by Dick Hall-Sizemore

Virginia Republicans seem to be very frustrated with their party’s attempts to thwart the redistricting changes being pushed by Virginia Democrats.

A lot of their frustration has been directed at former Gov. Youngkin. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the incumbent Republican members of Congress,whose seats are in jeopardy, met with Youngkin to implore him to “help with fundraising, ad messaging and other efforts to drive their voters to turn out.” Rep. Rob Wittman (R-First) said that Youngkin “was adamant to say he was not going to get involved.” Wittman went on to say, “Glenn is just missing in action. If you’re not going to fight for your own state, for your own party, that’s pretty poor testament to what you would do if the president were to select you for a position.”

Others are complaining by the lack of support from national Republican organizations. The Virginia Political Newsletter quoted Sen. Glenn Sturtevant (R-Chesterfield) as lamenting:

“[Democrats have] like $20 million to push this budget referendum, they’re playing ads on TV all day, every day, and there’s really nothing in response that’s comparable. And the reason for that is that the money is just not coming down from the National Republican groups. And I can’t give you a good answer as to why that is, they have seemed to be very focused on making sure that the Epstein files were not released. They had plenty of time and effort to spend on that. I know that they were in session last week because they voted to not disclose the congressional sexual harassment slush fund. So they were very focused on that. If it involves sending bombs and munitions to other countries, they will move heaven and earth to make sure that happens. But when we have this illegal constitutional referendum going on in Virginia, we’re not seeing a whole lot of help from our federal partners.”