Democrats view Abigail Spanberger as the perfect model for how Democrats should run for office this year, and I have to admit, they are on to something.
She is a trained liar, a radical leftist in moderates' clothing, a spook, and an avowed defender of illegal alien criminals who love to murder Americans.
What could be better? A Deep Stater with a shallow mind. That's why the Democrats chose Spanberger to provide their response to the State of the Union.
New: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says “sanctuary” Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger is protecting a murderer over American citizens.
— Nick Minock (@NickMinock) March 3, 2026
Details: https://t.co/kacQpTT0Qe pic.twitter.com/qzG6qoilI1
As I have written before, she is now in month 3 of her term, and has already hard at work passing a leftist wish list that even Tim Walz would appreciate. She's all in on trans idiocy, raising taxes, promoting a welfare fraud agenda, and...protecting illegal alien killers.
New: DHS and ICE are slamming Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger for saying they should get a signed judicial warrant if they want a man accused of murdering a woman at a Fairfax County bus stop. DHS says Spanberger is fighting to protect a murderer over American citizens. https://t.co/bntIABnSba pic.twitter.com/Bzrw4O9IBC
— Nick Minock (@NickMinock) March 3, 2026
Conservatives have, rightly, been slamming Spanberger for her leftist agenda, but in this fast-moving news environment, her radicalism is getting lost in the noise. It's pretty hard to compete with Mullahs dropping like flies, communists protesting for Islamist regimes, Persians doing the Trump dance on every street corner, and the entire Democratic establishment explaining why Ayatollah Khamenei should still be alive.
Former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares slammed Gov. Abigail Spanberger after a released illegal immigrant with a long rap sheet stabbed a woman to death at a bus stop. Abdul Jalloh allegedly stabbed victim Stephanie Minter at a Fairfax County bus stop after prosecutors had dropped charges in most of his previous cases. He was reportedly arrested more than 30 times.
Fairfax County Commonwealth's Attorney Steve Descano most recently dropped violent charges against the alleged perpetrator, according to local news reports.
"Not even a month since I called out Gov. Abigail Spanberger for signing her EO banning law enforcement from cooperating with ICE we see the bitter fruits: Abdul Jalloh entered the U.S. illegally, stabbed an innocent woman to death at a bus stop this week despite having a [...] criminal history of more than 30 arrests, according to DHS, including for rape, malicious wounding, assault, identity theft, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, assault and pick-pocketing.' This is exactly the criminal first, victim last policies that get innocent Americans killed," Miyares wrote on X.
But she is managing to break through, thanks to her defense of an illegal alien who has committed rape, murder, assault, "malicious wounding," and a whole host of felonies without being sent away for life yet, thanks to the Fairfax County District Attorney.
The man's name, shockingly, is Abdul Jalloh. Who could have expected that?
To sum up: Abigail Spanberger will not turn over an illegal alien to ICE with 30 prior arrests-- including for rape, assault, and malicious wounding and had most of his charges dropped by Fairfax DA Steve Descano-- unless he commits an additional federal crime that would then…
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 3, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security has put a detainer on this model (non)citizen, and Spanberger has doubled down on her insistence that under no circumstances will she cooperate with ICE, even to deport a rapist and murderer.
Senator Eric Schmitt RIPS Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger for refusing to cooperate with ICE to deport criminal illegal Abdul Jalloh who has 30+ PRIOR ARRESTS:
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 3, 2026
"If for some reason this monster gets released, [Spanberger] will not let ICE know when he is being released..." pic.twitter.com/BVGVkkuVWs
Few Americans, including Democrats who voted for her, are a bit...confused...about why Spanberger is drawing a red line here. Her position—that the only way she will turn any of the illegal alien criminals over to the federal government is with a federal criminal warrant—is tantamount to saying that an illegal alien must commit a federal felony before they should be eligible for deportation.
Merely killing a Virginia citizen is no cause to kick a man out of the country.
This is completely backwards, unacceptable, and tone deaf for a Democrat in today's political environment, unless you hail from the Mamdani wing of our party. I like Gov. Spanberger a LOT. I voted for her. When I worked at the HDPCC in the House, I considered her a rockstar… https://t.co/bzkVHQOMiD
— Michael LaRosa (@MichaelLaRosaDC) March 3, 2026
This is completely backwards, unacceptable, and tone deaf for a Democrat in today's political environment, unless you hail from the Mamdani wing of our party. I like Gov. Spanberger a LOT. I voted for her. When I worked at the HDPCC in the House, I considered her a rockstar who reflected my values and spoke truth to the party when it was necessary. So, I really hope she communicates her rationale and reasoning behind this. Because right now, if this is true, it fuels a very concerning narrative about the Democratic Party at the wrong time and feels highly disqualifying for any future 2028 VP vetting. This stuff won't be forgotten (Willie Horton) in 3 years .... and thus far they haven't been very impressive with the reactive comms, allowing the GOP to brand her nationally, and way too soon in the two months she's served as Governor.
*As a Fairfax County resident and taxpayer, I am livid -- but also willing to give her benefit of the doubt IF she is proactive and explains this. (SPEEED KILLS .... BAD STORYLINES). For her sake, I hope they communicate swiftly and aggressively.
When Michael LaRosa, who was Kamala Harris's Press Secretary and who also worked with Spanberger at the House of Representatives, blows up at Spanberger for her position, you know she has gone full commie.
As I said, she is the model Democrat, right? Full-on color revolution stuff. The Marxist anarcho-tyranny approach to undermining a society.
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