Virginia's Election is About Virginia but Trump Looms Large
Recently, in a letter to the editor of a Virginia newspaper, the writer accused Democrats of wanting to make the election "All about President Donald Trump", even though "the election is all about Virginia, not Trump"
Shortly after, Republican candidate Winsome Earle-Sears posted on Social Media, "I'd be honored to have President Trump campaign with me here in Virginia"
The writer is partially correct - the election is not "All about" Trump. But it is a lot about Trump and Republicans are the reason. While governors in other states are resisting Trump's use of federal forces against civilians, Virginia's Republican leadership happily supports it. When Trump delegated his authority to Elon Musk who cobbled together a band of idiot savants to fire tens of thousands of military veterans, many of whom were employed to help other veterans find jobs, Winsome Sears said she supports what Trump was doing, and laughed it off saying people lose jobs "all the time"
All across the nation, state and local Republicans are looking for ways to prevent people from voting, including voter registration purges, rejecting student IDs as valid forms of identification, and closing polling locations in Democratic neighborhoods.
Donald Trump, taking election advice from Vladimer Putin, says he's going to eliminate mail in voting. He'll need support from state and local Republicans to get it done.
The greatest form of Trump derangement syndrome is the fealty that Republicans show to Donald Trump as inflation rises, jobs disappear, and civilians are rounded up and taken away by federal forces invading states against the will of the people who live there.
It's true that Virginia's upcoming election is about Virginia. But if we elect Republicans, Virginia will be all about Trump.