Posted on 05/20/2026 8:26:44 PM PDT by Red Badger
Virginia's new Democrat Governor Abigail Spanberger has just announced that she is signing an executive order to keep ICE agents away from polling places.
Why do you suppose such a thing would be necessary?
Democrats assure us that illegal aliens are not voting because they are forbidden from doing so by law. So why would they be worried about ICE showing up at polling places? It just doesn't make any sense.
NBC News reported:
Virginia Gov. Spanberger to sign order on dealing with federal agents at polling places
Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger said Tuesday that she plans to issue an executive order on Wednesday to help election workers respond if federal agents show up at polling sites in Virginia.
Speaking at a conference hosted by the Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank, Spanberger said the order would include details on “how Virginia state employees or people working in support of Virginia’s state-run elections can react to, in this particular case, federal agents who might be appearing at a location where the worry is that they’re principally there to intimidate or scare people.”
Some election officials and Democratic politicians have worried that President Donald Trump — who routinely makes false claims of widespread voter fraud — might interference in this year’s midterm elections, which are run by the state and local officials across the country.
“Throughout history, we have seen efforts at intimidating voters. My worry is that we will continue to see those heightened,” Spanberger said. “The reality is that the challenges and the fear that people might have when going to the polling place is real.”
Here's a video of Spanberger announcing the EO while speaking at a progressive conference:
VIDEO AT LINK.......
Again, if illegals aren’t voting, then why is any of this even necessary?
Democrats do not want honest elections. They want power. That is all.
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CAN SHE LEGALLY APPLY THAT???
Gee Abigail, now why would illegals be hanging around polling stations? Hmm?
The Hammer of Judicial Smackdown approacheth once more.
No. Supremacy clause of the Constitution, Feds can go anywhere they please.
Her XO doesn’t mean squat, except window dressing for her dumbass base.....................
They WANT illegal voting by illegals. They think illegal aliens should have ALL the same rights as citizens. Progressives like Spanberger have lost their frikkin' minds.
Federal poll watchers must be sent. Marshalls, if possible.
Another skirmish line in the Democrat color revolution.
Who was the idiot that said “immigrants won’t try to vote because that would be illegal”. Sounds like an AOC comment.
No she can’t!
From memory lane of the 2008 election:
Wikipedia: “..the New Black Panther Party and two of its members, Minister King Samir Shabazz and Jerry Jackson, were sued by the Department of Justice on claims of voter intimidation for their conduct outside a polling station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Department of Justice later narrowed the charges against Minister King Shabazz and dismissed the charges against Jackson, the New Black Panther Party and its leader. The dismissals led to accusations that the Obama administration’s Department of Justice led by Attorney General Eric Holder was biased against white victims and unwilling to prosecute minorities for civil rights violations.”
(excerpt) The Democratic commissioners, especially Michael Yaki, a former Pelosi staffer, tried to minimize what happened in Philadelphia; he even said at one point that there may have been no more than a couple of people who were turned away. Yaki was unable to produce any evidence that would support that assertion.
https://www.heritage.org/commentary/voter-intimidation-new-black-panther-style
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Black_Panther_Party_voter_intimidation_case
Geez, Democrats must know illegal immigrants are voting , but they are doing this to smear ICE & Trump, accuse them of election interference to frighten voters to vote Democrat as protest.
so silly
everyone knows illegals vote by mail
She has zero jurisdiction over federal officers. They’ll go wherever they damn well please.
All. The more reason for Trump to ignore her and send in ICE flanked by US Marshals to protect the integrity of the vote.
This is interesting, but I am more interested in how VSP would respond respond if NICE showed up.
No queens either!
They wouldn’t be doing this if they knew that illegal aliens were voting for Republicans.
Nah, they’d post a few armed Black Panthers at the entrance and make sure it got the 6:00 news treatment. Now THAT’S how you intimidate voters.
Dumbass base, she surely has that!
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