General Mark Herring.

Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax has fended off accusations from women that he sexually assaulted them, something that resurfaced in nasty campaign ads for the state legislature in the final days of this campaign.

[DemonGeminiX]

Good job, Virginia. Idiots.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Good job, Virginia. Idiots.

They're just like Colorado now, the democrats were swept into control of all major sections of the government last year here...governor, the state house, the state senate, the state AG....

[Muddy]

By Matthew Boyle - Breitbart


https://i.imgur.com/hqDAVFr.jpg

Democrats swept into the majority in the Virginia state legislature, in both the House of Delegates and the State Senate, taking majorities in both in Tuesday’s elections.
Republicans had held one-seat majorities in both chambers until Tuesday, when Democrats in the Tuesday elections flipped a number of competitive seats from GOP to Democrat control.

In the State Senate, Democrats now have at least 21 seats, while Republicans have at least 18 seats, and the GOP leads in one final yet-to-be-called race. In the House of Delegates, Democrats won 53 seats and Republicans won 43 seats. Democrats lead one yet-to-be-called delegate race, and Republicans lead two such races.

Democrats already have control of the governor’s mansion, the lieutenant governor’s office, and attorney general’s office–these three offices were not on the ballot in 2019 and won’t be again until 2021–but Tuesday’s sweep into majorities in both chambers of the legislature marks the first time since 1993 Democrats have consolidated complete control in Richmond.
1191908742549430273
It also comes as Democrats control both U.S. Senate seats in Virginia, as Republicans have fallen short in recent years on that front, and now a majority of the U.S. House seats from the state after the 2018 midterm elections. A Republican has not won a statewide election in Virginia since 2009, according to the Washington Post, and the last time a Republican won the state in a presidential election was George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign.

Democrats outspent and outgunned Republicans in the state this cycle, blowing away the GOP in the Old Dominion state, according to the Post:


Democrats consolidated power in Richmond for the first time in a generation, completing the political evolution of a Southern state on Washington’s doorstep from red to blue.

Both U.S. Senators, a majority of the congressional delegation and all three statewide office holders are Democrats and the state went Democratic in the last three presidential elections. Republicans have not won a statewide contest since 2009.

National Democratic organizations and interest groups – from gun control to women’s rights to clean energy – carpeted the state with money, boosting suburban legislative races to the spending level of congressional elections.

What’s more, former President Barack Obama and other top Democrats were engaged at an usually microscopic level–the former president personally endorsed a number of state legislative candidates for both the House of Delegates and the State Senate–in a way nominal leaders of a political party usually do not:
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Now that Democrats have complete control in Richmond, it remains to be seen what exactly they will do with that power. But the Democrat Party in Virginia has been rocked by scandals all year, as earlier this year photographs of Gov. Ralph Northam from his yearbook showing a man in blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan outfit emerged. Northam has admitted to wearing blackface on other occasions, as has Attorney General Mark Herring.

Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax has fended off accusations from women that he sexually assaulted them, something that resurfaced in nasty campaign ads for the state legislature in the final days of this campaign.

Rodman did not win. (referencing Obamas tweet post)

https://wtvr.com/2019/11/05/state-senate-district-12/

[Muddy]

Good job, Virginia. Idiots.

Easy there Greasy. I'm a Virginia resident.

[DemonGeminiX]

Easy there Greasy. I'm a Virginia resident.

I know you are. Enjoy the hike in your taxes for bullshit social programs that won't benefit you or your loved ones. Enjoy having your rights stripped away. Enjoy being marginalized for being white. Enjoy the rise in crime rates all over the state. Enjoy the shift from an English speaking state to a Spanish speaking state. Enjoy watching all the jobs leave for greener pastures.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Enjoy

[Muddy]

I know you are. Enjoy the hike in your taxes for bullshit social programs that won't benefit you or your loved ones. Enjoy having your rights stripped away. Enjoy being marginalized for being white. Enjoy the rise in crime rates all over the state. Enjoy the shift from an English speaking state to a Spanish speaking state. Enjoy watching all the jobs leave for greener pastures.

Why would I enjoy that? I didn't vote left.. :lol:

[DemonGeminiX]

Why would I enjoy that? I didn't vote left.. :lol:

Because it's coming.

Those people that were voted in yesterday, are their seats up again in 2020?

[Muddy]

Because it's coming.

Those people that were voted in yesterday, are their seats up again in 2020?

Im not sure the term lengths.

[DemonGeminiX]

Senate - 4 years
House of delegates - 2 years

Neither house has term limits.

[Muddy]

We'll see what happens. I did my part and voted..

[perrhaps]

We'll see what happens. I did my part and voted..

How dare you express a reasonable thought! Stating in January the State Police will break into your house to confiscate your guns; Blacks will ride for free on your toll roads; illegal aliens will get full scholarships to State universities; your hospitals will be so clogged up with freeloaders that it will be a 16 hour wait to be treated for skull fractures; Spanish will become your official State language, etc., etc., etc,...


Did I mention that my father will roll over in his grave when Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are playing at the inaugural ball?

[DemonGeminiX]

How dare you express a reasonable thought! Stating in January the State Police will break into your house to confiscate your guns; Blacks will ride for free on your toll roads; illegal aliens will get full scholarships to State universities; your hospitals will be so clogged up with freeloaders that it will be a 16 hour wait to be treated for skull fractures; Spanish will become your official State language, etc., etc., etc,...


Did I mention that my father will roll over in his grave when Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are playing at the inaugural ball?

I'm sorry that you think it's a joke, or that I'm ridiculous or whatever, but it seems to me that the entire Democrat party has moved so far to the left in their agenda that they want the entire country to become like California. Or maybe more like leftist countries in Europe where their income tax rates are close to 50%, and they're guilty until proven innocent.

But hey, never mind the fool that wholeheartedly believes in the foundational principles of this nation, right?

[Muddy]

I'm sorry that you think it's a joke, or that I'm ridiculous or whatever, but it seems to me that the entire Democrat party has moved so far to the left in their agenda that they want the entire country to become like California. Or maybe more like leftist countries in Europe where their income tax rates are close to 50%, and they're guilty until proven innocent.

But hey, never mind the fool that wholeheartedly believes in the foundational principles of this nation, right?

It's Ok, DG.. The extreme left scares me as well.. But we really are a long way from California here in Virginia.. Most of our dems are moderate here..

[Teh One Who Knocks]

It's Ok, DG.. The extreme left scares me as well.. But we really are a long way from California here in Virginia.. Most of our dems are moderate here..

It doesn't take long....when I moved to Colorado it was a firm red state, now we have a gay democrat governor and both houses controlled by democrats and they are pushing through all kinds of progressive policies because they hold super-majorities in both chambers. Perrhaps thinks he's funny, only because he's not living through it. Colorado is becoming Californicated faster and quicker with each passing year.

[Muddy]

It doesn't take long....when I moved to Colorado it was a firm red state, now we have a gay democrat governor and both houses controlled by democrats and they are pushing through all kinds of progressive policies because they hold super-majorities in both chambers. Perrhaps thinks he's funny, only because he's not living through it. Colorado is becoming Californicated faster and quicker with each passing year.


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i'm not going to sit around like this guy ^ though in a state of anguish.. All I can do is my part, with my vote. After that, I'm living my life.. Happily.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Did I say to sit around like that? Whatever, I'm out.

[Muddy]

Did I say to sit around like that? Whatever, I'm out.

I never said you did.. I'm speaking for myself here.

[lost in melb.]

Easy there Greasy. I'm a Virginia resident.

Virginian bottom-boy :haha:

[Muddy]

Virginian bottom-boy :haha:

Simma' down there, crim.. :hand:

[PorkChopSandwiches]

It's Ok, DG.. The extreme left scares me as well.. But we really are a long way from California here in Virginia.. Most of our dems are moderate here..

For now

[Muddy]

For now

:freakout:

[perrhaps]

I'm sorry that you think it's a joke, or that I'm ridiculous or whatever, but it seems to me that the entire Democrat party has moved so far to the left in their agenda that they want the entire country to become like California. Or maybe more like leftist countries in Europe where their income tax rates are close to 50%, and they're guilty until proven innocent.

But hey, never mind the fool that wholeheartedly believes in the foundational principles of this nation, right?

If you're referring to The Constitution and Bill of Rights, well, bully for you! On the other hand, slavery and only allowing White men the right to vote were also foundational principles of this nation, right?

Things change. Embrace the change you like, and criticize that which you don't, but June Cleaver and her pearl necklace ain't dishing up lunch to Wally, Ward and The Beaver no more. And, yes, the extreme resistance to change sometimes expressed by some here is humorous.

As an aside, after I read this post yesterday and Lance's criticism as well, I pulled out my tax records for 2014, the last year I worked fulltime before retiring. Guess what? When I added all the taxes I paid (income; social security; and property taxes on the Federal, State and local levels) and added them to my $2,000.00+/monthly health insurance costs I was spending slightly over 54% of my gross income before sales taxes. I suggest that if you do the same, maybe, just maybe European tax rates don't seem quite so oppressive.

[DemonGeminiX]

If you're referring to The Constitution and Bill of Rights, well, bully for you! On the other hand, slavery and only allowing White men the right to vote were also foundational principles of this nation, right?

Things change. Embrace the change you like, and criticize that which you don't, but June Cleaver and her pearl necklace ain't dishing up lunch to Wally, Ward and The Beaver no more. And, yes, the extreme resistance to change sometimes expressed by some here is humorous.

As an aside, after I read this post yesterday and Lance's criticism as well, I pulled out my tax records for 2014, the last year I worked fulltime before retiring. Guess what? When I added all the taxes I paid (income; social security; and property taxes on the Federal, State and local levels) and added them to my $2,000.00+/monthly health insurance costs I was spending slightly over 54% of my gross income before sales taxes. I suggest that if you do the same, maybe, just maybe European tax rates don't seem quite so oppressive.

Hey, no man is without sin, and neither were the founders of this nation, but they were men of their time. It wasn't just like that in the newly formed United States, it was like that worldwide. And time corrected the world's mistakes, for the most part. But they weren't wrong about everything. Most notably about liberty, freedom, immigration, citizenship, about the right to keep and bear arms (which is seen as an extremist viewpoint these days), due process, capitalism, and the perils of socialist and communist philosophies. I can't embrace changes away from those viewpoints because that's what makes us distinctly American. If you take those things away, then we may as well have never rebelled against the British in the first place. We may as well become vassals of the EU.

Hell, I hate excessive taxes and the whole insurance industry like everybody else. But here's what I suggest 1. Vote Republican, they're generally for lower taxes. It's that whole spending problem we have to get under control. 2. Shop around for better insurance and petition your Reps and Senators to push for allowing insurance sales across state lines to improve competition, among other changes.

Other than that, if you want to talk seriously about specific points, then enlighten me. But don't take pot shots at me because you think I'm just a whiny white supremacist that beats all of the women in my life. Nothing could be further from the truth. I'm about fighting for our freedoms and liberties and not becoming subjects of the government. In case you weren't taught in school, let me enlighten you here: They (the government) are our servants supposed to protect our rights, we (the citizens) are their masters, and if you vote for a party that is actively and openly trying to rip away the rights that are supposedly ours by birth, the rights that were intended for us to use to keep them in line, then you are a damned fool.

[lost in melb.]

If you're referring to The Constitution and Bill of Rights, well, bully for you! On the other hand, slavery and only allowing White men the right to vote were also foundational principles of this nation, right?

Things change. Embrace the change you like, and criticize that which you don't, but June Cleaver and her pearl necklace ain't dishing up lunch to Wally, Ward and The Beaver no more. And, yes, the extreme resistance to change sometimes expressed by some here is humorous.

As an aside, after I read this post yesterday and Lance's criticism as well, I pulled out my tax records for 2014, the last year I worked fulltime before retiring. Guess what? When I added all the taxes I paid (income; social security; and property taxes on the Federal, State and local levels) and added them to my $2,000.00+/monthly health insurance costs I was spending slightly over 54% of my gross income before sales taxes. I suggest that if you do the same, maybe, just maybe European tax rates don't seem quite so oppressive.

:faint:

I get Australian travel health insurance before I come. They up the premium if you include visiting the States. $500 for 6 months.

[DemonGeminiX]

:faint:

I get Australian travel health insurance before I come. They up the premium if you include visiting the States. $500 for 6 months.

If you know and don't mind me asking, what's their justification for the up-charge?

[lost in melb.]

If you know and don't mind me asking, what's their justification for the up-charge?

Healthcare services and medicines in the US cost more compared to other countries

[RBP]

Healthcare services in the US cost more compared to other countries

Perhaps. But insurers don't usually have international pricing contracts either.

[lost in melb.]

Perhaps. But insurers don't usually have international pricing contracts either.

Apparently they do. This is only for emergency cover, by the way.

[RBP]

Apparently they do. This is only for emergency cover, by the way.

Interesting.

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[Teh One Who Knocks]

Healthcare services and medicines in the US cost more compared to other countriesIt's because the United States subsidizes the cost of drugs specifically for the rest of the world by charging US consumers a premium. How else do you think Big Pharma can charge so little for a drug outside the US but charge us a 1000% premium?

[lost in melb.]

It's because the United States subsidizes the cost of drugs specifically for the rest of the world by charging US consumers a premium. How else do you think Big Pharma can charge so little for a drug outside the US but charge us a 1000% premium?

Spot on ;)


The United States is exceptional in that it does not regulate or negotiate the prices of new prescription drugs when they come onto market. Other countries will task a government agency to meet with pharmaceutical companies and haggle over an appropriate price.

But


These agencies will typically make decisions about whether these new drugs represent any improvement over the old drugs — whether they’re even worth bringing onto the market in the first place. They’ll pore over reams of evidence about drugs’ risks and benefits

[DemonGeminiX]

:lol:

Yeah, I love the new prescription drug advertisements that say "It'll get rid of that pesky hangnail, but there's several chances that it'll kill you in these 50 ways!"

[perrhaps]

And, don't take this prescription if you're allergic to it.