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  • Virginia Republican apologizes for criticizing Democrat's nose - but not for anti-Semitism

    09/23/2021 3:01:56 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 69 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 23/9/21 | Ron Kampeas
    A Republican political candidate in Virginia is apologizing for mocking the nose of the state’s Jewish House speaker — but he says his comment was not meant to be anti-Semitic. Eileen Filler-Corn, a Democrat, made history in 2020 when she became the first Jewish and first woman speaker of the oldest legislature in the United States, the Virginia House of Delegates. Last week, the state’s House Democratic caucus tweeted praise of Filler-Corn for her work on education, attaching a picture of her addressing an online meeting. Hahns Copeland, a Republican who is running for a seat in the House, replied...
  • GOP House speaker says Democrats are blocking hearing on women's allegations against Fairfax

    04/03/2019 4:29:33 AM PDT · by Captain Jack Aubrey · 20 replies
    The Richmond Times-Dispatch ^ | 04/03/2019 | MEL LEONOR
    House Speaker Kirk Cox, R-Colonial Heights, said in a statement that Democratic leader Eileen Filler-Corn, D-Fairfax, has repeatedly spurned offers by House Courts Committee Chairman Rob Bell, R-Albemarle, to hold a bipartisan hearing that would allow the two women to testify. “There should be no mistake about what has happened here: the alleged victims are seeking a bipartisan hearing; Republicans are seeking a bipartisan hearing; Democrats in the House of Delegates are refusing to allow that to happen,” Cox said.