This morning I talked with Richard Meagher, a political science professor at Randolph Macon College about the midterm results and what that might mean for Virginia's political landscape moving forward.
We discussed the election results, Chase v. Anderson, Youngkin v. Trump, the pushback from Earle-Sears against Trump, and abortion’s impact on races like Spanberger v. Vega. Meagher also told me which party he would prefer to be moving into the General Assembly’s next election in November.
Listen to the full conversation at the top of this newsletter.
Continuing her anti-Trump tour on WRVA today, @WinsomeSears called out Trump's "racist" namecalling directed at Mitch McConnell's wife.
"He calls her Elaine... what is it... Coco Chow Chow something. C'mon man. You can't do that!"
Winsome Sears should listen to her constituents who love President Trump instead of her staffers who used to all work for me and got dismissed because they were Never Trumpers.
This is a punch thrown at the LG’s chief of staff who worked for Chase a long time ago https://t.co/feJsBaShLf
Senator Amanda Chase @AmandaChaseVA
As Trump gears for a special announcement next week, he sent out a message on Friday making fun of Virginia’s governor. State Sen. Amanda Chase called the Lieutenant Governor a “Weak ass Republican” after Sears said Republicans should turn from Trump.
A look forward at what the results mean for Virginia's political landscape