WASHINGTON — Furious conservatives have branded newly sworn-in Dem Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger the “White Witch” and a “Bond villain” after she signed and queued up a dizzying array of lefty policies to jumpstart her four-year governorship — after running as a moderate pragmatist.
During her first week, Spanberger (D) quashed her predecessor’s policy requiring state and local law enforcement to partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and vowed to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to slash carbon emissions, among other moves.
Democrats in the General Assembly have also unveiled a firehose of hardcore progressive legislation now that they have full control of the commonwealth.