Write-in for Virginia AG?
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Anonymous
An adult votes rationally for the best protection for VA. Not the cult member. |
Anonymous
Yes, we know MAGAs love their Nazis. |
Anonymous
Lol lol no one is voting for jay. |
Anonymous
Anyone who is anti-MAGA is voting for Jones. Miyares supports Trump. Miyares has done nothing about Trump illegally withholding funding for our Virginia schools. Miyares has done nothing to protect UVA from Trump's attacks. Miyares has done nothing about tariffs. Miyares has done nothing about federal worker layoffs. Mostly importantly, Miyares will support Trump’s next Big Lie. Trump is escalating his attacks. We need someone who will stand up to him. Miyares has to go. |
Anonymous
Me - I voted for Jay Jones - because I am an independent moderate who is tired of MAGA destruction of our norms and rights. |
Anonymous
What rights and norms of yours have been destroyed by MAGA? |
Anonymous
You should just ask Google AI this question. I did and here's what it said: Peaceful transfer of power: Attempts to overturn the 2020 election results, culminating in the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, are cited as a direct assault on the norm of accepting election outcomes and ensuring a peaceful transition. Respect for democratic institutions: Actions such as pressuring the Justice Department for personal or political ends, attacking judges, and attempts to dismantle the non-partisan civil service system are seen as undermining the independence of government branches and watchdogs. Media criticism: A norm of press freedom has been challenged by the targeting and intimidation of media outlets and individual journalists who are critical of the administration. Use of presidential power: Critics point to a push for an expansive "unitary executive authority," a controversial constitutional theory that suggests the president has full control over all federal agencies, potentially allowing them to bypass checks and balances and ignore court rulings. Alleged Destruction of Rights Critics point to specific policy areas and actions they argue have threatened or curtailed fundamental rights: Voting Rights: Efforts at the state and federal levels to enact new election laws are perceived by critics as attempts to make voting more difficult for certain populations, disproportionately impacting racial minorities. Civil and Human Rights: Critics argue the MAGA agenda has involved the implementation of policies that target and disenfranchise non-white immigrants, challenge LGBTQ+ rights, and roll back gains for women and minorities, including efforts to restrict abortion access. Free Speech: Despite vows to champion the First Amendment, the administration has been accused of cracking down on dissent and targeting critics. Rule of Law: Some legal experts argue that a pattern of systematic unconstitutional and illegal acts, coupled with judicial rulings perceived as granting overly broad immunity, has created a constitutional crisis and poses an "existential threat" to the rule of law. International human rights: The administration has been accused of abandoning a commitment to international human rights standards, using human rights reports as a political tool against adversaries rather than a neutral assessment. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
You would be wrong. |
Anonymous
| Jones will win, 50% to 48% (with the remaining 2% wasting their vote). |
Anonymous
I mean if you do then you're ok with 4 more years of Miyares. I'm not ok with that. This is how we got Trump. |
Anonymous
This is all “has been accused” or “critics argue” or “perceived by critics” or “some legal experts.” Lots of hedging and no real definitive language here that speaks to actual rights being infringed definitively. Would love to see the actual prompt you used. Regardless - I’m sure you have specific examples you can provide though? If you’re saying your rights and norms are being destroyed I’d like to understand what specific rights are being infringed so we can take action and defend them. |
Anonymous
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Rights and norms being destroyed.....
In many states, women no longer have the ability to make medical decisions regarding their bodies during a pregnancy. In fact, a woman can die, but her body will still be kept on life support to incubate a child regardless of family decisions. This policy is resulting in harm and death to women. Freedom of the press is being infringed upon. AP News was removed from the White House press pool for not using "Gulf of America" in its guidelines. No American government official should use coercion upon a free press. The Hatch Act is being quite openly violated with the messages on various government websites stating that this is a "Democrat shutdown." Keep politics out of federal agencies. The American government does not work for one party or another; it works for the American people, which is why the Hatch Act is so important. The current administration has ended longstanding rules in place to ensure that federal contractors do not discriminate in against their employees on the basis of race, religion, sex, age, or other reasons. Those rules have been in place for 60 years, through Republican and Democratic administrations. The country used to believe in not discriminating against people. America is currently looking to deport Afghan refugees who supported American troops during our military operations there. Many refugees have claimed that it would be death to return to Afghanistan, that they would be targeted by the Taliban, yet the current administration is making outlandish claims that the Taliban is totally cool with American supporters. There's no "right" to be a refugee in America, but the norm used to be that America didn't stab its allies in the back. Certainly no one will ever want to help Americans in overseas operations if the country is so willing to throw its allies to the sharks. ICE is detaining citizens. The military has been deployed to cities. I don't think the "norm" is to have such a militant force deployed throughout the country. This is a small thing, but I was reading about the removal of the penny from circulation. The current administration abruptly stopped production of the penny, which seems pretty straightforward, right? But they offered no guidance on how retailers are supposed to respond. Many states have laws that prohibit retailers from charging a different price when someone pays cash versus credit card, which means retailers cannot round up when someone pays cash and no pennies are available. If retailers run out of pennies (and they are running out), then they must round down every time, which is adding up to millions of dollars in losses. That's been characteristic of this administration -- roll out a policy quickly and without thought, then the American people are forced to deal with the consequences. There's a reason the American government was designed to move slowly -- and it was designed that way from the start. That slowness is part of the democratic process, so all consequences can be considered. This should not be a country where one can just tear down a part of the White House because one person wants it. That has never, ever been the American way. So how does this play into local politics? It's because the attorney general, the legislative branch of the state, is one of the checks and balances set up against the federal government. So if the federal government starts infringing on the rights of a state, then the attorney general can step in. Like in the loss of the penny. A state attorney general can sue the federal government to force nation-wide guidance on how retailers should respond to the loss of the penny, and pass laws to protect retailers so they can round both up and down and not take losses. Attorney generals can't protect against everything, I know. They can't enforce the Hatch Act. But there will be instances when they CAN step in, and that's why Virginia needs an attorney general who won't just rubber stamp approval on everything coming from the current Trump administration. That's where we are today. |
Anonymous
Somehow, I find it difficult to trust retailers and their stories about millions in losses due to penny shortages. |
Anonymous
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I’m amused by all this talk about AGs “protecting” this and that. Such BS. AGs are political animals who only care about making splashy headlines for themselves and advancing their careers.
Voters are typically going to support the AG candidate whose political views align with their own — provided the candidate himself/herself isn’t scandal-plagued. The problem for VA Dems this year is that Jay Jones is scandal-plagued, and runs the real risk of losing a race he should have won handily while dragging down Spanberger and Hashmi in the process. I don’t think Spanberger loses to Sears but Hashmi, who is weak herself, runs the risk of being edged out by Reid. This is why Dems are running around with their hair on fire screaming about “protection.” They’re scared about losing. They should be. |