by Kerry Dougherty

Never forget what happened six years ago today. And how power-drunk despots like former Gov. Ralph Northam used a pandemic – and phony science – to stomp all over the constitutionally protected rights of Virginians.

It could happen again. You’ve been warned.

Yep, it was March 12, 2020, when Northam declared a state of emergency because of the covid 19 virus.

That was quickly followed by Executive Order 51, the first in a long succession of increasingly restrictive – and nonsensical – rules spit out by a midwit in the Governor’s Mansion.

The state of emergency was supposed to expire on June 10, 2020. It was finally lifted on June 31, 2021.

By then, businesses had closed, many for good. The sick had died alone, without the comfort of loved ones in their final hours. Alzheimer patients withered away, lost in their memory centers where no one visited them and everyone wore masks. School children fell hopelessly behind in their studies. Children as young as five were forced to wear face diapers. Sobriety ended for many who relied on daily in-person AA meetings.

And churches were shuttered after Northam blamed church attendance on the spread of the virus. Continue reading.