Tag: Jacob Grandstaff
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Do Democrats Really Believe in a Constitutional Republic?
The meltdown over the Virginia Supreme Court striking down Democrats’ illegal gerrymandering shows how far they’ve fallen from America’s constitutional foundations. by Jacon Grandstaff The childish meltdown Democrats have had in reaction to the Virginia Supreme Court’s striking down their unconstitutional gerrymandering shows they don’t know much about our republican form of government or simply…
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Virginia Surrenders to the National Popular Vote Movement
The Electoral College provides a brilliant safeguard for the republic and must be guarded. by Jacob Grandstaff On April 14, Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) signed Virginia into the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC), which brings the total electoral votes in the compact to 222. Only 48 electoral votes remain to trigger the scheme that would award…
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Democrats: Trust the Machines
In a blow to election integrity, HB968 will ban hand counting ballots in almost all cases. by Jacob Grandstaff With Democrats controlling the legislature and the Governor’s mansion under Abigail Spanberger, Virginia is on the verge of enacting an election bill that requires machine-counting and restricts hand-counting to cases when a machine scanner is broken…
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Taxing Everything That Moves
Leaf blowers, guns, dog walking, dry cleaning—full government control means everything gets taxed in Democrats’ Virginia. by Jacob Grandstaff It’s a truism that when Democrats gain a trifecta—full control of a state’s executive and legislative branches—they tend to tax every human activity. Virginia Democrats are aiming to exceed the stereotype by taxing animal activity, too.…
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Securing the Vote
New Jersey Democrats do a better job with election integrity than Virginia Democrats, who take their cues from California. by Jacob Grandstaff The Nov. 4 elections were disappointing for Republicans in that they weren’t surprising for Democrats. New Jersey is a reliably blue state that sometimes swings purple, and Virginia is a reliably purple state…
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Marc Elias’ Political Machine Rides to the Rescue
The powerful Democrat law firm that bankrolled the Steele dossier is now defending a Virginia candidate accused of running in a district where she doesn’t reside. by Jacob Grandstaff Once again, the Elias Law Group has arrived to defend an embattled Democrat, this time in Stafford County, Virginia. The firm, founded by Marc Elias—the same…
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Punish Perverse Beltway Counties by Cutting Transportation Funding
Northern Virginia counties that let students use the opposite sex’s bathrooms and locker rooms can pay to pave their own streets. We won’t. by Jacob Grandstaff President Donald Trump’s administration should pull all Department of Transportation funding from counties and cities whose school boards continue to push far-left gender ideology. A good place to start…
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Hashmi a Radical on Abortion, Gun Control
by Jacob Grandstaff State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, the Democrats’ pick for Virginia’s Lt. Governor, has cultivated a social policy record more suited to San Francisco and New York City than the commonwealth she seeks to represent. From her attacks on the sanctity of life to her assault on Virginians’ Second Amendment rights, her agenda represents…
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Jones a Woke Champion for Criminals
Jones’ soft-on-crime, anti-police stances will undermine public safety in Virginia by Jacob Grandstaff Virginia Democrat Attorney General candidate Jay Jones has persistently demonstrated a troubling pattern of leniency toward criminals through his legislative record and statements. Virginians deserve an attorney general who will prioritize public safety and uphold the rule of law—not someone who will…
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Jay Jones—Corporate Defender, Public Pretender
Democrat Jay Jones’s record reveals a champion for large, well-connected entities at the expense of everyday citizens. by Jacob Grandstaff Virginia Democrat Attorney General candidate Jay Jones presents himself as a defender of the working poor, but his career and political history tell a different story—a lawyer and legislator who consistently prioritizes corporate giants over…
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A Champion of the People… or the Elites?
by Jacob Grandstaff Democrat AG candidate Jay Jones pretends to support social justice while cozying up to fat-cat elitists who exploit the poor. In the race for Virginia’s Attorney General, Democrat candidate Jay Jones pitches himself as a defender of justice, but his record paints a different picture — one of a politician rolling out…
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In the AG Race, Who’s Fighting Illegal Alien Crime?
by Jacob Grandstaff This November, Virginia faces a clear choice between an attorney general who protects its citizens and a candidate who defends illegal aliens. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares’ fight against illegal alien crime contrasts starkly with Democrat challenger Jay Jones, who supports giving free benefits to illegal aliens and shielding them from deportation. Miyares has…