consider this a warning list of what's coming our way after the orange man gets done destroying everything and the dems re-emerge; 

 

Newly sworn-in Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger wasted no time implementing her party’s priorities and getting rid of Republicans’ now that she is the head honcho in Virginia.

A long list of moves by Spanberger and Virginia Democrats, who now have a trifecta in the state with control of the governor’s office and both branches of the state legislature, were criticized by Republicans, several of whom chastised Spanberger for campaigning as a moderate but then ushering in radical policies.

1. ENDING COOPERATION WITH ICE

“State and local law enforcement should not be required to divert their limited resources to enforce federal, civil immigration laws – it is the responsibility of federal law enforcement,” Spanberger said as she signed her Day 1 directive. “Virginia state and local law enforcement officers must be able to focus on their core responsibilities : investigating crime and community policing.”

2. REDUCING MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCING

In addition to Spanberger’s Day 1 executive orders, Democrats in the legislature also took advantage of their new power by introducing amendments to end mandatory minimum sentences for various crimes in the state. According to Jason Miyares, the outgoing Republican attorney general, those bills included a proposal to eliminate mandatory minimum sentencing for rape, manslaughter, assaulting a law enforcement officer, possession and distribution of child pornography, and other repeat violent felonies. Democrats also removed the mandatory minimum five-day sentence for first time DUI offenders in the state.........more........