Many Virginia voters are developing buyer's remorse

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2016896065622921450

[Smokin Joe]

You are in the store. You look at something that is nicely packaged, but if you look closely, it's junk.

But y'all sanctimonious anti-Trump (who wasn't running) nitwits voted for this.

 You bought it anyway.

And now you have it, good and hard.

[rustynail]

Hey Virginia, shut your face and enjoy your place.

[MeganC]

Virginia is discovering that Communism sounds nice but the reality isn't.

Too bad.

[Wingnut]

4 more years Virginians.  You asked for it and You are taking it up the poop shoot.  All you get is the Devils lube.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Dems have purged most moderates from their ranks.

No such thing as a 'moderate' Dem running for statewide office.

Any person who is not 100% dependent on welfare is "rich" in their eyes.

The Dems are full on moonbat-$h!t crazy about wasting other people's money for nonsense.



There are some moderate Dems hiding out in a few isolated districts.  Dems states will attempt to gerrymander the remaining moderates out of office.

Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-South Boston, MA) was the only Dem to vote against Obamacare and he allegedly told Pelosi, "Hey, look, lady ..." to get her out of his office.

[mystery-ak]

Meghan McCain
@MeghanMcCain
·
5h
Abigail Spanberger is a radical communist psychopath.

She is much worse than a Newsom or AOC because she is cosplaying as a moderate - while diabolically dismantling the state of Virginia and trying to turn it into a third world sewer.

[Cyber Liberty]

Meghan McCain
@MeghanMcCain
·
5h
Abigail Spanberger is a radical communist psychopath.

She is much worse than a Newsom or AOC because she is cosplaying as a moderate - while diabolically dismantling the state of Virginia and trying to turn it into a third world sewer.

Meghan, I wouldn't have been surprised if you had voted for her over Sears if you had lived in Virginia.  You did vote and campaign for Joe Biden after all.

[Kamaji]

To paraphrase a movie:  squeal like a pig, VA, squeal like a pig!

[mountaineer]

Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
Abigail Spanberger and Virginia Democrats won because they told voters that they would reduce the cost of living

Virginia Democrats just introduced over 50 new taxes

- Additional local sales tax in all Virginia counties and cities
- New personal property tax
- Gym membership tax
- Highway use fees
- Home repair tax
- Vehicle repair tax
- Electric leaf blowers and electric landscaping equipment tax
- Large employer tax
- Gun and ammunition tax
- New income tax brackets
- A delivery tax that will hit you if you ordered things on Amazon, Uber Eats, UPS, FedEx, etc
- Investment income tax
- Event tax
- Concert tax
- Storage facility tax
- Dog walking tax
- Dog grooming tax
- Counseling tax
- Digital personal property tax
- New car taxes
- Increase in the hotel tax here in Arlington
- Statewide speed cameras.
- A drying cleaning tax
- Concert tax
- and much more
12:40 PM · Jan 29, 2026

[Fishrrman]

spanberger beat Sears by 15 percentage points.
That ought to tell you something.

And there's a reason for it.
It may not be an easy pill to swallow.
But it is... what it is.

[Smokin Joe]

spanberger beat Sears by 15 percentage points.
That ought to tell you something.

And there's a reason for it.
It may not be an easy pill to swallow.
But it is... what it is.

Sears was weak as a candidate, Spanberger had very polished Media, and one candidate lied their a$$ off.
Then the population they played to in the urban areas was composed of Government Employees (bedroom communities living outside the beltway-NoVa), and Government employees/dependents in major cities and college towns. Charlottesville has both.
The blue dots down the Shenandoah Valley are nearly all college towns. More rural Va is Red.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Hey Virginia, shut your face and enjoy your place.

Good strategy --- kick the Virginia Republicans in the face instead of working to change the minds of NOVA voters.  I guess you don't need any Republicans from Virginia in Congress. 

Conservatives remain their own worst enemy.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Sears was weak as a candidate ...

"Weak" would have been an improvement.

[libertybele]

Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
Abigail Spanberger and Virginia Democrats won because they told voters that they would reduce the cost of living

Virginia Democrats just introduced over 50 new taxes

- Additional local sales tax in all Virginia counties and cities
- New personal property tax
- Gym membership tax
- Highway use fees
- Home repair tax
- Vehicle repair tax
- Electric leaf blowers and electric landscaping equipment tax
- Large employer tax
- Gun and ammunition tax
- New income tax brackets
- A delivery tax that will hit you if you ordered things on Amazon, Uber Eats, UPS, FedEx, etc
- Investment income tax
- Event tax
- Concert tax
- Storage facility tax
- Dog walking tax
- Dog grooming tax
- Counseling tax
- Digital personal property tax
- New car taxes
- Increase in the hotel tax here in Arlington
- Statewide speed cameras.
- A drying cleaning tax
- Concert tax
- and much more
12:40 PM · Jan 29, 2026

Wow! Just about a 'tax' on every service ...

[mountaineer]

Wow! Just about a 'tax' on every service ...

And probably the air that you breathe, too, while they're at it. And fantasy sports:

Nick Minock
@NickMinock
Virginia Democrats introduced legislation to tax fantasy sports contests.
12:20 PM · Jan 29, 2026

[libertybele]

Is Virginia still for lovers or is there a tax on that too??

[cato potatoe]

Trump is a poor match for the state, but overall the trend is to the left at about half a point every year.

Thankfully, the governor is limited to one term.  The legislature is a different matter, if they get around to redrawing the maps.

[Cyber Liberty]

Good strategy --- kick the Virginia Republicans in the face instead of working to change the minds of NOVA voters.  I guess you don't need any Republicans from Virginia in Congress. 

Conservatives remain their own worst enemy.

The only way NOVA gets fixed is massive Federal layoffs.

[MeganC]

Virginia is for Losers. 

[Kamaji]

The only way NOVA gets fixed is massive Federal layoffs.

Or redistributing the federal workforce to enough different locations within the country that they cannot overwhelm any one locality.  I hear Death Valley is ripe for office tower development right now.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/2016991134413647902

[Hoodat]

Dems have purged most moderates from their ranks.

And Republicans have purged most Conservatives from theirs.

[Hoodat]

The only way NOVA gets fixed is massive Federal layoffs.

Which would happen if Republicans balanced the budget.

[Hoodat]

Is Virginia still for lovers or is there a tax on that too??

Virginia may be for lovers, but Pennsylvania has Intercourse.

[Hoodat]

Good strategy --- kick the Virginia Republicans in the face instead of working to change the minds of NOVA voters.  I guess you don't need any Republicans from Virginia in Congress.

The last Republican governor the Virginia GOP helped elect was John Dalton.

Conservatives remain their own worst enemy.

The biggest enemy that Conservatives have is the Republican Party.  It's not the fault of Conservatives that Republicans in Congress ran up massive deficits so that Democrats could settle enmasse in NOVA.  Virginia Republicans prefer having Democrats in power because they'd rather play victim than lead.

[Right_in_Virginia]

The biggest enemy that Conservatives have is the Republican Party.

The biggest enemy that conservatives have, most especially those of the boomer generation, is themselves. 

[Hoodat]

The biggest enemy that conservatives have, most especially those of the boomer generation, is themselves.

Conservatives aren't the ones consistently funding the Democrat Party with taxpayer money.  It's Republicans that are doing that.  $2 trillion every year.  All with your blessing.

[andy58-in-nh]

Sorry, Virginia: you bought it, you broke it.

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/2017239677565128738

[rustynail]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdofmoYcJNE

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I'll suggest the causation is when the state of Virginia helped create DC by donating state lands.

[jafo2010]

I know quite a few people in Virginia.  All are somewhat affluent, and they could not be happier that the Dems are running Virginia.  Not a one of them care about the increase in taxes.  Not a one!!!

My view, Virginia continues to shift more blue, largely because they are liberal wingnuts, most of the folks I know there.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Virginia is for Losers. 

Why is this ⬆️ the go to response from Conservatives and not this ⬇️

"Virginia concluded the 2025 fiscal year with a significant budget surplus, with Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office reporting a surplus of nearly $2.7 billion in July 2025, according to the Williamsburg Yorktown Daily. This surplus, which exceeded revenue projections by over $570 million, allowed for increased reserves and strengthened the state’s total cash position. So why raise taxes??   Answer: Democrats!"

Why do conservatives run from a golden persuasion opportunity and spit in the face of every moderate/conservative voter on théir way out the door?