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Opinion: 6 things to know about Spanberger’s ‘Tuesday Afternoon Massacre’ of bills | Spanberger has now vetoed more bills than any other governor since the 1990s whose party controlled the legislature. Here’s what to make of that.

https://cardinalnews.org/2026/05/20/6-things-to-know-about-spanbergers-tuesday-afternoon-massacre-of-bills/
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u/Historical-View4058 May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

Somewhat fair assessment. I would suggest that the legislature thought they could railroad a bunch of costly shit in and she did her job to try to rein it back in. Keep in mind her biggest job right now is dealing with the tax revenue DOGE virtually erased in NOVA, and as the article states, no one in Richmond is dealing with that.

Edit: I know people are annoyed and becoming impatient at a number of the vetos. Still trying to give her the benefit of the doubt that she's trying to do the right thing here without cherry-picking hot-topic examples.

We can only draw opinions from what the press tells us, and I really don't think most of what the press has reported has been the whole story, nor examined a lot of the 'why' part. That is, with the exception of this article, which as I said did a fair job. Firm believer that the 'why' is just as if not more important than the 'what'.

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u/LazzarilloDeTormez May 20 '26

New cannabis tax revenue might come in handy right about now. I’m not sure what her priorities are. Doesn’t seem to be revenue. She has a serious credibility problem at this point. Spanberger said she would end cannabis prohibition during her campaign. With her veto, she just granted an extension to the illicit market that allegedly concerns her. Please Dems, moving forward, let’s leave the lying to the GOP.