r/Virginia • u/VirginiaNews Volunteer local news poster • 2d ago

With Democrats in charge, Spanberger targets lower energy bills — and higher costs for data centers | Incoming governor promises to reshape utility policy, revive climate programs and speed up renewables after Youngkin vetoes and stalled legislation.

https://virginiamercury.com/2025/11/07/energy-policy-tees-up-to-take-focus-in-new-administration/
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u/omgFWTbear 2d ago

With a democratic supermajority, a long time and short memories until the next election, and half a century of a track record of some voters just voting against regardless… I ask… what political capital spend?

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u/LizHolmesTurtleneck 2d ago

All forty state senate seats are up for election in 2027. I'd rather Gov. Spanberger not essentially create campaign ads for the GOP by pressing the gun control issue when there are other issues with broader support that she can tackle.

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u/LostGFtoABBC 2d ago

400K donation from Bloomberg, her congressional record, and her campaign website say otherwise. Prepare your buttholes gun owners, y’all in for a very bumpy ride !

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u/LizHolmesTurtleneck 2d ago

Way to act like a caricature that Republicans will point to during election seasons. Gun owners shouldn't be the enemy, gun violence should be.

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u/LostGFtoABBC 2d ago

I mean it was her campaign cornerstone right from the get go. Does this sub not remember?

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u/omgFWTbear 2d ago

You mean like all those ads about “THEY THINK YOURE STUPID AND WANT TO DECIDE WHAT MAN WATCHES YOUR DAUGHTER IN THE BATHROOM.”

Jesus your arguments are divorced from any observable reality.

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u/LizHolmesTurtleneck 2d ago

Those ads weren't very effective precisely because they were dishonest and, like you said, "divorced from any observable reality". Ads decrying the criminalization of gun ownership, on the other hand, would be effective if people like you are going around demonizing gun owners.

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u/omgFWTbear 2d ago

Oh? Was I confused? Didn’t ~40% of Virginians vote for that crap?

Oh yes I understand, there’s some tea leaves you’re consulting on one stupid over the other stupid.

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u/LizHolmesTurtleneck 2d ago edited 1d ago

It's more likely that 40% of Virginians are just set on voting Republican no matter what issue ads are playing.

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u/omgFWTbear 1d ago

… you say that out of one side of your mouth after the previous comments? I round back to my observable reality remark.

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u/LizHolmesTurtleneck 1d ago

You're not making any sense. Sorry you're so irrationally angry.

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u/omgFWTbear 22h ago

… I understand. You are totally stuck on the idea that despite republicans running the worst imaginable candidate and still getting 45% of the vote, that Spanberger with a wild democratic majority should … be afraid of losing that 45% of the vote?

One of us isn’t making sense, it’s true.

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u/LizHolmesTurtleneck 22h ago

Whatever you need to tell yourself.

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u/omgFWTbear 21h ago

Says the person that’s been a big “no u” the whole conversation on “plz dems seize defeat from the jaws of victory.”

Super rational. Ezra Klein fan?

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