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Something very important is happening in Virginia.

The Dem takeover of state government, fueled by anti-Trump fervor, is now allowing for the first big reversal of what the Tea Party wave wrought:

* Voting rights
* gun reforms
* ACA expansion

New piece:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Virginia sits at the nexus of Trump-era trends -- demographic shifts, Dem gains in the suburbs.

Now the gains from those trends are reversing the gains of the 2010 Tea Party ascendancy.

Dems hope this is a model for more state-level gains to come:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
It's often debated whether the Democratic gains in the suburbs could ultimately undercut progressive possibilities.

But in VA, we're seeing right now that those gains are undoing the damage of years of right wing rule.

(cc @EricLevitz @yeselson)

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@EricLevitz @yeselson And as @jbouie recently pointed out, the progressive left has made serious gains on economic policy via this Dem takeover, too:

nytimes.com/2020/03/11/opi…
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