Democratic Virginia House Speaker Don Scott lambasted Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin over his comments slamming a controversial school board member who had endorsed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger.
Chesterfield School Board member Dot Heffron drew intense criticism and calls to resign last week over a private Instagram story post celebrating the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10, in which she reportedly mentioned shooting Nazis. Heffron — who said she posted the Instagram story before she knew Kirk was dead — plans to resign on Dec. 31 in the wake of the controversy, Axios first reported on Sunday, which the school board accepted.
Youngkin criticized Spanberger for not denouncing the member’s endorsement of her campaign in a Tuesday social media post, writing that Spanberger “is no moderate and cowers when confronted with the extreme left in her party who cheer political assassinations.”
Why won’t Abigail Spanberger renounce the endorsement of Dot Heffron and demand her immediate resignation from the Chesterfield County School Board? For the same reason she can’t say whether men should be allowed in girls’ bathrooms: she is no moderate and cowers when confronted…
— Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) September 16, 2025