Fresh Humiliation for Abigail Spanberger As Fiddlers' Convention Boos Her Off the Stage

Red State ^ | August 09, 2026 | Teri Christoph

[Red Badger]

Whatever in the world possessed Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger's staff to think this was a good idea? For some inexplicable reason, they scheduled the Democrat to appear at a Saturday fiddlers convention in rural southwest Virginia.

Needless to say, this was not her crowd, and they let her know it.

The setting was Galax, Virginia, a small independent city in the Blue Ridge Highlands of Southwest Virginia, located very close to the North Carolina line. It's been called the “gateway to the Blue Ridge Mountains," and its identity has deep ties to old-timey Appalachian bluegrass music.

Galax takes its role of preserving and showcasing the musical traditions of the area very seriously. Its rural residents also enjoy things like guns and not having congressional representation by the far-left Democrat radicals of Northern Virginia.

The event was the 90th annual Old Fiddlers' Convention, which bills itself as the "world's oldest and largest" event of its kind. It draws bluegrass and old-time musicians, families, campers, and music fans from across Virginia and around the country. It’s a very rural, rootsy crowd that gathers with their banjos, fiddles, and RVs. And guns. This is a crowd that likes their guns.

The governor was super pumped to be there, at least according to video she posted from her car as she made her way through Galax. (Virginia Dems love to post "here I am being chauffeured around in my fancy car – see, I'm just like you" videos for some reason; Sen. Mark Warner gives a daily masterclass in why you shouldn't hold the camera too close to your face.)

Anyway, here's a super-pumped Spanberger raving about her experience with their fiddler enthusiasts:

VIDEOS AT LINK..............

I’m in Galax to join the Old Fiddlers’ Convention for its 90th annual celebration. Great food, great music, and great community. pic.twitter.com/iAYph66eW4— Governor Abigail Spanberger (@GovernorVA) August 8, 2026

Here's what actually happened: When she arrived and took the stage to address the crowd, she was greeted with a chorus of boos and a flood of people turning their backs to her and making tracks in the opposite direction.

Governor Spanberger booed in Galax. Turns out when you break your campaign promise, attempt a Leftist power grab pushing an unconstitutional gerrymandering effort In order to silence rural Virginia voices, coupled with massive tax increases, it results in a frosty reception…. pic.twitter.com/oqOBR58SEF— Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) August 9, 2026

Governor Spanberger booed in Galax. Turns out when you break your campaign promise, attempt a Leftist power grab pushing an unconstitutional gerrymandering effort In order to silence rural Virginia voices, coupled with massive tax increases, it results in a frosty reception….

Absolutely brutal optics for a woman with presidential ambitions.

This was never going to go well for Spanberger, and it's a real head-scratcher as to why her staff booked her such an event. Maybe they have it out for her?

It's the latest in a long line of humiliations for Spanberger, who garnered the lowest early-term approval ratings of any Virginia governor in recent memory, got slapped down in her party's aggressive gerrymandering push (for which she put her smiling mug front and center), and watched her gun grab agenda get kneecapped by the courts before she could turn her party's anti-gun wish list loose on the rest of Virginia.

If the Democrat Party cares at all about rural voters, they might want to think twice about the possibility of Abigail Spanberger being a vice presidential contender for their '28 ticket. If this is how a so-called "moderate" Democrat is treated when she tries to mingle with rural Virginians, imagine how well that sales pitch is going to play in small towns and rural communities across the rest of America.

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TOPICS: Local News; Music/Entertainment; Outdoors; Society
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[vivenne]

Well deserved, Abigail.

[MtnClimber]

Do you think she will take time to consider that her views are not popular with many constituents? I think she hates her constituents so it reinforces her convictions to leftist garbage that harms her state. Leftists run on hate.

[BenLurkin]

“old-timey”

[Tench_Coxe]

"If the Democrat Party cares at all about rural voters, they might want to think twice about the possibility of Abigail Spanberger being a vice presidential contender for their '28 ticket."

They don't care. That's the point.

[Mouton]

Should have stuffed her in a coal mine.

[Kahuna]

Fool me once..... Fool me twice.............

[Red Badger]

It’s a “old-timey” Southernism, I use it all the time..........

[DownInFlames]

Get out of the blue urban area and she’s hated. Control the blue cities and control the state.

[Red Badger]

Leftists, and leftist women in particular, never, ever equate their ideology and subsequent policies with their lack of popularity and outright failure. Never.......

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I have had the opportunity to travel in that part of the country many times and enjoy the people, the culture, and the landscape. Good for them!

[Red Badger]

Illinois would be RED if it weren't for Chicago.

Same with Georgia. Their goal is to make Georgia Blue by Taking over all the cities.

2024 election:

[j.havenfarm]

First Ive heard of that. Straight white unattractive woman who can no longer plausibly claim to be moderate? I don’t think so. Not when there are so many “diverse” female hacks available

[Da Coyote]

Good, honest and productive people and DemocRATz are NOT friends.

Productive societies and DemocRATz are NOT friends.

Civilization and Democratz are NOT friends.

Methinks there’s a trend, there.

[Red Badger]

She went to the reddest of the red counties and expected a warm welcome?...............

[brownsfan]

Meh, the idiots in VA will re-elect her.

[simpson96]

Can you really humiliate someone who has no shame whatsoever?

Still, I like that the optics are out there.

[Red Badger]

Arlington, Richmond, Virginia Beach will..............

[jeffersondem]

Folks in rural communities - especially the kind of people who attend fiddle festivals - are very reluctant to give offense to invited guests. They teach their children to respect the office of the Governor.

Typically, even the no-good brother-in-law will be cordially greeted at a family or community gathering.

For her to be openly booed shows the extent of her dislike.

She really is not liked; not even a little by those attendees.

[MtnClimber]

And leftist women tend to be very vengeful’