The Virginia Delegate Who Led a 2020 Effort to Enact New Gun-Control Laws Was Soundly Defeated in This Week's Primaries thereload.com/virginia-gun-c…
Democrat Mark Levine was the sponsor of the Universal Background Check and Red Flag bills that passed in 2020 as well as the "Assault Weapons" ban that failed. He ran on his gun record in 2021 and lost two races on the same night. thereload.com/virginia-gun-c…
Levine garnered only about 11% of the vote in the Lieutenant Governor race and lost his own delegate seat in deep-blue Alexandria by more than 15 points. Just a year after leading the push to pass a collection of new gun laws, Levine is completely out of Virginia government.
His opponent in the delegate race was endorsed by Moms Demand Action but did not emphasize gun control during the campaign, or even mention it on her website. She instead focused on environmental and economic issues. thereload.com/virginia-gun-c…
Philip Van Cleave, head of the gun-rights group VCDL, told @TheReloadSite Levine's loss was a win in his book. While he doesn't expect the Democrats who beat him to vote against gun-control measures, he doesn't expect they will be leaders on the issue like Levine was.
“He was a gun-control leader,” Van Cleave told @TheReloadSite. “He lost, and it wasn’t close. He got his ass kicked.” thereload.com/virginia-gun-c…
There's more detail in the full piece which you can read here: thereload.com/virginia-gun-c…
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