Episode 38: Virginia Redistricting: Spanberger's 93 Days of Broken Promises

Virginia redistricting is happening right now, and most people have no idea what Governor Abigail Spanberger just signed into law. She won the Virginia governor's race by 15 points running as a moderate who explicitly promised no redistricting. Three months later, she signed HB29, one of the most gerrymandered maps in the country, and is now polling as the most unpopular Virginia governor in 30 years. In this episode, I walk through Spanberger's first 93 days: the Virginia redistricting reversal she swore wouldn't happen, her refusal to honor an ICE detainer for a man with over 30 arrests, 50+ new taxes proposed in her first weeks in office, and the bill she just signed handing Virginia's electoral votes to whoever wins the national popular vote, not who Virginians actually voted for.