2021 VA Governors race

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Biden’s approval rating would be a lot higher if Republicans in Congress had any interest in doing their job. Their only goal is obstructing the work and appointing judges. They won’t even agree to raise the debt ceiling to cover Trump’s spending.

Regardless, I don’t care about his rating for the VA election. Youngkin is fully in on trump’s plan to eliminate the integrity of our elections. Youngkin is fully in on stoking and fueling culture wars that are promoted in right wing media.

He is all wrong for VA and i hope Democrats turn out and Independents think of all the big issues at stake in protecting our democracy and our civility.

Why are there no Republicans who will stand up for voting rights? The old Republican party had no problem reauthorizing federal voting rights bills. Why are there no Republicans who will stand against climate change? Why do they refuse to govern and avoid helping solve the country’s problems?

It's interesting that the Democrats on the FCPS School Board want to impose new identification requirements to speak at public meetings but similar ID requirements to vote, if supported by some Republicans, are viewed as disenfranchisement.

Your one-sided comments suggest it's people like you who are the problem.

You haven’t been paying attention if you think this is about voter id. It’s about Republican states like GA allowing state legislators to decide who wins in a given county/district. They are allowing themselves to change the outcome if they don’t like the result! This is what’s on the R agenda that Youngkin has so wholly supported.

The federal bill put forth by Democrats includes voter id.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:To respond to the other thread about Youngkin signs in Arlington. They are mostly all in the medians. AKA a handful of people put them up. It doesn’t mean anything.

Many of us support Younkin in Arlington but also realize that opponents will light our flags on fire, egg our house, tear up our sign and vandalize our property. Why make a target of ourselves and our family by the party that loves diversity intersectionality, but not diversity of thought. Many of my D friends have admitted they will be voting for Younkin this round - mostly based on school issues and the teacher's union only caring about teachers.

I've been surprised by how many Youngkin signs there are in Fairfax, despite all the reservations you expressed. Can't imagine what it's like in other parts of the state where people feel more able to express their views.

Again: “Despite all of the hate for Trump, I predict that Gillespie will win. Just by the number of signs I have seen in FC. And the fact that the polls are tied.”
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/679715.page

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest knock I see with McAuliffe is that anything wrong with Virginia now is his fault or Northams. He talks about Virginia teachers being paid lowest of all 50 states. Well, his team has been in charge for 8 years. Yes, Northam just passed a raise but what about the other 7 years. And crime is high. I don’t have a love for Youngkin but there are issues with Virginia that McAuliffe and Northam haven’t solved and they have been in charge.

No way vá teachers are lower paid than Kansas or Mississippi.

Is that true?

McAuliffe says they are. He did in the WJLA interview. If it is true it is terrible and yet also at least partly his and Northam’s fault.

[Anonymous]

Maybe this is McAuliffe’s source.

https://www.business.org/hr/workforce-management/best-us-states-for-teachers/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The biggest knock I see with McAuliffe is that anything wrong with Virginia now is his fault or Northams. He talks about Virginia teachers being paid lowest of all 50 states. Well, his team has been in charge for 8 years. Yes, Northam just passed a raise but what about the other 7 years. And crime is high. I don’t have a love for Youngkin but there are issues with Virginia that McAuliffe and Northam haven’t solved and they have been in charge.

No way vá teachers are lower paid than Kansas or Mississippi.

Is that true?

Just found this.

https://www.nbc12.com/2021/08/03/new-report-finds-virginia-teacher-pay-ranks-50th-country/

..."Business.org says teachers in Virginia earn an average of $53,000, compared to people with other occupations who earn an average of $60,160." That is not exactly a comparison of salaries from other states. Your reading comprehension skills are lacking. I agree it's terribly low and they should be paid more. Plenty of teachers live in my $500k+ community so I suspect they earn more than $50k.

[Anonymous]

"Average" salary is always kind of tough to use. Compare living expenses in Arlington vs Bath County....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not voting for Glen Trumpkin. Not now, not ever.

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That is wonderful. Not everyone agrees with you. What a great country! Am I right?

It's not "right" to attack our democratic ideals.

How could any American support the GOP trying to throw out election results without any evidence of fraud?

I’d love to hear how Rs support this. How exactly do you rationalize it?

We don't. And what pp said is not happening.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not voting for Glen Trumpkin. Not now, not ever.

T
That is wonderful. Not everyone agrees with you. What a great country! Am I right?

It's not "right" to attack our democratic ideals.

How could any American support the GOP trying to throw out election results without any evidence of fraud?

I’d love to hear how Rs support this. How exactly do you rationalize it?

We don't. And what pp said is not happening.

All the elected Republicans do. And yes it is happening. Georgia’s law allows the state legislature to replace local election boards. Arizona’s law allows the state legislature to throw out actual election outcomes. Pay attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The biggest knock I see with McAuliffe is that anything wrong with Virginia now is his fault or Northams. He talks about Virginia teachers being paid lowest of all 50 states. Well, his team has been in charge for 8 years. Yes, Northam just passed a raise but what about the other 7 years. And crime is high. I don’t have a love for Youngkin but there are issues with Virginia that McAuliffe and Northam haven’t solved and they have been in charge.

No way vá teachers are lower paid than Kansas or Mississippi.

Is that true?

Just found this.

https://www.nbc12.com/2021/08/03/new-report-finds-virginia-teacher-pay-ranks-50th-country/

..."Business.org says teachers in Virginia earn an average of $53,000, compared to people with other occupations who earn an average of $60,160." That is not exactly a comparison of salaries from other states. Your reading comprehension skills are lacking. I agree it's terribly low and they should be paid more. Plenty of teachers live in my $500k+ community so I suspect they earn more than $50k.

Here’s a straight comparison with no mention of salaries of other occupations and Virginia is way down near the bottom. Surely the COL is higher in VA than WV, SD, NM, MS, ID and the other states with lower teacher salaries.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/teacher-pay-by-state

[Anonymous]

TMac has every advantage in this race.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not voting for Glen Trumpkin. Not now, not ever.

T
That is wonderful. Not everyone agrees with you. What a great country! Am I right?

It's not "right" to attack our democratic ideals.

How could any American support the GOP trying to throw out election results without any evidence of fraud?

I’d love to hear how Rs support this. How exactly do you rationalize it?

We don't. And what pp said is not happening.

All the elected Republicans do. And yes it is happening. Georgia’s law allows the state legislature to replace local election boards. Arizona’s law allows the state legislature to throw out actual election outcomes. Pay attention.

So pedantic. I refuse to be held hostage to far-left ideologues based on speculation as to what might happen in a state that needs to go back to being purple again.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Biden’s approval rating would be a lot higher if Republicans in Congress had any interest in doing their job. Their only goal is obstructing the work and appointing judges. They won’t even agree to raise the debt ceiling to cover Trump’s spending.

Regardless, I don’t care about his rating for the VA election. Youngkin is fully in on trump’s plan to eliminate the integrity of our elections. Youngkin is fully in on stoking and fueling culture wars that are promoted in right wing media.

He is all wrong for VA and i hope Democrats turn out and Independents think of all the big issues at stake in protecting our democracy and our civility.

Why are there no Republicans who will stand up for voting rights? The old Republican party had no problem reauthorizing federal voting rights bills. Why are there no Republicans who will stand against climate change? Why do they refuse to govern and avoid helping solve the country’s problems?

It's interesting that the Democrats on the FCPS School Board want to impose new identification requirements to speak at public meetings but similar ID requirements to vote, if supported by some Republicans, are viewed as disenfranchisement.

Your one-sided comments suggest it's people like you who are the problem.

Completely disingenuous argument - when you REGISTER to vote in VA you have to provide your name, SSN, DOB, address, and you affirm an oath that the information you provide is true under penalty of a felony if you lie.

I support the requirement to be a taxpaying resident of the county if you want to speak at a school board meeting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Biden’s approval rating would be a lot higher if Republicans in Congress had any interest in doing their job. Their only goal is obstructing the work and appointing judges. They won’t even agree to raise the debt ceiling to cover Trump’s spending.

Regardless, I don’t care about his rating for the VA election. Youngkin is fully in on trump’s plan to eliminate the integrity of our elections. Youngkin is fully in on stoking and fueling culture wars that are promoted in right wing media.

He is all wrong for VA and i hope Democrats turn out and Independents think of all the big issues at stake in protecting our democracy and our civility.

Why are there no Republicans who will stand up for voting rights? The old Republican party had no problem reauthorizing federal voting rights bills. Why are there no Republicans who will stand against climate change? Why do they refuse to govern and avoid helping solve the country’s problems?

It's interesting that the Democrats on the FCPS School Board want to impose new identification requirements to speak at public meetings but similar ID requirements to vote, if supported by some Republicans, are viewed as disenfranchisement.

Your one-sided comments suggest it's people like you who are the problem.

Completely disingenuous argument - when you REGISTER to vote in VA you have to provide your name, SSN, DOB, address, and you affirm an oath that the information you provide is true under penalty of a felony if you lie.

I support the requirement to be a taxpaying resident of the county if you want to speak at a school board meeting.

What’s disingenuous is your failure to acknowledge that the additional requirements that the Democratic school board is now proposing are more rigorous than the affirmation you just described when registering to vote. Do you lie about everything in service to McAuliffe’s political ambitions, or just some things?

Also, there is already a requirement in Fairfax to be a county (or Fairfax City) resident to speak before the school board. The additional requirements proposed by the board are largely for show, in order to create the false impression that prior speakers who disagreed with some of their decisions were not county residents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Biden’s approval rating would be a lot higher if Republicans in Congress had any interest in doing their job. Their only goal is obstructing the work and appointing judges. They won’t even agree to raise the debt ceiling to cover Trump’s spending.

Regardless, I don’t care about his rating for the VA election. Youngkin is fully in on trump’s plan to eliminate the integrity of our elections. Youngkin is fully in on stoking and fueling culture wars that are promoted in right wing media.

He is all wrong for VA and i hope Democrats turn out and Independents think of all the big issues at stake in protecting our democracy and our civility.

Why are there no Republicans who will stand up for voting rights? The old Republican party had no problem reauthorizing federal voting rights bills. Why are there no Republicans who will stand against climate change? Why do they refuse to govern and avoid helping solve the country’s problems?

It's interesting that the Democrats on the FCPS School Board want to impose new identification requirements to speak at public meetings but similar ID requirements to vote, if supported by some Republicans, are viewed as disenfranchisement.

Your one-sided comments suggest it's people like you who are the problem.

Completely disingenuous argument - when you REGISTER to vote in VA you have to provide your name, SSN, DOB, address, and you affirm an oath that the information you provide is true under penalty of a felony if you lie.

I support the requirement to be a taxpaying resident of the county if you want to speak at a school board meeting.

What’s disingenuous is your failure to acknowledge that the additional requirements that the Democratic school board is now proposing are more rigorous than the affirmation you just described when registering to vote. Do you lie about everything in service to McAuliffe’s political ambitions, or just some things?

Also, there is already a requirement in Fairfax to be a county (or Fairfax City) resident to speak before the school board. The additional requirements proposed by the board are largely for show, in order to create the false impression that prior speakers who disagreed with some of their decisions were not county residents.

Right. Totally ridiculous. To vote, you can roll up with no ID and say you are Santa Claus. To speak at a school board meeting (particularly if it’s something negative about our heroes, the teachers), you need a retina scan, a background check, a casting of your molars. Please. This has gotten ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not voting for Glen Trumpkin. Not now, not ever.

T
That is wonderful. Not everyone agrees with you. What a great country! Am I right?

It's not "right" to attack our democratic ideals.

How could any American support the GOP trying to throw out election results without any evidence of fraud?

I’d love to hear how Rs support this. How exactly do you rationalize it?

We don't. And what pp said is not happening.

It is. Go read 15:16, look it up and apologize for not being aware of the fascism your party is up to.