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Executive Schedule
9:30 AM: GOVERNOR GLENN YOUNGKIN AND FIRST LADY SUZANNE YOUNGKIN PRESENT THE SECOND SPIRIT OF VIRGINIA AWARD
Location: Jill’s House
1:30 PM: GOVERNOR RECEIVES BRIEFING FROM SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES JOHN LITTEL
3:30 PM: GOVERNOR RECEIVES BRIEFING FROM SECRETARY THE COMMONWEALTH KAY COLES JAMES
The Rundown
Republican v. Republican: The GOP nomination process in HD-47 continues as Del. Williams sends out robocalls attacking Del. March
The radio show producers that Morrissey verbally accosted recently have filed restraining orders against the state Senator
A new poll from Politico shows strong support for gun restrictions in this country
Virginia Senators express doubts over the potential for a new Commanders stadium in Northern Virginia
Gov. Youngkin announces the expansion of a company in Newport News
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March v. Williams
The audio at the top of this newsletter is a robocall being paid for by Republican Del. Wren Williams (HD-47) attacking his potential primary opponent Del. Marie March over comments she made years ago about abortion. Both delegates are serving their first term in the House of Delegates and were drawn into the same district when redistricting happened at the end of 2021.
For more context, here is some coverage from the Roanoke Times’ Luke Weir earlier this month:
A few hours after Del. Marie March, R-Floyd, said on Facebook she plans to carry a “Life at Conception Bill” in the Virginia General Assembly next year, Del. Wren Williams, R-Patrick, issued a statement calling for March to withdraw from their shared race for House District 47, citing a Facebook post March made in 2019.
“Marie March is Pro-Choice. There is no other way to interpret her comments,” Williams said, in response to the Feb. 2019 post March made on what he referenced as a personal Facebook account. “A Pro-Choice Liberal does not fit the Pro-Life conservative values of this district.”
March provided the following comment to the press in response to the attack from Williams earlier this month: “Mr. Williams is using the lives of unborn babies as political fodder to derail my attempts to lead pro-life legislation,” March said. “His negative smear is an attempt to drag me down with him into the swamp where he is comfortable.”
In the 2019 Facebook post that Williams is referencing, March wrote: “Everyone loves babies and would never want to terminate their pregnancy. However, many of my friends don’t want Big brother deciding what they can do with their bodies and get it!”
Listen to the robocall at the top of this newsletter to see how Williams continues to attack March.
