Spanberger Just BETRAYED Virginia Democrats — 29 Vetoes In Four Months

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit michaelfanone.substack.comI don’t do politics like a fan club. If you’re delivering, I’ll say it. If you’re screwing the people who put you in office, I’ll say that too. And I’m going to say it louder when it’s a Democrat — because right now Democrats are the only party in this country that still acts like representative government is real. Republicans aren’t “the other side.” They’re a cult built around one guy and a permanent loyalty test. So when a Democrat wins, I expect them to govern like it matters.Which is why watching Governor Abigail Spanberger rack up 29 vetoes in four months — with Democrats controlling the legislature — feels like getting punched in the throat by someone you helped get into the ring. This isn’t a divided government situation. This is a Democratic trifecta. And Spanberger is burning her own party’s agenda like she’s still in a congressional committee meeting trying to rewrite every bill into her perfect version — instead of doing the job governors are elected to do: deliver.If your campaign is “affordability,” and the first four months of your administration are you vetoing the major affordability pieces your own party fought to pass…It sends a message that the problem isn’t Republican obstruction anymore — it’s Democrats getting in their own way when they finally have the power to act.I want Spanberger to succeed. I wouldn’t have shown up for her if I didn’t. But this isn’t Washington. This is Virginia. We didn’t grind through years of Youngkin vetoes just to win the trifecta and watch our own governor set a modern record blocking the agenda voters asked for. If she ran for this job to be a national “centrist” brand in 2028, she needs to remember something: Virginians didn’t elect her as a résumé line. They elected her to govern. And right now, she’s governing like “perfect” matters more than “progress.” That’s not leadership — it’s letting the moment slip away.If you’re a Virginian, call her office. Be loud. If you volunteered, donated, knocked doors — make it clear this isn’t what you signed up for. Because if Democrats can’t deliver when they actually have power, we don’t just lose policies — we lose trust. And in 2026, that’s not an abstract problem. That’s how the door opens for the authoritarians again.🟧 Paid subscribers get 15% off your next merch order🟧 Founding Members get 20% off for lifeYou’ll get the link in your welcome email.GET DISCOUNTS BELOW! ENJOY!