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Search results for "Virginia AG Jay Jones discusses the upcoming hearing on certifying Virginia's referendum results"

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Virginia House Democratic Caucus stated on March 05, 2020 in Voting record:
On a referendum that could strip legislators of their redistricting power.
By Warren Fiske• March 24, 2020
Viral image stated on January 30, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says it’s “OK to kill babies once born” in Virginia.
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 27, 2020
GayDonna Vandergriff stated on October 22, 2019 in a campaign mailer.:
Schuyler VanValkenburg co-sponsored a bill that would have "allowed abortion until the moment of birth."  
By Warren Fiske• October 30, 2019
Donald Trump stated on February 11, 2019 in a rally.:
Says Gov. Ralph Northam "stated that he would even allow a newborn baby to come out into the world... then talk to the mother and talk to the father and then execute the baby."  
By Warren Fiske• February 20, 2019
Viral image stated on November 08, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Yesterday Virginia announced the end of youth hunting!"
By Ciara O'Rourke• December 18, 2019
Ted Cruz stated on February 24, 2020 in a speech:
Says Democrats are embracing “abortion up until the moment of birth and even, horrifically, after that.”
By Madlin Mekelburg• February 27, 2020
Kathy Tran stated on January 29, 2019 in :
"Right now, women are able to access an abortion in the later stages of their pregnancy under certain conditions with approval of their medical doctors. I’ve done nothing to change that."
By Warren Fiske• February 6, 2019
Winsome Earle-Sears stated on May 12, 2022 in a TV interview.:
Merrick Garland “sicced the police on parents when they were at the school boards simply trying to be heard for the safety of their children.”
By Warren Fiske• May 23, 2022
Terry McAuliffe stated on April 01, 2019 in :
On a bill that would have eased third-trimester abortion resrictions  
By Warren Fiske• April 9, 2019
Facebook posts stated on September 20, 2021 in social media posts:
“Violent crime rate dropped like a rock following West Virginia’s adoption of permitless carry.”
By Duncan Slade• November 2, 2021
Mike Oliverio stated on August 29, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“A few years back,” Mitchell Stadium in Bluefield, W.Va., “was voted the best high school football field in America.”
By Adrianne Dering• September 28, 2023
Eric Burlison stated on February 13, 2019 in a Senate hearing:
Says SJR 11 "seeks to fix what is very quickly becoming a problem in Missouri — initiative petitions and referendums are being filed at record highs."
By Yue Yu• April 17, 2019
Chris Jones stated on August 20, 2019 in TV ad.:
Says he "led the fight to expand Medicaid."
By Warren Fiske• September 10, 2019
NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia stated on March 26, 2013 in a statement.:
Abortion coverage is a standard insurance benefit "in nearly 90 percent of private plans sold in the U.S."
By Sean Gorman• April 15, 2013
Morgan Griffith stated on April 03, 2012 in an interview.:
"On most things except witch trials, Virginia will always have been first."
By Nancy Madsen• April 9, 2012
Bob Thomas stated on May 08, 2019 in :
In Virginia, "the woman has the right to talk to the doctor who’s going to perform the abortion and (Democrats) wanted to strip that out."  
By Warren Fiske• May 17, 2019
Bob McDonnell stated on June 21, 2011 in Bill-signing ceremony:
 "Our crime rate continues to plummet."
By Wes Hester• July 11, 2011
Eric Kearney stated on March 28, 2012 in a speech in the Ohio Senate:
An effort to repeal voting-reform legislation would be "the first time in Ohio history where a bill has been passed to stop a referendum."
By Joe Guillen• April 9, 2012
Creigh Deeds stated on June 11, 2019 in radio interview.:
Red-flag laws have been "shown to reduce the number of suicides by firearms."  
By Warren Fiske• June 19, 2019
Rick Scott stated on October 05, 2021 in a tweet:
"Joe Biden’s attorney general wants the FBI to go after parents for speaking out at school board meetings to protect kids from radical curriculum like critical race theory."
By Jon Greenberg• October 11, 2021

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