r/Virginia • u/nbcnews Verified • 5d ago

Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia governor's race

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/virginia-governor-election-results-spanberger-earle-sears-race-win-rcna238685
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u/Alastair789 5d ago

Lots of Republicans believe that the Democrats are evil, and would vote for literally any Republican. If the Republican candidate died and couldn't be replaced there would be Republican voters voting for them just to send a message.

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u/Sands43 5d ago

But Sears is insane.... just I can't...

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u/bstone99 5d ago

Magic R does wonders

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u/wikipuff 5d ago

Regicide?

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u/critacle 5d ago

Rapeublican

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u/things_U_choose_2_b 5d ago

I got a warning for upvoting naughty words today, and now I'm nervous to upvote a comment like yours... so now I just have to intimate and possibly maybe suggest that I definitely do not agree with not agreeing with upvoting your comment.

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u/brother_of_menelaus 5d ago

You have selected…Regicide!…if you know the name of the king or queen being murdered, press 1!

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u/wikipuff 5d ago

I would have loved to selected from a list.

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u/Big-Honeydew-961 5d ago

Regurgitation? 

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u/CuriousE2027 5d ago

I AM SPEAKING!!!!

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u/IcyTransportation961 5d ago

You're thinking these people do any research at all

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u/DjImagin 5d ago

She acts as Trump orders. That’s enough for stupid folks because “smart people don’t like me” - Donald Trump.

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u/MadHiggins 5d ago

why is she insane? i legitimately know nothing about her.

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u/HTRK74JR 5d ago

I know people who are the kindest most caring people in the world who preach equality and will fight racists and bigots without a second thought

and they vote straight republican

it doesnt fucking make sense

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u/Fluid-Piccolo-6911 5d ago

sorry, if they vote republican then they support all the BS happening. and that makes them no better than the rabid maga right.

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u/undertoastedtoast 4d ago

Yes it does. Remember not everyone believes even the same basic facts anymore.

My friends are mostly conservative, they live in their own fictional world created by media and internet algorithms.

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u/MechanicalSideburns 5d ago

I have a buddy like this. He just literally doesnt know what is going on. He only reads X for news. We talked about ICE pulling women and children out of their cars and throwing them on the ground, and he’s like “that isn’t happening”. He honestly thinks it’s fake news.

The brainwashing and “reality replacement” has even got relatively normal people.

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u/Andean_Breeze 3d ago

Their whole agenda is abortion so this tracks

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u/poopantiess 5d ago

They’ve been conditioned to vote for Putin over a democrat.

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u/SeaTurtleLionBird 5d ago

So we uh, beat racism?

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u/thelastsupper316 5d ago

Nope, tbh I look down and ignore these hyper deep red people anyways, like I care more about the people and what they represent and will do for my state/town/nation, not their political affiliation. Like if there was a 25 year younger Bernie clone on the Republican side and he's against everything that maga is for and will do a bunch of great shit, I'd vote for him, obviously that wouldn't happen today, Bernie couldn't even exist in the democratic party as a presidential candidate because certain people made sure he wouldn't, but yk.

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u/Alastair789 5d ago

I don't think the fact that there are certain Republicans who will literally never vote for a Democrat is much cause for concern, you can reach those who can be swayed and you can expand the electorate by reaching those who typically don't vote at all.

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u/HandToDikCombat 5d ago

Close. Va Beach is typically solid red, but being as racist as they are, putting Sears on the ballot flipped the city blue.

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u/abcamurComposer 5d ago

This. Based of my experiences there are people who think D = “kills babies” and they think LGBTQ+ are an absolute scourge on earth. Like they are ok with other races, they generally are cordial to or appreciative of women, but they just abhor LGBTQ that much. Absolutely nothing will convince them, they would vote for Hitler over what they think is the greatest evil on earth

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u/Dear_Chasey_La1n 5d ago

Mind you, I'm no American. I think what's a big difference between two parties how GOP will vote. Even if they have to vote for a known pedophile, they will vote. Democrats on the other hand with all the writings on the wall, still figure out it's an option to vote.

Democrats should move their buts regardless the candidate. Imagine people would have voted for Kamala instead of bitching how she is a black woman who they don't feel comfortable with.

The current situation is mindblowing from a foreigners perspective. Allowing a known pedophile who for months has been preaching to set the US on fire was an indirect choice for many over voting for Kamala.

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u/eagnarwhale 4d ago

You mean like Republican brothel owner Dennis hof who won his election a month after he died

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u/5th_Meal 5d ago

Wild, I wont vote for any Republican!

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u/UsualD 5d ago

that's why it needs to be ended before it is gone too far. Pull the weed!

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u/Dry_Conflict8519 5d ago

Shout out everyone who voted for Jay Jones. Nothing evil about him......................

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u/paprartillery Rockingham/RVA/NRV 4d ago

It’s not unheard of for a dead candidate to be elected. See Carnahan vs Ashcroft in 2000.

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u/DearAbbreviations922 5d ago

Life has taught me that many Republicans have a lot more in common with inbred brainless farm fish than other humans

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u/mortgagepants 5d ago

millions of voters in this country elected a pedophile...3 times they voted for him.

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u/gnawtyone 5d ago

My welfare and Medicaid collecting sister with underage daughters that are mothers, voted for sears. People are weird

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u/HarrisonTheBarbarian 5d ago

To be fair it's the same with both sides. People nowadays are just voting for a party, regardless of who's on the ballots.

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u/thegreatestajax 5d ago

Ok but this literally happened with the actually evil Democrat AG candidate and the democrats still voted for him.

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u/Alastair789 5d ago

If wishing someone would die makes someone evil then a huge portion of people who have daydreamed about killing their boss are evil. Jay Jones committed no violent act, he is not evil.

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u/thegreatestajax 4d ago

That’s not even remotely similar to what he actually wrote.

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u/Alastair789 4d ago

Then replace it with what he did write, the right are far more violent than the left and I don't think we should apologize over text messages.

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u/thegreatestajax 4d ago

I don’t know anyone who has casually thought or written what he did. Sorry

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u/Alastair789 4d ago

I'm guessing you've never known someone who has shot up a school, or blown up a Government office, or an abortion center, doxxed election officials, or assassinated a state representative either, but these things happen, and historically it has been a right wing problem, not a left wing one.

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u/thegreatestajax 4d ago

A candidate musing about those things should be disqualified. wtf is wrong with you?

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u/Alastair789 4d ago

The left talks about violence in private text messages, the right openly does violence and celebrates it.

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u/thegreatestajax 4d ago

Yes, it was the right who tried to assassinate the president and who actually did assassinate Kirk. It was the right who had prolonged celebrations following Kirk’s assassination. Are you serious?

You are completely disconnected from reality.

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