Virginia City That Voted Obama Twice
Just Threw Democrats Out Of Office
Daily Caller,
by
Scott Morefield
Original Article
Posted By: shalimar,
5/21/2020 12:00:37 AM
Three Democratic members of the Staunton, Virginia, city council were ousted by Republicans on Tuesday despite receiving more votes than they did four years ago.
Republican candidates Mark Robertson, Amy Darby, and Steve Claffey all joined incumbent Andrea Oakes in a four-seat GOP sweep, WHSV reported. The three incoming council members replaced Democratic incumbents Erik Curren, Ophie Kier, and James Harrington all almost doubled their vote totals from 2016, yet still lost.
Local outlet Augusta Free Press reporter Chris Graham called the results “stunning almost beyond words.”
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Noj15 5/21/2020 12:23:00 AM (No. 417345)
It's called the Trump Train. Or a fastball, high and inside.
101 people like this.
It's about numbers. Those rallies are a real indicator. Never mind the crazed Dem governors.
75 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Lucky5 5/21/2020 1:02:59 AM (No. 417359)
I pray this these smaller elections are an indicator of change coming down the pipeline.
143 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
SALady 5/21/2020 1:07:13 AM (No. 417361)
But, of course, you won't hear a word about this in the MSM.
However, you know if the opposite happened in any Podunk town anywhere, it would be front-page news on the NY Time-water and Washington Post. -- "proving the coming blue wave in November"!!!
72 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
DVC 5/21/2020 3:14:21 AM (No. 417391)
Let's hope that this is a trend.
I think a LOT of Dem governors have MASSIVELY overplayed their Totalitarian cards.
Seems like a lot of otherwise laid back, disconnected, tuned out folks are no longer so laid back, not so disconnected, and not so tuned out.....and they are P*SSED OFF about their businesses being ruined and their lives disrupted by totalitarian thugs with a "D" after there names.
101 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Highlander 5/21/2020 3:45:12 AM (No. 417402)
I’m looking forward to a 50-state landslide, I don’t see how any one who suffered under government diktat would vote democrat! Of course, all government workers who were never laid off, would vote to keep their cushy jobs.
78 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
Trigger2 5/21/2020 4:08:48 AM (No. 417407)
It's called draining the tributaries of the bigger swamp.
69 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
planetgeo 5/21/2020 4:41:15 AM (No. 417414)
It's like seeing the first robins of spring. Winter may not yet be fully over, but it's a beautiful sight and sign of hope. Also a sign that a lot of worms are going to be taken out.
86 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
KatieJo 5/21/2020 4:53:58 AM (No. 417420)
What do you know? People don't like being arrested for working, go figure.
91 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 5/21/2020 5:12:10 AM (No. 417429)
I hope this continues. First California, Wisconsin, and now Virginia. I pray that we have a red wave never seen before.
93 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
Red Jeep 5/21/2020 7:00:46 AM (No. 417480)
And Biden is leading President Trump in the polls, right? ...right? I don't think so.
How Governors can act like mini- Dictators and think the people will re-elect members of their party is puzzling to me.
59 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
FunOne 5/21/2020 7:13:46 AM (No. 417489)
There were a lot of Americans in Virginia who failed to realize the importance of voting. The last go around, they sat at home and the politicians, bureaucrats, and liberal special interest groups overwhelmed the state and elected a radical bunch of democrats. Abortion? Far beyond that. The democrat governor thinks it is OK to decide on a death penalty for a newborn. Gun rights--not in Virginia. Virginia citizens are WOKE. And in November, they will commit to showing up to vote.
56 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury 5/21/2020 7:31:43 AM (No. 417497)
I think the way these lefty morons have acted is tailor made for any Republican campaign. Love that pic with the Betsy Ross and Gadsden flags.
PS nice simile #8.
32 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
udanja99 5/21/2020 7:45:35 AM (No. 417507)
I know a lefty who lives there - hope that she has some duct tape around the house.
19 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
bpl40 5/21/2020 7:46:42 AM (No. 417508)
Don't forget Dementia Joe is beating PDT by several points in the latest poll in Virginia.
17 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Heraclitus 5/21/2020 8:04:30 AM (No. 417523)
Then there are the two special elections for House seats, one in CA (Garcia) and Sean Duffy's seat in WI, (Tom TIffany). Both Repubs defeated leftish females.
By media omitting these important stories (and how well we are acquainted with their hypocrisy) they work to suppress the enthusiasm of R voters (or others considering changing their affiliations), and encourage the Left and their tactics.
24 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 5/21/2020 8:11:40 AM (No. 417528)
Now if only this wave would sweep over Northern Virginia...
27 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
PlayItAgain 5/21/2020 8:24:11 AM (No. 417535)
Dear Good people of California,
Please take note.
Thank you and God bless.
29 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 5/21/2020 8:35:33 AM (No. 417546)
Trending the governors of blue state and the corona virus just might handing out the sentences for democrats. I've seen ads on FB for candidates in our state and the questions following is always, what's your party affiliation which democrats leave out conveniently. Let's roll.
17 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Strike3 5/21/2020 8:49:39 AM (No. 417557)
Apparently four years of yelling "Peach Fo Fi!" is not considered doing a good job in some circles.
21 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
Rinktum 5/21/2020 8:51:00 AM (No. 417559)
It just occurred to me that this may be in the providence of God. Sometime God puts us into uncomfortable situations in order to teach us His will or allow us to experience something that will equip us to make better decisions in the future. This crisis my be the thing that we have experienced in order to wake us up from the danger that is about to deny us the freedoms we have takes for granted. People are certainly aware now that freedom must be defended. I pray this is the case and that the massive outpouring of voters in November will allow us to reclaim the rights we may have taken for granted. The results of these elections give me hope. We have said that the sleeping giant has been awakened before, but this time, he has bypassed the snooze button, hit the off button and is fully awake.
35 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
preciosodrogas 5/21/2020 8:51:07 AM (No. 417560)
Colleges closed, less socialists. Yet, large increase in votes. Check for cheating. I like the outcome so, no, I don't want to change it. But there are opther races coming up and the bubbies need to stay on top of any attempts to cheat.
17 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
Arby 5/21/2020 8:51:46 AM (No. 417561)
Let us both hope and pray that this is an augury of things to come in November. The pandemic has revealed the dims for who they really are--people who want to control others and bend them to their will, regardless of the resulting good or evil. Let us hope and pray for a republican landslide, a landslide that protects us for a generation or more and instructs the dims that we are having nothing of their socialism, their identity politics and their hatred of our nation. Let's get that Trump Train rolling and unleash the power of the American people, hungry for freedom and liberty. Oh, and one more thing . . . some serious indictments would be in order for those who are guilty of subversion, conspiracy and treason.
25 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
TJ54 5/21/2020 8:55:42 AM (No. 417567)
This ought to put the New York Slimes and Washington ComPost's editorial boards on suicide watch!
17 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 5/21/2020 9:03:32 AM (No. 417579)
One remembers when Dems overplayed their hand with Obammbicare which devestated the Dem party at all levels except the then Pres, VP, Speaker of the House and safe quota seats. Thousands of Dems lost their seats after Obambicare. Could Impeachment and Gestapo lockdowns and economic devastation by Dems lead to the second wave of Dem defeat?
23 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
fhancock 5/21/2020 9:20:19 AM (No. 417595)
It is called the "Virus Vote"...want to go back to Normal vote out ALL Democrats...they will get you killed...NY, NJ, PA, Michigan...Governors please stand up
25 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/21/2020 10:22:22 AM (No. 417678)
I think that real thinking people have had their fill of crooked Democraps...Make it Unanimous!
16 people like this.
Reply 28 - Posted by:
donnaclaire 5/21/2020 10:24:38 AM (No. 417681)
Everything the Democrats are doing these days is helping Republicans - at least with free-thinking, sane Americans. How stupid do they think we are?
20 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
Speedypete 5/21/2020 10:25:25 AM (No. 417685)
Remember last week the California 25th Congressional district, the southern district California State Senate seat and Wisconsin Congressional district all went Republican in special elections. The claim was Wisconsin was a safe seat but anyone that knows Madison is capable of corrupt deeds knows that is a feel good code for the leftist. People are angry!
15 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
Zumkopf 5/21/2020 10:34:13 AM (No. 417695)
Wouldn't get tooooooo excited just yet. Staunton's reaction may have a lot more to do with Blackface Northam's Second-Amendment Stomp than Presidential politics.
7 people like this.
Doubled their 2016 votes. I can only assume there were mail-in ballots this election.
11 people like this.
Reply 32 - Posted by:
49 Ford 5/21/2020 11:01:14 AM (No. 417722)
Staunton VA, home turf of my all-time favorite group, the Statler Brothers. Wonderful to see the good people there getting "woke" after a decades-long snooze. I hope and pray that the earlier posters are right.
16 people like this.
Reply 33 - Posted by:
little guy 5/21/2020 11:58:03 AM (No. 417780)
Sadly, the "Old Dominion" state got hijacked by liberals once those people realized they could relax in spacious houses in beautiful areas but still work in the hell hole of Washington, D.C. by car/train commuting.
Beautiful Virginia, the "Mother of Presidents" state, 250 years ago was once the leader in rebellion against tyrants.
Remember it was home to the likes of George Washington, Patrick Henry, Tom Jefferson, Jimmy Madison & James Monroe, et. al. Let us hope this voter outcome is a wake-up call to others and spreads like a healthy virus.
11 people like this.
Reply 34 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 5/21/2020 12:25:18 PM (No. 417824)
Another little hint in a chain of them that suggest the American People's mood is not supportive of dems. The Left can rig the polls to make it look like gropey Joe has a lead but not all the smaller news that leaks out that shows the dems are sinking fast. You have to wonder if they will realize it/keep lying or if we will go into November with them predicting a clear Biden win and then Trump winning in a landslide. What will they say then? A little Shock and Awe would be healthy for the media but it probably won't do any good.
8 people like this.
Reply 35 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 5/21/2020 1:49:07 PM (No. 417896)
Attention American voters!
Never vote for a demon rat ever again!
NEVER!
Get on the a Trump Train!
Get aboard the MAGA Express!!
Woo woo!
6 people like this.
#16, it cuts both ways. Savvy people who get their news from diverse sources-- and from each other-- will know these things. On the other hand, the fact that the MSM doesn't report such things may lull the Lefties into complacency. After all, it's an established fact that GOP voters are much more likely to vote when it's raining than Dems.
3 people like this.
Reply 37 - Posted by:
weejun 5/21/2020 4:31:21 PM (No. 418056)
Up by plus ten or more, #11, according to Juanita Williams, who also claims:
1. a vast majority of the American people don’t want lockdowns to end too soon.
2. Trump is losing his base because they are not happy with his handling of the virus.
It’s stunning to watch this guy cherry-pick polls to suit his ideology and then try and pass them off as a true measure of the American political mood.
7 people like this.
Reply 38 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 5/21/2020 6:56:22 PM (No. 418169)
This is just the beginning. It’s going to be a massive Democratic arse kicking from sea to shining sea the likes of which we have never seen before. We’ve had enough and it’s payback time.
5 people like this.
Reply 39 - Posted by:
red1066 5/21/2020 9:32:19 PM (No. 418266)
Sign of things to come.
3 people like this.
Reply 40 - Posted by:
federale 5/21/2020 10:56:26 PM (No. 418318)
Hang tough Trumpers. Never give in or give up to the fascist enemy.
3 people like this.
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