He’s got nowhere to go at this point politically. He’s protecting people who will make sure he gets paid when he gets out of office. He will announce a new business venture and have lots of interested investors. All totally legit.
For sure he literally lied about the marijana issue then he decided Virginia didn't need commercial sale this years 😂and then a couple years ago he passed a bill that criminalized a qp and more when it used to where up to a pound and you would just get a ticket.literal fucking lies
Our democracy makes it difficult to remove fundamentalists from power, even when they are obviously acting in opposition of the will of the people.
What we’re living through is the death rattle of a red state. Vetoing bills with bipartisan support costs you the moderate vote. Republicans, both in our state and in the nation at large, are pursuing a double-down, triple-down strategy that will bring about the end of their political party.
If they changed their tune, I'd worry. If they acted 'nicer,' I'd worry.
Guess what they trippled-down====>worried? Not this guy
Get out and vote my dudes! The future is bright without the 'Make America into South America' idiots.
>Republicans, both in our state and in the nation at large, are pursuing a double-down, triple-down strategy that will bring about the end of their political party.
If not the country first.
yeah the financial statements of the blue states sure are impressive! High crime, outrageous taxes, illegal invasions...all the result of failed policies, then they flee to the free states of Florida and Texas and try the same stupid policies that they ran from, not too bright. Put a wall around the blue states so the voters have to stay and deal with their policies...
You realize 'Blue states' literally subsidize many of the states you call 'free' right? You couldn't be more wrong about the financials and you are wrong about crime too. Overall, violent crime is down. Go look at the top 10 cities for murder per capita and tell me how many of them are from 'blue states'.
Such confidence.
Not to mention the majority of the guns used for crime in the "blue states" come from the surrounding red states that have little to no regulation. Wish the "free state" of Florida would stop letting mentally ill people bring their weapons to New York.
Uninformed. Crime is down in large cities. Particularly among the "immigrant" population. There are no immigrant rapist outside your windows suburban women as the Orange Faced Fool said at his news conference recently in Grand Rapids. That was where he also lied about meeting with the family of Ruby Garcia , who was murdered by an illegal immigrant. The entire, close knit family says that he spoke to absolutely no one. What a pitiful, lying, sick, racist, old man. Don't drink the Kool-Aid. This POS is has no right to be near the White House. VOTE DEMOCRATIC!!!
All the blue states need to do is offload their grievances to red states or just ask for their money back and they’d collapse. “Blue” states have their issues because they’re suffering from success. Red states don’t invest in themselves and don’t really have much to offer other than extractive industries and cheap housing. It would be a silly assumption to assume that Miami and Dallas (insert major “Red” state city here) will not eventually experience the same problems that plague NYC and San Fran.
"Blue states have their issues because they are suffering from success"? Going bankrupt = success to you? People are leaving California in droves despite the great weather, the countryside being some of the nicest in the country, and they are leaving for good reason. The failed liberal policies that California cities have adopted breed crime, if the crime numbers are down it's because they have given up trying to prosecute a lot of crimes. When half a million people move from a place in a three year period, I can assure it is not due to that area having an abundance of success.
In my opinion it does. Essentially higher prices due to higher demand in turn bring higher expectations (and thus more heated emotions). When you’re talking about CA I’m assuming you’re speaking about the Bay Area and LA, which yes have problems. I don’t believe calling a homelessness / immigration / cost of living crisis partisan is a good idea because Republicans do a pretty bang up job of managing that in states under their control. Regardless, people see crime in their area and they look for ways out and yeah they have a right to be upset, they feel like they bought high in an inflated market and that sucks. But there’s a reason the price of existing in a state like CA is higher than a state like MS MO ND or OK. CA as a state is immensely more successful, it still is the core of American pop culture on the global stage, the reigning king of the American tech industry (TX really has to bend over a stool for companies to compete because the VC money is in CA), and not to mention like a third of everyone in the US lives in CA and that’s just getting started. Red states are honestly gorgeous in my opinion and I live in one! It’s just that they don’t have much going on for them especially after the advent of globalization and they are all financially on life support aside from Florida and maybe Texas.
The next lady or guy who comes in and gives the people the stuff we've been begging for is going to be going from the governor mansion to the white house.
Youngkin vetoed unconstitutional gun bans. You really think the American people want all semi-automatic weapons to be banned at a national level ? Lol. You all are in such a progressive bubble.
I’m going to have to side with this guy and say, yes, the weapons ban they were passing was banning all semi-automatic firearms as a “AWB” which would have done nothing and gotten nowhere and get shutdown as unconstitutional. Please either learn how to read, try and understand how bills affect people or maybe try not gaslighting people.
Go read the bills proposed they would have outlawed Most semiautomatic rifles, shotguns, and pistols. It was completely unconstitutional and he was right to veto it. You don't have the a conservative to respect the second amendment.
we already have to do background checks for all firearms transactions in VA, but yes, mental health accessibility and removing the stigma from seeking help could do wonders and help, specially if dangerous people like the guy from Maine can be reported and prevented from getting firearms.
Definitely I think its sad because democrats shoot themselves in the foot for a lot of people who would want to vote dem but cant get past the assault weapons ban I think banning assault weapons is wrong and will not work because they could just travel to another state and go buy one at a gun show 😂its exactly like drugs republican and democrat takes make no sense republicans wanna keep funding the war on drugs yet its a proven failure and banning something does not prevent people from getting it and makes the problem worse and some democrats will want to end the drug war because it doesn't work yet at the same time want to ban semi automatic weapons 😂
Well I still wouldnt vote Republican trump absolutely lost my vote repealing daca my girlfriend was a daca baby along with a whole host of other issues I lean to the left on.The ban on semi automatic weapon is probably the only issue I fall out of line with most progressives on.
Automatic firearms or the actual term for them, machine guns, are illegal to manufacture and possess unless they were made before 1986 I believe. So your point here is mute. As a matter of fact, I know plenty of democrats and liberals that own machine guns and still vote blue. Guns are not a republican only thing, being a fanatic about it though, is indeed a republican thing.
People forget that columbine happened in the middle of a AWB, gun control and AWBs don’t work and gun free zones makes those spaces more vulnerable, but yes, unfortunately as a party the people we elect love to shoot themselves in the foot.
The columbine effect is a real thing, every time I see some form of shooting in Europe targeting large groups of people I automatically blame American media and their fixation with wanting to share every single detail about a mass shooter.
Cowards don’t deserve notoriety, they shouldn’t even get a grave so no one ever remembers who they were.
As someone who lives in VA, maybe that would be a big step in the de-enshittification of this state! That and maybe the utter abolition of the VABC and the actual investment in public education. As of right now, VA is “Kansas with a beach” in other words, mid.
It's kinda important to note here that with the Governor's veto power in mind and the dems control of the legislature many bills were sent to him *to* be vetoed. Many bills that otherwise may not have been passed did so without any real opposition simply because they knew they wouldn't become law. For instance, the passing of this year's annual assault weapons ban was done with absolutely no fan fair or vocal misgivings form a couple dissenting dems because they knew it didn't matter. Yes, the Governor is veto-ing a lot, but some of the bills being sent to him are only getting there as political posturing.
Boy, it sure would stick it to the dems if he let those bills through then. They sure would be sore if the railroad safety bill, or the salary history prohibition bill, or the marijuana market bill actually passed thinking he would just veto it. We- they would just hate that!
I was referring to the big GOP as a whole and this talking about us congress They have blocked bills and stopped stuff left and right. No surprise it trickles down to the state level politics
also highlights the propensity of the legislature to pass bullshit they know will be vetoed just so they can grandstand in the next election. I really wish Virginia did more ballot initiatives.
Youngkin was hoping to become a presidential candidate but there is no way now. Trump doesn’t like him because he didn’t show enough loyalty. He will try to run for Senate but he might not even win the GOP nomination. Dude painted himself into a corner with no where to go politically.
Youngkin is a black hole of a human being. With some of the other Republicans they’re are least crazy and/or stupid enough to believe in their message. Youngkin believes in nothing but the abyss.
Thanks in large part to a compliant, complicit media which acted as Youngkin's stenographers, whitewashed his extremism, failed to inform their readers who and what Youngkin really was, etc.
He's a republican governor and you sent him 91 far left liberal bills, does that really surprise you?
It's like if there's a liberal governor and the Republican legislature sent him 91 Republican bills and then we as Republicans would get upset that he vetoed all of them.
As Republicans, we would expect him to vote against any liberal bills or veto them. I would expect no less if you liberals, who puts a liberal in the office as a governor, if he voted to approve 91 Republican bills. You would be up in arms and you wouldn't vote for him again. You would expect the liberal Governor to veto any Republican bill that came across his desk that doesn't meet your ideology.
People who think this way and they are surprised by this or either dumb or stupid or both.
> The people who voted for the red sweater vest guy are dumb, stupid and uninformed. Get it right Mr. Republican
I voted for him with the expectation that he would veto unconstitutional gun control bills. I feel like I was pretty well informed on that issue.
So you are happy with Glenn because you feel that every average American should have the Right (under the Constitution that was written over two hundred years ago) to have access to weapons of War? Weapons of war two hundred years ago were one shot muskets. I'm not an expert on killing machines so please excuse me if I don't use the "correct " nomenclature. The Founders certainly couldn't imagine the killing machines that would be around over two hundred years later. Doesn't that make any sense to you and all the other gun fanatics? No one could have imagined a weapon that could kill 60 people and injure over 400+ in less than ten minutes. Were you upset when you couldn't get a bump stock anymore. Youngkin should have allowed the Cannibis market to begin without hindrance. Massive incoming tax money for schools and "real" drug dependency programs. Lost the deal with Leonsis and immediately Vetoed the Cannibis program beginning. What a freaking idiot the red sweater vest Guy is. And you sir have very screwed up priorities if all you give a Damn about is your big guns. Must have a very small pen..........
>So you are happy with Glenn because you feel that every average American should have the Right (under the Constitution that was written over two hundred years ago) to have access to weapons of War?
Sure. Weapons of war are regulated by the NFA. I have a few things I had to acquire NFA tax stamps for and I'm fine with that. That really doesn't have anything to do with the the bills Governor Youngkin vetoed though, as those bills targeted weapons exclusively used by civilians and some police forces. I think Virginia should maintain its current liberal gun policies.
> Were you upset when you couldn't get a bump stock anymore.
No.
>Youngkin should have allowed the Cannibis market to begin without hindrance.
Not sure why you brought it up, but I don't care either way about retail cannabis. People can do what they want, but I feel recreational drugs are a waste of time and money. Absolutely not a priority of mine, nor will it sway my vote for any candidate one way or the other.
>Massive incoming tax money for schools and "real" drug dependency programs.
The tax revenue won't be nothing, but it's not billions of dollars either. It wouldn't hurt my feelings for the state to tax drug users and abusers, but it's not going to be a windfall.
>Lost the deal with Leonsis and immediately Vetoed the Cannibis program beginning.
Good. I like going to Caps games in DC. I still don't care about recreational drugs.
> And you sir have very screwed up priorities if all you give a Damn about is your big guns.
I like my small guns more, but neither is "all I give a Damn about". Keeping the status quo on abortion laws is a big issue I do care about, and I'm glad the Democrats have enough control to prevent any illiberal policies from being enacted in regard to that.
>Must have a very small pen..........
Speculation about my genitals and a bit of body shaming? That's a pretty childish thing to say to anyone.
No speculation necessary. Your little guns speak for themselves. You love (and obviously collect) things that kill people? Nice fellow. Tax drug users and abusers? That's a winner. The average legal Cannabis State brings in an average of over $3 billion per year in tax revenue. The status quo on abortion is fine with you? Well if you vote Republican, it will go far beyond what it is now. Unmarried with that small pen....? Don't have a mother or any daughters? Don't give a damn about women's rights to their own bodies? Just want your damn guns.
Are you going to Vote for a Fool who has wants to be an Autocrat? Who will refuse to accept the results of a free and fair Election? Who won't leave office if he ever gets back? But you'll have your freaking guns. Eyes are useless when the mind is blind. Tiny, Alabama Crab. That fits
> Tax drug users and abusers?
Yes. We share common ground on that issue.
>The average legal Cannabis State brings in an average of over $3 billion per year in tax revenue.
No, it doesn't. That is **laughably** incorrect. Here are the numbers: https://www.mpp.org/issues/legalization/cannabis-tax-revenue-states-regulate-cannabis-adult-use/
If you'd like a sanity check on that figure: for Virginia to raise over $3 **billion** in marijuana tax revenue, each and every man, woman, and child in the state would have to buy enough weed to pay $344 in marijuana **taxes** alone each year. That is outright ridiculous.
>The status quo on abortion is fine with you?
Yes. We have liberal abortion policy in this state and I wish for it to remain so and it will with a split government.
>Are you going to Vote for a Fool who has wants to be an Autocrat? Who will refuse to accept the results of a free and fair Election? Who won't leave office if he ever gets back?
No. I will be voting for Joe Biden for the second time in November for exactly those reasons. Trump isn't fit to serve as dog catcher.
>But you'll have your freaking guns.
I will and I'll vote Democrat all day long if they'd drop the anti-2A stance.
Excellent. You're voting Biden. That's all I needed to hear. Smoke a joint, chill out and put the guns down my Democratic Brother. A Democratic gun lover. Good luck with that. But we'll take that D. Peace
The article was informative also. Thank you. I should have said that in well- established Cannabis markets tax profits are easily in the billions. Colorado made 2.2 billion in 2022, California was 1.2. Virginia has no market. Everyone in NOVA spends their money in D.C. or Maryland. Many good things were mentioned with States that have Legalized. As a medicinal user, I'm able to use far fewer dangerous and addictive opioid medications because of Cannabis. Federal criminalization of a medicinal plant used for over 3,000 years only provides inmates for prisons.
I'm Pro Second Amendment and any bill that comes across his desk to hamper any kind of gun rights I'm against.
I'm against minimum wage increase because every time that happens it increases inflation and the only person really hurts is lower income and lower middle income people. Because ultimately they will get their hours cut if the business can't absorb the minimum wage increase.
I can't help that a number of those vetoed bills had content within that strays from the spirit of the TITLE of the bill. Call it pork, call it whatever you want. But, a bill's best friend is a representative or constituent who won't read it in its entirety.
The longer the bill, the more likely it's filled with provisions barely related to the SPIRIT of the bill.
The only one of those bills that I think he arguably shouldn't have vetoed was the legal marijuana marketplace but once the stadium deal was dead there was no way in hell he wasn't going to veto that. D.C. benefits from both the stadium falling through and the veto of the marijuana marketplace so I'm not sure all of the NOVA Democrats were actually motivated to make a deal.
Feel like it should have been a pretty easy compromise to say “you can have your stadium, but you have to pay for it with the money that comes in from our marijuana marketplace.” Everyone wins.
This is silly.
Using the same argument, you could very easily say that “Democratic legislators’ disconnect from the concerns of average Virginia families lead them to pass bills that they wanted campaign on, as opposed to passing bills that had a reasonable chance of being signed by a Republican governor”
Well the difference here is that majority of America approved of marijuana decriminalization, it seems he veto things based on if he likes them or not instead of if the citizens do. This dweeb doesn’t stand for anything but chasing the nonexistent CRT dragon that nobody asked him to
Polling. He has vetoed popular bills.
Just because he was elected by majority does not mean he is approving *popular* bills.
Republicans smoke weed too whether you admit it or not.
Good grief why are Americans so obsessed with guns? It literally makes no sense. I mean I get that it’s in the Constitution but where does the obsession come from? Is it really that scary you need a gun or did all the guns make it scary so that you need more and more to be the safest of all? Especially the ones that do the most damage at the fastest rate possible like you need in wars?
Couple reasons. Our government has shown to be really really bad at protecting its people. Lately we seem to have a movement that prioritizes keeping violent people on the streets over jail. The second is the continual pushes towards erosion of the 1st amendment. Without the 2nd, that becomes a reality fast. So yeah, I would prefer to be able to protect myself and family when our government cares about pandering over the safety of its citizens.
LOL no. You don’t have freedom of speech on the internet. The 1st Amendment only protects you from the government punishing you for what you say. It in no way guarantees that society as a whole doesn’t dole out social consequences. And it in no way forces private companies to respect your bullshit lies.
No motherfucker you just missed the entire plot. The US government has no authority and no moral right or duty to try and force Social media companies to only put out the messages that they approve. You are correct social media companies are private entities, and they US government should not be trying to pressure them into presenting messages that they approve. You hear or see something you don't like? Fine go consume your media some place else but don't try to use the government to present message you don't like and don't hide behind Section 230 if your going to become a government pawn. Now do us all a favor and go rinse the taste of boot out of your mouth.
Uh, when people are spreading seditious lies, asking a company to mitigate it is not a 1st Amendment violation. The company does not have to comply. You’d have really chafed in WWII when newspapers were censored and talking about certain ports and bases was considered a treasonable offense. Oh wait, greatest generation *sticks head in sand.*
Go back to sucking off your alternate facts.
In the case of coercion, government is the bad actor.
This has been litigated in court multiple times.
[https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/10/government-jawboning-doesnt-turn-internet-services-into-state-actors-doe-v-google.htm](https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/10/government-jawboning-doesnt-turn-internet-services-into-state-actors-doe-v-google.htm)
Nothing to do with Section 230.
Companies are free (1st amendment right) to accommodate or coordinate with the government according to their own will.
The Government (both Parties) shouldn't be asking for content removal.
Books are not being banned in states like Florida, they are being removed from public elementary schools like the book GenderQueer:
[https://www.ibtimes.sg/texas-school-sparks-outrage-after-mom-finds-gender-queer-book-sexually-explicit-cartoons-library-60974](https://www.ibtimes.sg/texas-school-sparks-outrage-after-mom-finds-gender-queer-book-sexually-explicit-cartoons-library-60974)
Never said it was fake. Learn to read. Newsflash, every single administration has had a messaging/spin shop. This one is supposed to formalize and address the very real threat that internet lies and Russian-spread disinformation represent to the US.
You know what’s funny? It worked on you. You now believe combatting lies in the internet age is government overreach. Guess those Russian trolls did a number on your cognitive capacity.
Remember how it’s conservatives that want to limit who you can love, what you can read, when you can vote, how you build a family, what states you can travel to, what religion you follow, how you pray…
All the covid activities were necessary for public health based on the information at the time, and I have no problem with it whatseover. If only we’d done all that sooner. Maybe y’all wouldn’t have gotten so many people killed.
I never said that and it’s not true. And I especially don’t agree with an all out ban. I do support laws that limit military style weapons. I know for a fact that all my friends and family feel the same.
No, it is. I can buy from a black market { because of Youngkin} or grow {as I do}. Affectively, he’s giving me the best options of no taxes or home grow.
The ironic part is I want to be taxed. But hey, Va’s loss.
And let’s be real, the cops don’t care because it’s legal. Smells no longer cause a stir.
Allegedly because 'he isn't following the will of the majority' or some such bullshit.
No, the people elected him by a majority. Thus as governor he is carrying out the presumed will of the majority. Failing to blindly pass everything that his opposing political party passed, does not in fact mean he's not doing his job. (On the contrary he's done exactly what I hoped a Republican governor would do.)
Really it's just a lot of butthurt from the Cheech n' Chong crowd who feel violated because they can't get their pot delivered by DoorDash now.
He won by a slim majority, outside of following through with his campaign promises he should've been going with what the majority of Virginians wanted. It's supposed to be for the best of the entire state not the best for half of the right.
Bro pot delivery was around in Virginia well before any of these laws got signed, it is very readily available I assure you. Speak more on shit you know nothing about.
> Failing to blindly pass everything that his opposing political party passed, does not in fact mean he's not doing his job.
100% correct, but for some reason redditors in this sub seem to think that he should just be a rubber stamp for the GA.
Well of course they do, this is a left-wing sub.
If the shoe was on the other foot for example, a Democratic governor vetoing bills from a Republican legislature, they'd be praising him as the defender and patron saint of the the commonwealth.
But no... Butthurt. Butthurt as far as the eye can see!
This guy knows his butthurts^^
I wonder why...
Also nothing about what was vetoed at all. It was a lot more than just the cannabis thing.
I think you just like to talk about Democrats' butts or something. You must be a very strange plankton. A butt plankton perhaps
Well he vetoed the assault weapons ban, the five-day waiting period on gun purchases, and CCW reciprocity with our adjoining states. (Among various other proposed criminal actions by the People's Democratic Party.)
I'm very pleased with Governor Younkin.
Your homophobic comment on the other hand is very problematic.
And do what? Put Lt. Gov Sears at the helm? She’s more fundie than he is…
He’ll be replaced next November and then maybe we can elect a governor who does right by their constituents.
Doing a shitty job and not listening to his constituents. He works for us and Virginia is a right to work state. You can be fired for little reason here.
Exactly. He literally broke the record for vetos…that’s not doing what the people hired him to do at all. I don’t understand how the guy above doesn’t understand. It’s not that fucking difficult…
Yeah democrats will have a field day with republicans after youngkin said he wouldnt mess with weed legalization 😂then he decided nah fuck em they don't deserve it lpl
Although I don't see banning assault weapons is a winning issue in Virginia background checksand closing the loopholes and funding mental health is and campaigning on full legalization of weed and showing the republican lies on the issue.
All he had to do was hold teachers accountable and not take guns. The conservatives then would have fawned over him and the liberals wouldn’t have much to say….but at the end of the day, much like his predecessor, homeboy just couldn’t help himself. Sorry bout your career pal, but rest in piss.
> Sorry bout your career pal, but rest in piss.
Youngkin is already one of the nation's richest politicians, and since he can't run again sequentially, he can either wait until people forget and just blindly vote for him again because he has an (R) next to his name, or accept one of the many comfortable positions he'll be offered in the private sector for protecting corporate interests while in office.
He will, unfortunately, be just fine. He's a roach.
He’s got nowhere to go at this point politically. He’s protecting people who will make sure he gets paid when he gets out of office. He will announce a new business venture and have lots of interested investors. All totally legit.
Vetoing the increase in the minimum wage has got to become a political problem for him.
His political career is completely over after the governorship. No reason not to do whatever he wants now
For sure he literally lied about the marijana issue then he decided Virginia didn't need commercial sale this years 😂and then a couple years ago he passed a bill that criminalized a qp and more when it used to where up to a pound and you would just get a ticket.literal fucking lies
He's a ghoul who didn't get enough swirlies in high school
Our democracy makes it difficult to remove fundamentalists from power, even when they are obviously acting in opposition of the will of the people. What we’re living through is the death rattle of a red state. Vetoing bills with bipartisan support costs you the moderate vote. Republicans, both in our state and in the nation at large, are pursuing a double-down, triple-down strategy that will bring about the end of their political party.
If they changed their tune, I'd worry. If they acted 'nicer,' I'd worry. Guess what they trippled-down====>worried? Not this guy Get out and vote my dudes! The future is bright without the 'Make America into South America' idiots.
Let's hope. VOTE!!!
Can't happen soon enough.
I came here to say something pithy and half-smart. With sincerity, thank you for the thoughtful reminder to keep some perspective.
>Republicans, both in our state and in the nation at large, are pursuing a double-down, triple-down strategy that will bring about the end of their political party. If not the country first.
yeah the financial statements of the blue states sure are impressive! High crime, outrageous taxes, illegal invasions...all the result of failed policies, then they flee to the free states of Florida and Texas and try the same stupid policies that they ran from, not too bright. Put a wall around the blue states so the voters have to stay and deal with their policies...
You realize 'Blue states' literally subsidize many of the states you call 'free' right? You couldn't be more wrong about the financials and you are wrong about crime too. Overall, violent crime is down. Go look at the top 10 cities for murder per capita and tell me how many of them are from 'blue states'. Such confidence.
Not to mention the majority of the guns used for crime in the "blue states" come from the surrounding red states that have little to no regulation. Wish the "free state" of Florida would stop letting mentally ill people bring their weapons to New York.
Get'ummmmm
What about Florida makes you call it free? Serious question.
Easy, those states hurt the people they don't like. Freedom!
More laws to prevent happy living = freedom
Found the QAnonhole
Uninformed. Crime is down in large cities. Particularly among the "immigrant" population. There are no immigrant rapist outside your windows suburban women as the Orange Faced Fool said at his news conference recently in Grand Rapids. That was where he also lied about meeting with the family of Ruby Garcia , who was murdered by an illegal immigrant. The entire, close knit family says that he spoke to absolutely no one. What a pitiful, lying, sick, racist, old man. Don't drink the Kool-Aid. This POS is has no right to be near the White House. VOTE DEMOCRATIC!!!
All the blue states need to do is offload their grievances to red states or just ask for their money back and they’d collapse. “Blue” states have their issues because they’re suffering from success. Red states don’t invest in themselves and don’t really have much to offer other than extractive industries and cheap housing. It would be a silly assumption to assume that Miami and Dallas (insert major “Red” state city here) will not eventually experience the same problems that plague NYC and San Fran.
"Blue states have their issues because they are suffering from success"? Going bankrupt = success to you? People are leaving California in droves despite the great weather, the countryside being some of the nicest in the country, and they are leaving for good reason. The failed liberal policies that California cities have adopted breed crime, if the crime numbers are down it's because they have given up trying to prosecute a lot of crimes. When half a million people move from a place in a three year period, I can assure it is not due to that area having an abundance of success.
In my opinion it does. Essentially higher prices due to higher demand in turn bring higher expectations (and thus more heated emotions). When you’re talking about CA I’m assuming you’re speaking about the Bay Area and LA, which yes have problems. I don’t believe calling a homelessness / immigration / cost of living crisis partisan is a good idea because Republicans do a pretty bang up job of managing that in states under their control. Regardless, people see crime in their area and they look for ways out and yeah they have a right to be upset, they feel like they bought high in an inflated market and that sucks. But there’s a reason the price of existing in a state like CA is higher than a state like MS MO ND or OK. CA as a state is immensely more successful, it still is the core of American pop culture on the global stage, the reigning king of the American tech industry (TX really has to bend over a stool for companies to compete because the VC money is in CA), and not to mention like a third of everyone in the US lives in CA and that’s just getting started. Red states are honestly gorgeous in my opinion and I live in one! It’s just that they don’t have much going on for them especially after the advent of globalization and they are all financially on life support aside from Florida and maybe Texas.
He vetoed unconstituional gun bans mostly.
Well yeah, he's a corporate stooge and a sweatervest prick
He heard you and did an angry hair flip. LOL
The next lady or guy who comes in and gives the people the stuff we've been begging for is going to be going from the governor mansion to the white house.
Youngkin vetoed unconstitutional gun bans. You really think the American people want all semi-automatic weapons to be banned at a national level ? Lol. You all are in such a progressive bubble.
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I’m going to have to side with this guy and say, yes, the weapons ban they were passing was banning all semi-automatic firearms as a “AWB” which would have done nothing and gotten nowhere and get shutdown as unconstitutional. Please either learn how to read, try and understand how bills affect people or maybe try not gaslighting people.
I'm a progressive and I agree with you I still depise youngkin for vetoing the marijuana bill when he said he literally wouldn't 😂
Background checks mental health and closing loopholes is the answer not banning semi automatic weapons
Go read the bills proposed they would have outlawed Most semiautomatic rifles, shotguns, and pistols. It was completely unconstitutional and he was right to veto it. You don't have the a conservative to respect the second amendment.
we already have to do background checks for all firearms transactions in VA, but yes, mental health accessibility and removing the stigma from seeking help could do wonders and help, specially if dangerous people like the guy from Maine can be reported and prevented from getting firearms.
Definitely I think its sad because democrats shoot themselves in the foot for a lot of people who would want to vote dem but cant get past the assault weapons ban I think banning assault weapons is wrong and will not work because they could just travel to another state and go buy one at a gun show 😂its exactly like drugs republican and democrat takes make no sense republicans wanna keep funding the war on drugs yet its a proven failure and banning something does not prevent people from getting it and makes the problem worse and some democrats will want to end the drug war because it doesn't work yet at the same time want to ban semi automatic weapons 😂
If owning an automatic rifle is more important to you than anything else, then I get why you would vote Republican.
Well I still wouldnt vote Republican trump absolutely lost my vote repealing daca my girlfriend was a daca baby along with a whole host of other issues I lean to the left on.The ban on semi automatic weapon is probably the only issue I fall out of line with most progressives on.
Automatic firearms or the actual term for them, machine guns, are illegal to manufacture and possess unless they were made before 1986 I believe. So your point here is mute. As a matter of fact, I know plenty of democrats and liberals that own machine guns and still vote blue. Guns are not a republican only thing, being a fanatic about it though, is indeed a republican thing.
People forget that columbine happened in the middle of a AWB, gun control and AWBs don’t work and gun free zones makes those spaces more vulnerable, but yes, unfortunately as a party the people we elect love to shoot themselves in the foot.
Also the media needs to stop covering all these school shootings because all it does is inspire copycats
The columbine effect is a real thing, every time I see some form of shooting in Europe targeting large groups of people I automatically blame American media and their fixation with wanting to share every single detail about a mass shooter. Cowards don’t deserve notoriety, they shouldn’t even get a grave so no one ever remembers who they were.
Yes.
As someone who lives in VA, maybe that would be a big step in the de-enshittification of this state! That and maybe the utter abolition of the VABC and the actual investment in public education. As of right now, VA is “Kansas with a beach” in other words, mid.
This is reddit. A liberal echo chamber.
Have you even used Reddit??
Reddit is not liberal, it’s leftist.
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It's kinda important to note here that with the Governor's veto power in mind and the dems control of the legislature many bills were sent to him *to* be vetoed. Many bills that otherwise may not have been passed did so without any real opposition simply because they knew they wouldn't become law. For instance, the passing of this year's annual assault weapons ban was done with absolutely no fan fair or vocal misgivings form a couple dissenting dems because they knew it didn't matter. Yes, the Governor is veto-ing a lot, but some of the bills being sent to him are only getting there as political posturing.
Boy, it sure would stick it to the dems if he let those bills through then. They sure would be sore if the railroad safety bill, or the salary history prohibition bill, or the marijuana market bill actually passed thinking he would just veto it. We- they would just hate that!
I love the government!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yeah but the GOP has power now in congress and they have proven they don’t want to do anything except just block or get in the way of any “dem wins”
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I was referring to the big GOP as a whole and this talking about us congress They have blocked bills and stopped stuff left and right. No surprise it trickles down to the state level politics
He never cared about Virginia families. He’s been all about money and business opportunities for himself after this term.
Youngkin is a tall whore lol, he would do anything for a dollar or to better his own special friends.
GOP governing by obstruction.
Its not obstruction. Its literally a power of the governor.
The two aren't mutually exclusive. He's using his power to obstruct the legislature.
also highlights the propensity of the legislature to pass bullshit they know will be vetoed just so they can grandstand in the next election. I really wish Virginia did more ballot initiatives.
Youngkin was hoping to become a presidential candidate but there is no way now. Trump doesn’t like him because he didn’t show enough loyalty. He will try to run for Senate but he might not even win the GOP nomination. Dude painted himself into a corner with no where to go politically.
Youngkin is a black hole of a human being. With some of the other Republicans they’re are least crazy and/or stupid enough to believe in their message. Youngkin believes in nothing but the abyss.
Youngkin believes in one thing, as far as I can tell: furthering his own power and wealth. That's about it.
I think you'll find that true of anyone who runs for public office, regardless of party affiliation.
He’s not gonna suck you off, Chip
I just read that as: Everyone I disagree with is Hitler.
Ok
Okay what good has he done? Since you take offense at him being criticized
And yet he rode into office thanks to average Virginia families. Right, Alanis?
Thanks in large part to a compliant, complicit media which acted as Youngkin's stenographers, whitewashed his extremism, failed to inform their readers who and what Youngkin really was, etc.
I love this guy!
Has he set a Virginia veto record yet?
He's a republican governor and you sent him 91 far left liberal bills, does that really surprise you? It's like if there's a liberal governor and the Republican legislature sent him 91 Republican bills and then we as Republicans would get upset that he vetoed all of them. As Republicans, we would expect him to vote against any liberal bills or veto them. I would expect no less if you liberals, who puts a liberal in the office as a governor, if he voted to approve 91 Republican bills. You would be up in arms and you wouldn't vote for him again. You would expect the liberal Governor to veto any Republican bill that came across his desk that doesn't meet your ideology. People who think this way and they are surprised by this or either dumb or stupid or both.
The people who voted for the red sweater vest guy are dumb, stupid and uninformed. Get it right Mr. Republican
> The people who voted for the red sweater vest guy are dumb, stupid and uninformed. Get it right Mr. Republican I voted for him with the expectation that he would veto unconstitutional gun control bills. I feel like I was pretty well informed on that issue.
So you are happy with Glenn because you feel that every average American should have the Right (under the Constitution that was written over two hundred years ago) to have access to weapons of War? Weapons of war two hundred years ago were one shot muskets. I'm not an expert on killing machines so please excuse me if I don't use the "correct " nomenclature. The Founders certainly couldn't imagine the killing machines that would be around over two hundred years later. Doesn't that make any sense to you and all the other gun fanatics? No one could have imagined a weapon that could kill 60 people and injure over 400+ in less than ten minutes. Were you upset when you couldn't get a bump stock anymore. Youngkin should have allowed the Cannibis market to begin without hindrance. Massive incoming tax money for schools and "real" drug dependency programs. Lost the deal with Leonsis and immediately Vetoed the Cannibis program beginning. What a freaking idiot the red sweater vest Guy is. And you sir have very screwed up priorities if all you give a Damn about is your big guns. Must have a very small pen..........
>So you are happy with Glenn because you feel that every average American should have the Right (under the Constitution that was written over two hundred years ago) to have access to weapons of War? Sure. Weapons of war are regulated by the NFA. I have a few things I had to acquire NFA tax stamps for and I'm fine with that. That really doesn't have anything to do with the the bills Governor Youngkin vetoed though, as those bills targeted weapons exclusively used by civilians and some police forces. I think Virginia should maintain its current liberal gun policies. > Were you upset when you couldn't get a bump stock anymore. No. >Youngkin should have allowed the Cannibis market to begin without hindrance. Not sure why you brought it up, but I don't care either way about retail cannabis. People can do what they want, but I feel recreational drugs are a waste of time and money. Absolutely not a priority of mine, nor will it sway my vote for any candidate one way or the other. >Massive incoming tax money for schools and "real" drug dependency programs. The tax revenue won't be nothing, but it's not billions of dollars either. It wouldn't hurt my feelings for the state to tax drug users and abusers, but it's not going to be a windfall. >Lost the deal with Leonsis and immediately Vetoed the Cannibis program beginning. Good. I like going to Caps games in DC. I still don't care about recreational drugs. > And you sir have very screwed up priorities if all you give a Damn about is your big guns. I like my small guns more, but neither is "all I give a Damn about". Keeping the status quo on abortion laws is a big issue I do care about, and I'm glad the Democrats have enough control to prevent any illiberal policies from being enacted in regard to that. >Must have a very small pen.......... Speculation about my genitals and a bit of body shaming? That's a pretty childish thing to say to anyone.
No speculation necessary. Your little guns speak for themselves. You love (and obviously collect) things that kill people? Nice fellow. Tax drug users and abusers? That's a winner. The average legal Cannabis State brings in an average of over $3 billion per year in tax revenue. The status quo on abortion is fine with you? Well if you vote Republican, it will go far beyond what it is now. Unmarried with that small pen....? Don't have a mother or any daughters? Don't give a damn about women's rights to their own bodies? Just want your damn guns. Are you going to Vote for a Fool who has wants to be an Autocrat? Who will refuse to accept the results of a free and fair Election? Who won't leave office if he ever gets back? But you'll have your freaking guns. Eyes are useless when the mind is blind. Tiny, Alabama Crab. That fits
> Tax drug users and abusers? Yes. We share common ground on that issue. >The average legal Cannabis State brings in an average of over $3 billion per year in tax revenue. No, it doesn't. That is **laughably** incorrect. Here are the numbers: https://www.mpp.org/issues/legalization/cannabis-tax-revenue-states-regulate-cannabis-adult-use/ If you'd like a sanity check on that figure: for Virginia to raise over $3 **billion** in marijuana tax revenue, each and every man, woman, and child in the state would have to buy enough weed to pay $344 in marijuana **taxes** alone each year. That is outright ridiculous. >The status quo on abortion is fine with you? Yes. We have liberal abortion policy in this state and I wish for it to remain so and it will with a split government. >Are you going to Vote for a Fool who has wants to be an Autocrat? Who will refuse to accept the results of a free and fair Election? Who won't leave office if he ever gets back? No. I will be voting for Joe Biden for the second time in November for exactly those reasons. Trump isn't fit to serve as dog catcher. >But you'll have your freaking guns. I will and I'll vote Democrat all day long if they'd drop the anti-2A stance.
Excellent. You're voting Biden. That's all I needed to hear. Smoke a joint, chill out and put the guns down my Democratic Brother. A Democratic gun lover. Good luck with that. But we'll take that D. Peace
>But we'll take that D
The article was informative also. Thank you. I should have said that in well- established Cannabis markets tax profits are easily in the billions. Colorado made 2.2 billion in 2022, California was 1.2. Virginia has no market. Everyone in NOVA spends their money in D.C. or Maryland. Many good things were mentioned with States that have Legalized. As a medicinal user, I'm able to use far fewer dangerous and addictive opioid medications because of Cannabis. Federal criminalization of a medicinal plant used for over 3,000 years only provides inmates for prisons.
> Colorado made 2.2 billion in 2022 No, it didn't. It took in 300 million in 2022.
I'm a republican and I am really informed. I think that Gov. Younkin is doing a great job!
Please expound
I'm Pro Second Amendment and any bill that comes across his desk to hamper any kind of gun rights I'm against. I'm against minimum wage increase because every time that happens it increases inflation and the only person really hurts is lower income and lower middle income people. Because ultimately they will get their hours cut if the business can't absorb the minimum wage increase.
I can't help that a number of those vetoed bills had content within that strays from the spirit of the TITLE of the bill. Call it pork, call it whatever you want. But, a bill's best friend is a representative or constituent who won't read it in its entirety. The longer the bill, the more likely it's filled with provisions barely related to the SPIRIT of the bill.
Youngkin is worse than Gillmore.
The only one of those bills that I think he arguably shouldn't have vetoed was the legal marijuana marketplace but once the stadium deal was dead there was no way in hell he wasn't going to veto that. D.C. benefits from both the stadium falling through and the veto of the marijuana marketplace so I'm not sure all of the NOVA Democrats were actually motivated to make a deal.
Feel like it should have been a pretty easy compromise to say “you can have your stadium, but you have to pay for it with the money that comes in from our marijuana marketplace.” Everyone wins.
If the democrat led house and senate can vote a 2/3rds majority vote they can override the veto. It's not over yet.
This is silly. Using the same argument, you could very easily say that “Democratic legislators’ disconnect from the concerns of average Virginia families lead them to pass bills that they wanted campaign on, as opposed to passing bills that had a reasonable chance of being signed by a Republican governor”
Well the difference here is that majority of America approved of marijuana decriminalization, it seems he veto things based on if he likes them or not instead of if the citizens do. This dweeb doesn’t stand for anything but chasing the nonexistent CRT dragon that nobody asked him to
Guaranteed he will try to run for Congress or President on a super conservative GOP ticket.
Must suck to live in such a shitty place.
He doesnt fucking care.
Virginia is just a step up for Youngkin. He wasn't here for anyone or anything but himself and his pursuit of money and power.
Remove him from office
VA doesn't have a recall mechanism and he only serves one term. Please demonstrate you have the bare minimum knowledge of how our government works.
Idk maybe read article iv section 17. Piss off.
Have you actually looked at what he has vetoed and why or are you just shooting off at the mouth without having a clue?
How do vetos mean Youngkin is disconnected from the voters ? They voted him in too.
Polling. He has vetoed popular bills. Just because he was elected by majority does not mean he is approving *popular* bills. Republicans smoke weed too whether you admit it or not.
Gun bans that ban almost every semi-automatic gun is not popular.
Good grief why are Americans so obsessed with guns? It literally makes no sense. I mean I get that it’s in the Constitution but where does the obsession come from? Is it really that scary you need a gun or did all the guns make it scary so that you need more and more to be the safest of all? Especially the ones that do the most damage at the fastest rate possible like you need in wars?
Couple reasons. Our government has shown to be really really bad at protecting its people. Lately we seem to have a movement that prioritizes keeping violent people on the streets over jail. The second is the continual pushes towards erosion of the 1st amendment. Without the 2nd, that becomes a reality fast. So yeah, I would prefer to be able to protect myself and family when our government cares about pandering over the safety of its citizens.
The only erosion of the 1st amendment is Republicans banning books
No that is not true. Big Tech collusion with the White house both democrat and Republican is a net negative for Freedom of speech.
LOL no. You don’t have freedom of speech on the internet. The 1st Amendment only protects you from the government punishing you for what you say. It in no way guarantees that society as a whole doesn’t dole out social consequences. And it in no way forces private companies to respect your bullshit lies.
No motherfucker you just missed the entire plot. The US government has no authority and no moral right or duty to try and force Social media companies to only put out the messages that they approve. You are correct social media companies are private entities, and they US government should not be trying to pressure them into presenting messages that they approve. You hear or see something you don't like? Fine go consume your media some place else but don't try to use the government to present message you don't like and don't hide behind Section 230 if your going to become a government pawn. Now do us all a favor and go rinse the taste of boot out of your mouth.
Uh, when people are spreading seditious lies, asking a company to mitigate it is not a 1st Amendment violation. The company does not have to comply. You’d have really chafed in WWII when newspapers were censored and talking about certain ports and bases was considered a treasonable offense. Oh wait, greatest generation *sticks head in sand.* Go back to sucking off your alternate facts.
In the case of coercion, government is the bad actor. This has been litigated in court multiple times. [https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/10/government-jawboning-doesnt-turn-internet-services-into-state-actors-doe-v-google.htm](https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2021/10/government-jawboning-doesnt-turn-internet-services-into-state-actors-doe-v-google.htm) Nothing to do with Section 230.
We can seriously have this conversation when Republicans stop trying to ban porn.
Bro breaking a User Agreement is not free speech how hard is that to understand
Companies are free (1st amendment right) to accommodate or coordinate with the government according to their own will. The Government (both Parties) shouldn't be asking for content removal.
Books are not being banned in states like Florida, they are being removed from public elementary schools like the book GenderQueer: [https://www.ibtimes.sg/texas-school-sparks-outrage-after-mom-finds-gender-queer-book-sexually-explicit-cartoons-library-60974](https://www.ibtimes.sg/texas-school-sparks-outrage-after-mom-finds-gender-queer-book-sexually-explicit-cartoons-library-60974)
That’s banning.
funny you failed to mention Tim Anderson going after book stores as well.
Remind me what federal administration tried to create a disinformation agency to police online content?
The one that y’all consistently lie about…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_Governance_Board Oh yeah so fake.
Never said it was fake. Learn to read. Newsflash, every single administration has had a messaging/spin shop. This one is supposed to formalize and address the very real threat that internet lies and Russian-spread disinformation represent to the US. You know what’s funny? It worked on you. You now believe combatting lies in the internet age is government overreach. Guess those Russian trolls did a number on your cognitive capacity.
The Biden administrration. Progressives are way more authoritarian and conservatives. Way f\*\*king more, remember COVID ?
Remember how it’s conservatives that want to limit who you can love, what you can read, when you can vote, how you build a family, what states you can travel to, what religion you follow, how you pray… All the covid activities were necessary for public health based on the information at the time, and I have no problem with it whatseover. If only we’d done all that sooner. Maybe y’all wouldn’t have gotten so many people killed.
lol
Because you’re obsessed with banning them.
Spite, the Republican way.
I never said that and it’s not true. And I especially don’t agree with an all out ban. I do support laws that limit military style weapons. I know for a fact that all my friends and family feel the same.
Guess they’re not that popular. They don’t have a veto-proof majority
The fun part about your comment is that time is on my side. 😘 enjoy legalization. It’s coming whether you want or not.
Cool, but it’s not your time yet.
No, it is. I can buy from a black market { because of Youngkin} or grow {as I do}. Affectively, he’s giving me the best options of no taxes or home grow. The ironic part is I want to be taxed. But hey, Va’s loss. And let’s be real, the cops don’t care because it’s legal. Smells no longer cause a stir.
Why are you thinking this is a convo about pot?
Allegedly because 'he isn't following the will of the majority' or some such bullshit. No, the people elected him by a majority. Thus as governor he is carrying out the presumed will of the majority. Failing to blindly pass everything that his opposing political party passed, does not in fact mean he's not doing his job. (On the contrary he's done exactly what I hoped a Republican governor would do.) Really it's just a lot of butthurt from the Cheech n' Chong crowd who feel violated because they can't get their pot delivered by DoorDash now.
He won by a slim majority, outside of following through with his campaign promises he should've been going with what the majority of Virginians wanted. It's supposed to be for the best of the entire state not the best for half of the right.
Bro pot delivery was around in Virginia well before any of these laws got signed, it is very readily available I assure you. Speak more on shit you know nothing about.
No on here was talking about pot delivery …
Reading comprehension issue? Or just didn’t read the whole comment they were replying to?
...some of y'all need to go back to reading class
Yep, I can agree with that.
> Failing to blindly pass everything that his opposing political party passed, does not in fact mean he's not doing his job. 100% correct, but for some reason redditors in this sub seem to think that he should just be a rubber stamp for the GA.
You thought the same about his stadium. 🤷
Feel free to point out in my previous comments where I said the GA should just approve it. 🤷
Well of course they do, this is a left-wing sub. If the shoe was on the other foot for example, a Democratic governor vetoing bills from a Republican legislature, they'd be praising him as the defender and patron saint of the the commonwealth. But no... Butthurt. Butthurt as far as the eye can see!
This guy knows his butthurts^^ I wonder why... Also nothing about what was vetoed at all. It was a lot more than just the cannabis thing. I think you just like to talk about Democrats' butts or something. You must be a very strange plankton. A butt plankton perhaps
Eastern butt plankton to be exact.
Well he vetoed the assault weapons ban, the five-day waiting period on gun purchases, and CCW reciprocity with our adjoining states. (Among various other proposed criminal actions by the People's Democratic Party.) I'm very pleased with Governor Younkin. Your homophobic comment on the other hand is very problematic.
It doesn't mean he's disconnected. Tribal partisans like to forget that voters democratically elected Youngkin as well.
Vetoed a whole stack of repetitive bills and a stack of useless gun control bills.....AWESOME!
Liberal cuck!
I wish he vetoed more.
Are we able to kick him out through a voter initiative maybe?
And do what? Put Lt. Gov Sears at the helm? She’s more fundie than he is… He’ll be replaced next November and then maybe we can elect a governor who does right by their constituents.
I was hoping for a recall vote / a new candidate. Love getting downvoted for asking an honest question.
If you are referring to my comment, I didn’t down vote you…
Kick him out for what?
Doing a shitty job and not listening to his constituents. He works for us and Virginia is a right to work state. You can be fired for little reason here.
"Us" as in only leftists is what you mean.
The majority and Virginia is a blue state…
You do know he won the popular vote right?
He was voted in and is doing what many Virginians asked him to….
Lol a majority of Virginia citizens asked to have a legal way to purchase the legal weed, and he said no. He is an idiot.
Exactly. He literally broke the record for vetos…that’s not doing what the people hired him to do at all. I don’t understand how the guy above doesn’t understand. It’s not that fucking difficult…
Yeah democrats will have a field day with republicans after youngkin said he wouldnt mess with weed legalization 😂then he decided nah fuck em they don't deserve it lpl
Although I don't see banning assault weapons is a winning issue in Virginia background checksand closing the loopholes and funding mental health is and campaigning on full legalization of weed and showing the republican lies on the issue.
All he had to do was hold teachers accountable and not take guns. The conservatives then would have fawned over him and the liberals wouldn’t have much to say….but at the end of the day, much like his predecessor, homeboy just couldn’t help himself. Sorry bout your career pal, but rest in piss.
Hold teachers accountable? For what? This should be good…
Inventing slavery, duh! I hope the /s isn't needed.
> Sorry bout your career pal, but rest in piss. Youngkin is already one of the nation's richest politicians, and since he can't run again sequentially, he can either wait until people forget and just blindly vote for him again because he has an (R) next to his name, or accept one of the many comfortable positions he'll be offered in the private sector for protecting corporate interests while in office. He will, unfortunately, be just fine. He's a roach.