Aug31 Day 20: Instead of Denouncing Donald Trump, Ed Gillespie Is Embracing His Toxic Politics As The Daily Beast warns, “getting too close to Trump is a death wish in the Old Dominion.” Learn more Aug30 KEY POINT: “Too afraid to oppose race-baiters and white-grievance mongers such as Trump, they adopt a ‘If you can’t beat them, join them’ attitude. In doing so, they forfeit their own integrity and make the entire party offensive to everyone else — even to those who might embrace some of their economic positions. If Trump can turn Ed Gillespie into a Confederate flag-waver, then the GOP really has lost any claim to be the Party of Lincoln.” WaPo: Column: Ed Gillespie goes off the deep end, increases GOP’s unacceptability in Virginia Learn more Aug30 Day 19: Ed Gillespie Hires Trump Operative Who Believes Country Is On The Verge of Civil War Gillespie Is More Comfortable Courting the Neo-Confederate Wing of the GOP than Standing Up for Virginia Learn more Aug30 DPVA Congratulates Karen Keys-Gamarra on Election to Fairfax County School Board Karen Keys-Gamarra’s victory tonight reinforces what Jackie Smith’s win proved in April. Learn more Aug29 Day 18: Virginia Jewish Elected Officials Call on Ed Gillespie to Condemn Trump’s Hateful Reaction to the Violence in Charlottesville The elected officials lay out why they find Gillespie’s refusal to denounce the President deeply disturbing. Learn more Aug28 Richmond Times-Dispatch: McAuliffe celebrates progress made in juvenile justice system in ‘Family Day’ at Bon Air Richmond Times-Dispatch noted that, “No one is more engaged in the effort [to reform juvenile prisons] than... Learn more Aug28 Day 17: Eight Members of Trump’s Cybersecurity Council Resign in Protest of Trump’s Reaction to Charlottesville Why are advisors to the President more willing to denounce Donald Trump’s comments than Ed Gillespie? Learn more Aug27 Day 16: Week in Review: For More Than Two Weeks, Ed Gillespie Has Refused to Speak Out Against Donald Trump’s Reaction to Charlottesville Instead of Condemning the White House, Gillespie is Embracing Donald Trump Learn more Aug26 DPVA Statement on Death of Mary Ann Hovis "...today a grateful Democratic Party of Virginia reaffirms our commitment to our Democratic values in her honor.” Learn more Aug26 Day 15: Even Trump’s Advisor Gary Cohn Has Spoken Out Against the White House’s Response to Charlottesville Ed Gillespie has refused to denounce the President’s comments on Charlottesville. Learn more 2021222324
