Abigail Spanberger

Tomorrow, I'll be issuing an executive order saying,

So surprise, sorry to my comms team on this one.

in ensuring that we are putting out from the state level some guidance across public spaces, including polling places, of how Virginia state employees or people who are working in support of Virginia's state-run elections can react to, in this particular case, federal agents who might be appearing at a location where the worry is that they're principally there to intimidate or scare people.

Virginians understood that it all began when President Trump said that he was entitled to additional congressional seats and when Republican legislature after Republican legislature obliged him.

the people of our commonwealth had the ability to say yes we want to take this step we want to pass this referendum and we want to do this redistricting at this moment as a responsive and temporary step preserving our long-term bipartisan redistricting commission but recognizing the urgency and so it wasn't a bunch of legislators who were trying to do the president's bidding it wasn't a bunch of legislators who were you know choosing partisanship over anything else

This was the people of Virginia saying we have this option and we are choosing to take it.

We want to stand up, reject what we are seeing coming out of Washington, and ensure that we can be a counterweight to the actions of Texas, Missouri, of North Carolina.

They argue that this rosy picture ignores a grim reality for countless American families who are struggling to make ends meet.

You see, housing affordability is a critical issue.

That creates an affordability gap that should raise alarm bells.

To truly afford that median home, households would need to bring in about $112,131 a year.

It's like an impossible riddle for so many.

He lied, he scapegoated, and he distracted.

And he offered no real solutions to our nation's pressing challenges.

As I campaigned for governor last year, I traveled to every corner of Virginia and I heard the same pressing concern everywhere.

Costs are too high.

in housing, health care, energy, and child care.

And I know these same conversations are being had all across this country.

In his speech tonight, the president did what he always does.

He lied, he scapegoated, and he distracted.