HAWKINS: In defense of Spanberger’s collective bargaining veto
By Joshua Hawkins | July 3, 2026If passed, the bill would have sparked a budgetary train wreck.
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If passed, the bill would have sparked a budgetary train wreck.
In Virginia, constitutional limits do not yield to political expediency.
Without these important initiatives, hospitals risk losing vital information that can be indispensable in diagnosing and documenting deadly diseases.
Rather than addressing real concerns like the rising cost of living and economic uncertainty, Democrats seem hellbent on destroying Virginia’s institutions and violently muzzling half of the state.
Conclusively, Virginia Democrats’ approach to gun policy is an arbitrary classification that is not grounded in safety — it is grounded in hysteria.
In practice, however, the perplexing difficulties created by the Disciplines far outweigh any pedagogical benefit.
With the turmoil at the federal level dominating much of the 2025 campaign, voters did not cast their ballot with an appetite for statewide left-wing activism — they cast their ballot hoping for some semblance of normalcy.
Ultimately, Democrats should be in the business of convincing voters that their policy positions will benefit the lives of everyday Virginians.
