The Virginia General Assembly is set to return to Richmond bringing elected officials from all over the Commonwealth back to the capital to do the "peoples business".
With so many things that the Assembly could be focusing on to move Virginia forward, it is now post November focused upon changing the very nature of Virginia and all that it has stood for since the first legislative assembly of 1619.
The New Virginia Progressive movement of the Democrat Party of Virginia and its supporters at Blue Virginia have taken virtually all the oxygen out of the room in politics in the Commonwealth of Virginia. They no longer represent the value systems of even many Democrats living throughout the Commonwealth, especially those living in Southwest and Eastern Virginia. In fact, pro gun Democrats are now witnessing a movement within their Party that stands to reshape the very foundation of its own traditions and those Virginians have noticed.
The last several weeks has revealed the countless measures that the Progressives are pressuring Virginia Democrats to pass during the upcoming Virginia 2020 General Assembly. Yes the Democrats won majority in the Virginia Assembly but lets be honest and frankly Democrats should be honest with themselves; Democrats won majority by flipping two seats in the Virginia Senate in truth. Two.
Democrats secured Senate District 10 mostly due to the voters in City of Richmond and also District 13 due in part to the retiring of State Senator Dick Black which covers Loudoun County and Prince William County. Democrats now control the House of Delegates 55-45 and the Senate 21-19.
Loudoun and now after today Prince William County will have rejected the Second Amendment Sanctuary Resolution staying true to form with Progressives. Fairfax, Loudoun and Arlington is your highest concentration of Progressive Democrats in Virginia. In fact, the entire Democrat Party of Virginia and Caucus leadership in both chambers of the Assembly come from this region of the Commonwealth.
So much for that diversity Democrats always claim.
The Prince William County board last month approved the sanctuary measure but today the newly elected members from the November election who hold seats in the body have made it clear they intend to undo the initial support for a gun sanctuary in Prince William County.
This is course no surprise. Its politics and Virginia Democrats put politics before everything. Yes everything. We have seen it just last week as Virginia Democrats condemn the President for authorizing drone attack that killed the biggest terrorist organizer in the Middle East. Instead of putting country, Commonwealth and Constitution first; they put petty politics first.
The Progressive leadership now that has become the compass for the Virginia Democrats does not represent all Democrats however and many would be wise to acknowledge this fact. There are a half dozen seats in the House of Delegates that were won by Democrats by less than eight points in November. Eight point with less than average Republican turnout.
If the election were held tomorrow would the results in many of these House Districts be the same? Maybe but one should also remember that over twenty seats went unopposed in November. That certainly would not be the case today.
It is time now that Patriots enter "opposition" mode in Richmond. This requires identifying those votes that may be swayed to opposing Governor Ralph Northam's and State Senator Dick Saslaw gun legislation.
If you are attending Lobby Day on January 20th in Richmond, be sure to check back on the blog for Jonathan Scott's upcoming "So You Want to Lobby Your Assembly" guest contribution coming this week.
Jonathan Scott created one of the single most defining second amendment sanctuary movement pages in Virginia back in November 2019 providing information on the grassroots movement county by county with hundreds of contributors from around the Commonwealth. The group highly screens membership in the group and will be creating a leadership group page soon which is an offshoot of the main group that will be for #2AStrong representatives monitoring localities throughout Virginia and being the ground component to inform and register voters in the representatives home localities and attend local meetings.
The main group can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/578238489390036/
One aspect that Jonathan Scott stresses for those who are supporting the #2AStrong movement is not only focus on ones own Delegate or State Senator. For example, if your Delegate supports upholding the Constitution than focus on those officials that do not. Work on email campiangs or facebook to convince them and let them know that you are committed toward supporting only officials that uphold the Constitution. Your support can come in various ways but the most important outside of voting will be to financially support or volunteer in opposition to said officials next campaign.
There are also plans underway for the creation of 2A Political Action Committee (PAC)for Virginia to help support and elect pro-2A officials in the 2021 House of Delegate races and the nex Governor's race in the Commonwealth. Part of a Take Back Virginia and #TurnVaRed initiative.
After all, Virginia faces these unconstitutional proposals because of outside support and campaign volunteers that Democrats were provided from outside the Commonwealth in 2019. Democrats took millions of donations and contributions from non-Virginians in order to secure the majority.
Two House seats that the #2AStrong movement has targeted this session that Patriots should consider are the following:
House of Delegates District 75
House of Delegates District 83
House of Delegates District 83:
Democrat Delegate Nancy Guy. This is Republican Chris Stolle's former district. Guy defeated Stolle 49.97 to 49.85% in November. Virginia Beach constituency.
Virginia Beach City just passed #2AStrong sanctuary resolution
House of Delegates District 75:
Democrat Delegate Roslyn Tyler defeated Republican Otto Wachsmann
50.98 to 48.89% in November. Gun owning constituency.
Brunswick County, Emporia, Franklin, Greensville, Lunenburg, Southampton, Sussex
The counties in this district are #2AStrong gun sanctuaries
So what these two examples illustrate is you have Democrats outside the Progressive Northern Virginia localities that won very close elections in November that now have local governing bodies going against Richmond and the Democrat Party with their support for the Constitution.
These are two Democrats who should be lobbied on Lobby Day or contacted directly via email or facebook pages for Virginians (all Virginians) to share with them their concerns with the direction Richmond is moving.
Again, if the election were held tomorrow and voters were informed to the effort underway in Richmond by Progressives the outcome in these two examples would be quite different. Voters need to make the Delegates aware of that fact.
There are certainly other districts as well which the #2AStrong movement intends to highlight moving forward going into the next election cycle as well.
Today, Prince William County will do the bidding of the Progressives and undo the sanctuary resolution the previous Board supported last month. This comes right after Fairfax County State Senator David Marsden called pro-2A supporters "crazy" and "little kids" at a recent meeting. This of course follows State Senator Dick Saslaw-Majority Leader calling pro-2A supporters "delusional".
This is simply the politics of destruction by Northern Virginia Progressives. They never debate the merits of their legislation but rather attack Virginians who have opposing positions. Virginians must continue to fight and stay in the fight working to oppose each and every piece of legislation set to defy our traditions and heritage with regard to the US Constitution.
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