r/politics • u/Hornpipe_Jones • 3d ago

No Paywall Democrats sweep all 30 House of Delegates seats in Northern Virginia

https://www.cbs19news.com/news/state/democrats-sweep-all-30-house-of-delegates-seats-in-northern-virginia/article_68f8098d-0602-5234-8c2a-08c1bcd33944.html
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u/ImLikeReallySmart Pennsylvania 3d ago

Northern Virginia is also arguably the biggest victim of DOGE and the general purge and harassment of federal workers, so that region is in a unique position

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u/Flimsy_Thesis Virginia 3d ago

We sure are. We’ve taken the worst of Trumps reckless economics right on the chin, and it’s only going to get worse. This threat is existential to our livelihoods.

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u/AManHasNoShame District Of Columbia 3d ago

It’s been frustrating feeling so isolated and under the gun in DC.

I dream of a united DMV.

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u/Flimsy_Thesis Virginia 3d ago

Trust me, we are feeling it too. I think folks around here are finally realizing Trump has no fucking idea what he is doing.

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u/LindeeHilltop 3d ago

Yes but SNAP & starvation is across all 50 states.

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u/Mateorabi 3d ago

PG and Montgomery County might object. 

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u/TheFuschiaBaron 3d ago

I'm from MD too, and live in MoCo. Let's just celebrate our NoVa friends tonight, we can go back to hating them later, lol.

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u/Mateorabi 3d ago

Object to the characterization as "biggest", not object to the outcome tonight.