The MeidasTouch Podcast
Virginia State Senator Hashimi Discusses Lieutenant Governor Race
02 Nov 2025
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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Donald Trump in for a rude awakening in Virginia. That right there were the peaceful protests in Leesburg, Virginia at the No Kings event a few weeks back. Look, Virginia is absolutely furious at the Trump regime. Donald Trump and his MAGA sycophants have been attacking Virginia, the federal workers who live in Virginia, the civil rights of people who live in Virginia.
I'll just show you this other video right here of a very impressive crowd out in Richmond, Virginia for No Kings. Let me show this to you.
Let's play it.
And then as we head into the November 4th election, big election in Virginia, the governor's race, obviously, between pro-democracy hero Abigail Spanberger and MAGA Republican sycophant Winsome Earl Sears. You also have the lieutenant governor's race there, a powerful pro-democracy voice in Ghazala Hashimi is running. And the entire House of Delegates is up for reelection.
You've got the AG's race there. as well. And I'll show you this clip right here that shows that Virginia's child poverty rate is rising at an alarming rate as a result of the Trump regime and MAGA policies. Let's play this clip right here.
Down impacting hundreds of thousands across the Commonwealth. We have team coverage tonight. The Virginia Employment Commission is reporting a continued spike in claims from federal workers. 8 News investigator Roland Wilson in our studio to break it down. But first, a concerning new report showing the number of children living in poverty in Virginia has increased.
Researchers say local families remain below the national average thanks to government programs and worry poverty rates could nearly double without them. 8 News reporter Danelle Dukin, live in the Digital Center with what advocates say is the key to turning things around. Danelle. Heather, Eric, the report finds about 230,000 children across the Commonwealth are living in poverty.
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Chapter 2: What issues is Virginia facing under Trump's policies?
Now, I'm hearing about those and all of that, and how many here has ever lost a job? Oh, you mean it's not unusual? It happens to everybody all the time? Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that Virginia was the only state to see a rise in unemployment last month. Virginia reporting its biggest drop in employment last month.
Virginia's unemployment rate rose to 3.5% in June, continuing its steady rise since the beginning of this year. How many here has ever lost a job? These potential mass firings are going to be devastating to Virginia, and we need a governor who will stand up for Virginians, for their jobs, and for our economy.
And now, as you look at the latest polling data from Echelon Insights, you see that Abigail Spanberger is leading Winsome Earl Sears in the governor's race 55 to 43%. And I just think Americans, and especially people in the Commonwealth of Virginia and elsewhere, are looking for candidates who are fighting for them. Enough of these mega culture wars and division.
Right now it's about affordability, it's about jobs, it's about empathy, it's about standing up against the fascism from Donald Trump. And this clip right here of Abigail Spanberger, I think just about sums it up. This was from her campaign. Let's play it.
Hey friend, can I pick you up? I want you to see how many people are here. Okay. Okay. What drives me most is if ever there is a little girl anywhere who tells her parents that she wants to go home to Virginia, I want there to be a house her parents can afford in the community they want to live in. I want there to be a job
that her parents can have that will allow them to provide for their family. I want there to be a school for that little girl where she is safe within its walls and where her teachers are well paid and well respected. I want the water that she drinks and the air that she breathes to be clean. I want that little girl to know that her rights will be respected as she grows older.
And I want her to know that any dream she and her classmates and her friends and her peers may have, any dream they may have is theirs for the making because they are growing up in a Commonwealth where the adults, where those with the votes and the voices voted to ensure that Virginia is a place of opportunity for them and for all of their peers. That is the Virginia that I believe in.
That is the Virginia that I will work tirelessly to serve. And if you agree with me, then I would ask you to
And so, folks, the big elections coming up November 4th. I want to bring in the candidate in the lieutenant governor's race, Virginia State Senator Ghazala Hashmi, who is running for lieutenant governor against the very MAGA Republican individual by the name of John Reed, we'll get into that in a little bit. I just want to talk, though, now in your position as a state senator.
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