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What's happening in Virginia right now is first and foremost a damning indictment of whiteness and patriarchy. But it also reflects a kind of political whiplash of having transformed from a red state to a blue state in a decade.
That is: there are clearly many people in VA, including liberals, who just decades ago were participating in the pro-Confederate underpinnings the state had for 150 years. And now it's more urbanized, liberal, and embraced the politics of diversity, they are caught flat-footed.
While these social changes transforming VA are clearly bad for the GOP, which has lost 3 straight presidential, 4 senatorial, and 2 statewide elections, it's also going to mean serious growing pains for Democrats. And the GOP happily gets to exploit that for the short term.
I don't really have an easy answer for the current crop of Virginia Democrats who are facing this problem other than: own up to it, let yourself be accountable, and continue to elect women and POC into your party and leadership who can stop you from being assholes when necessary.
