Posted on 02/03/2019 9:58:00 AM PST by Moseley
LORTON, VIRGINIA (February 3, 2019) — Already, Northern Virginia Republicans are lining up to run against Delegate Kathy Tran (D-VA-42). Tran is the freshman Delegate who notoriously sponsored a bill in the Virginia House of Delegates to allow the killing of an unborn baby up to the moment of birth.
The re-election of the entire Virginia House is happening this year, in November 2019. In 2017, Asian-American Tran won the 42nd district previously held for 24 years by Republican Dave Albo — who retired — by defeating Republican Latina Lolita Mancheno-Smoak.
Republican Steve Adragna immediately began campaigning at Saturday’s pro-life protest at Delegate Tran’s legislative town hall at South County High School in Lorton, Virginia. While others are joining the race, Adragna jumped right in at the rally. (Rally organizers did not let him speak, presumably due to legal concerns when some of the groups are 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.)
In an incredible development, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY)’s chief strategist, Doug Stafford, offered a “free campaign” to any Republican who would run against Delegate Tran.
While Virginia Republicans did not seem to need the encouragement to want to win back Tran’s district, the offer of assistance may open up the range of possible candidates to those who are not wealthy but qualified in other ways besides self-funding a campaign.
Doug Stafford tweeted on January 31, 2019,
“Anyone in Springfield Va area HD 42 want to run against this infanticide promoter and liar – DM me, I’ll run your race for free.”
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/va-abortion-extremist-democrat-kathy-tran-pulls-gop-challengers/
(Excerpt) Read more at bigleaguepolitics.com ...
While ‘free’ presumably means Stafford will not charge a salary for acting as campaign manager, this would still be a vast advantage — including because of the connections and instant credibility in fund-raising — for a candidate not already sitting on a massive warchest.
Tran cancelled her town hall at South County High School Saturday, but the Pro-Life protest still went forward anyway. It was transformed from speaking directly to Delegate Tran in her town hall into a rally out on the very extensive front lawn of the high school and sidewalks.
Although many planning to attend believed the entire event was cancelled on both sides, and did not come out of that confusion, at least 750 to 1,000 Pro-Life Virginia voters gathered to share their concerns. In addition, hundreds of cars driving past (seemingly searching for parking) honked and waved approval.
Tran’s presentation of her pro-abortion bill in committee exploded across news, talk radio, and the internet nationwide. Such a presentation in committee is a routine part of moving any bill forward in the Virginia General Assembly. Delegate Todd Gilbert (R-VA-15) asked Delegate Tran about her proposal. Tran admitted that her sponsored legislation would allow an abortion up to the very moment of birth. Gilbert had suggested a mother is in the throes of delivery — “she is dilating” (i.e., in the delivery room in the hospital) — and asked if the bill would allow an abortion even then. Tran’s somewhat confused, hesitant response finally admitted that, yes, her bill would allow an abortion even during the process of a baby being born. That video (General Assembly proceedings are televised routinely) created a national firestorm.
The coward Tran cancelled her Town Hall, not due to violence concerns
but because she would have been peppered by questions of her pro-life
district voters.
Could not have those videos floating around.
Have many Dems come forward and condemned Tran’s post-partum infanticide bill?
Sad to see what a sewer NOVA has become.
Every time a Baby is Murdered, a Democrat gets ther Pitchfork.
Keep asking Tran why, if her family fled Communist conquered So. Vietnam, does she want to impose a communistic way of population control on the people of her new home?
I’ll bet she won’t answer that question. Stick it to her until she cries “uncle”.
She may lose but Virginia is a blue state, folks. I doubt much can change that now, with all the illegals voting and various refugees forced into the state by the evil, federal demo_rats. I expect the Senate and House of delegates to be majority demo_rats next election.
JoMa
NOVA has become a sewer to allow jokers like these into office.
Uncle Ho
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