Virginia megathread

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

THIS IS NOT A F**KING TRIAL YOU F**KING F**KWITS

"beyond reasonable doubt" doesn't apply to whether or not a powerful man should get or keep a position of power

Under the Virginia Constitution, impeachment proceedings are in fact literally a trial.

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https://law.lis.virginia.gov/constitution/article4/section17/

[politicallefty]

God forbid we actually get some facts in this case. I’m inclined to believe the accusers, but since when does accusation warrant removal from office? There should be no investigation? Seriously, is it the Salem Witch Trials all over again? The left is losing its collective mind right now. Everyone is entitled to a fair and just investigation to accusations against them.

This kind of attitude amongst the left is exactly why I don’t think I’ll ever consider Trump as anything less than even-money for reelection.

[Sailor Haumea]

Wow. He needs to resign immediately.

What if he says it was from 1984? Do you expect people to know the meaning of blackface and KKK costumes in a Old South of 1984 that still elected people like Helms, Thurmond and Lott?

Thurmond had already abandoned his segregationist positions by 1984. He voted to reauthorize the VRA in 1982 and voted to make MLK Day a federal holiday in 1983.

Basically the only prominent segregationists left in the Senate from the South by that point were Jesse Helms, John Porter East, and Jeremiah Denton. There were two segregationists from Idaho (McClure and Symms) in the Senate, too. Pretty much all the remaining segregationists in Congress abandoned those stances by 1980.

[henster]

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/12/justin-fairfax-virginia-1166298

This is why we need an investigation! She has also accused another man of raping her.

[Zaybay]

Not a good sign for the second accuser's credibility.

[Pheurton Skeurto]

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/12/justin-fairfax-virginia-1166298

This is why we need an investigation! She has also accused another man of raping her.

Of course there needs to be an investigation, but saying that a woman is automatically lying about being raped because she threatened an ex-boyfriend is foolish.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/12/justin-fairfax-virginia-1166298

This is why we need an investigation! She has also accused another man of raping her.

Her prior rape allegation was a known fact on Day 1. Have you even been following the case at all? That was what made this so incredibly heinous because she said Fairfax's response directly relied on the prior incident: "I knew that because of what happened to you last year, you'd be too afraid to say anything." I find that a bit over-the-top but it doesn't take away from the claim.

Yes, an investigation is needed, but this should have absolutely nothing to do with it because all it does is discourage people from coming forward if details of their life are going to become public. It is reasonable to expect people who have experienced trauma are not going to react rationally every single second of their life - that's an absurd expectation for anyone.

[Santander]

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/12/justin-fairfax-virginia-1166298

This is why we need an investigation! She has also accused another man of raping her.

Of course there needs to be an investigation, but saying that a woman is automatically lying about being raped because she threatened an ex-boyfriend is foolish.

[ηєω ƒяσηтιєя]

Wow, all of this Virginia stuff has completely fallen out of the news for the past 2 days.

[emailking]

Yeah if a quarter of women are raped, then a significant fraction of that are going to be raped by more than one person just statistically. An investigation is good but I wouldn't discount her claims just because she's claimed it more than once.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/12/justin-fairfax-virginia-1166298

This is why we need an investigation! She has also accused another man of raping her.

Her prior rape allegation was a known fact on Day 1. Have you even been following the case at all? That was what made this so incredibly heinous because she said Fairfax's response directly relied on the prior incident: "I knew that because of what happened to you last year, you'd be too afraid to say anything." I find that a bit over-the-top but it doesn't take away from the claim.

Yes, an investigation is needed, but this should have absolutely nothing to do with it because all it does is discourage people from coming forward if details of their life are going to become public. It is reasonable to expect people who have experienced trauma are not going to react rationally every single second of their life - that's an absurd expectation for anyone.

I basically agree with this, except I think Fairfax needs to resign and be impeached immediately if he won’t resign.

[RogueBeaver]

https://twitter.com/ryanobles/status/1095727873854455808

[Landslide Lyndon]

Wow, all of this Virginia stuff has completely fallen out of the news for the past 2 days.

This is the norm in the age of Trump, unfortunately.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Oh hey, here comes the victim blaming! I knew something was missing in a thread discussing credible rape accusations against a powerful man.

[RogueBeaver]

https://twitter.com/ryanobles/status/1095819623121993729

[Progressive Pessimist]

Wow, all of this Virginia stuff has completely fallen out of the news for the past 2 days.

This is the norm in the age of Trump, unfortunately.

Northam should consider himself lucky, he may very well get to keep his job even after turning himself into a living punchline. Fairfax...not so much. It's pretty ironic.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Wow, all of this Virginia stuff has completely fallen out of the news for the past 2 days.

This is the norm in the age of Trump, unfortunately.

Northam should consider himself lucky, he may very well get to keep his job even after turning himself into a living punchline. Fairfax...not so much. It's pretty ironic.

That would require the VA legislature to have, you know, a spine.

[Fuzzy Bear]

Wow, all of this Virginia stuff has completely fallen out of the news for the past 2 days.

This is the norm in the age of Trump, unfortunately.

Northam should consider himself lucky, he may very well get to keep his job even after turning himself into a living punchline. Fairfax...not so much. It's pretty ironic.

Northam will keep his job.

Perhaps after all of this, people will put events in better perspective. 

[Unbeatable Titan Susan Collins]

New Statement from Meredith Watson:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/im-willing-to-testify-in-public-justin-fairfax-should-too/2019/02/18/d2ff73f6-31ec-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html?utm_term=.958dcc72579f
 

[darklordoftech]

Are the upcoming House of Delegates and State Senate elections expected to go one way or the other?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Are the upcoming House of Delegates and State Senate elections expected to go one way or the other?

Democrats expected to win both. Especially with the new un-gerrymandered House of Delegates map.

[lfromnj]

the state senate is also Safe D lol
The 20th district is  like double digit Clinton.

[Amenhotep Bakari-Sellers]

The last Govs Mc Auliff and his Lt Gov Northam werent ideal Gov, they were part of establishment.

Tom Perriello hopefully brings fresh hope in 2021 or the new Dem nominee, so this state remains blue

[Ban my account ffs!]

Oh yeah.. I remember all this.  Ancient history.

NEXT

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Precedent seems to have been set by Justin Fairfax due to the media losing interest. Thanks Jussie Smollett!