{"id":2589246,"date":"2026-04-10T08:59:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-republicans-surrendered-virginia-to-left-wing-colonizers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:04:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:04:57","slug":"how-republicans-surrendered-virginia-to-left-wing-colonizers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-republicans-surrendered-virginia-to-left-wing-colonizers\/","title":{"rendered":"How Republicans Surrendered Virginia To Left-Wing Colonizers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-republicans-surrendered-virginia-to-left-wing-colonizers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2589246&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This Federalist essay by Stella Morabito argues that Virginia\u2019s April 21 gerrymandering referendum would effectively wipe out Republican congressional representation in most districts, aided by out-of-state money, propaganda, and a weak GOP ground game.It cites 2025 election results showing Democrats expanding their House majority after Republicans failed to field challengers in many seats, aided by dark-money campaigns and outside influence (including mailers postmarked from California and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/local-independent-pro-redistricting-outlet-in-virginia-is-owned-by-democrats\/\" title=\"\u2018Local independent\u2019 pro...re...ing outlet in Virginia is owned by ...\">faux newspaper called<\/a> The Virginia Independent, and also national ads).The piece also contends that \u201cinfiltration\u201d of the GOP by Democrats in red states, internal GOP divisions, and the activism of so\u2011called \u201cundocumented Democrats\u201d hinder conservative efforts, including opposition to voter-ID laws. Morabito emphasizes the neglect of local elections, the rise of well-funded Democratic groups targeting school boards and other local offices, and the influence of emotionally charged messaging and \u201cstorytelling\u201d to mobilize voters. She concludes that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >referendum reflects fake fairness<\/a> and fake democracy, and urges conservatives to organise and push back to preserve representation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Virginia Democrats are swooning over the prospect of wiping out congressional representation for the overwhelming majority of Republicans in the state if voters pass their April 21 gerrymandering referendum. As I <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/08\/virginia-democrats-power-grab-is-a-giant-middle-finger-to-rural-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> here at The Federalist, that ballot question drips with contempt for rural voters as well as the &ldquo;democracy&rdquo; Democrats pretend to care about.<\/p>\n<p>How did things change so fast? What&rsquo;s behind Democrats&rsquo; cockiness to behave with impunity like Soviet apparatchiks? Normal Americans are still scratching their heads over the outcome of Virginia&rsquo;s 2025 election that handed over the governorship and a massive statehouse majority to the Democrats. They especially wonder how <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/11\/04\/after-assassination-fantasies-virginia-elects-democrat-jay-jones-as-attorney-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jay Jones easily won<\/a> his election for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-trump-campaign-says-clark-county-registrar-joe-gloria-hiding-from-subpoena-service\/\" title=\"Nevada: Trump ... Says Clark County Registrar Joe Gloria Hiding From Subpoena Service\">state attorney general<\/a> despite openly fantasizing about the murder of his Republican colleague and two young children. Not long ago, such creepiness would have totally collapsed any American candidate&rsquo;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>We can attribute a lot of this current insanity to the usual suspects: a coarsening of the culture, the dumbing down of the electorate, the lackluster campaign of the Republican gubernatorial candidate, and probably a certain degree of election rigging enabled by some 45 days of early voting, mail-in voting, and ballot harvesting.<\/p>\n<p>But let&rsquo;s look more deeply at a few other factors that have led Virginia to this point. They include out-of-state money, anemic GOP candidate recruitment, apathy toward local elections, and emotion-laden propaganda.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Money and Campaigning from out of State<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Virginia is just one of many states targeted with piles of out-of-state dark money, such as George Soros&rsquo; funds, to create one-party states. That&rsquo;s pretty obvious, especially when we see Virginia voters receiving postcards pushing for a &ldquo;Yes&rdquo; vote on a redistricting referendum that are <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/XVanFleet\/status\/2036252673259823478\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">postmarked from places like Oakland<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JrViars\/status\/2036292005240643976\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Santa Ana<\/a>, California.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Federalist&rsquo;s Breccan Thies has covered various aspects of out-of-state meddling and dark-money propaganda used to push this referendum. One example is <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/03\/24\/left-wing-propagandists-send-virginians-fake-newspaper-promoting-democrat-gerrymander\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a faux newspaper<\/a> called The Virginia Independent that has left-wing influence written all over it. Another is former President Barack Obama&rsquo;s inability to retire from his constant <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/01\/facing-questions-about-anti-gerrymander-gotv-operation-va-gop-expresses-confidence-in-dems-obama-ads\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">political badgering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Anemic GOP Candidate Recruitment<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Democrats did not allow a single one of the 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates to go unchallenged in the 2025 election, not even in deep-red districts. In contrast, Virginia Republicans allowed <a href=\"https:\/\/enr.elections.virginia.gov\/results\/public\/virginia\/elections\/2025-November-General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">16 of the 100 House seats to go unchallenged<\/a>, effectively handing over those seats to the Democrats who could then concentrate their money and energy on tighter races.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The result? The Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ballotpedia.org\/2025\/11\/06\/virginia-democrats-gain-13-seats-in-the-house-of-delegates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gained 13 seats<\/a>, leading to a 64-36 Democrat majority in the House of Delegates. They had previously held a slim 51-49 majority. GOP leadership could have worked a little bit toward minimizing losses if they had simply made sure every single district at least had a &ldquo;placeholder&rdquo; challenging the Democrats, no matter how blue the district. Why didn&rsquo;t they? It was probably a matter of sloth or betrayal. You decide.<\/p>\n<h2>Democrat <strong>Infiltration of GOP in Red States <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This is an old story in the U.S. Congress, where too many Republicans afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome can&rsquo;t even bring themselves to pass a bill that would require voter ID. Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell, John Thune, and others play starring roles in this farce. But there are many more like them acting as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/12\/wv-lawmakers-launch-freedom-caucus-to-take-on-undocumented-democrats-in-the-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">undocumented Democrats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives have been <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealJamesWoods\/status\/2037527397344661535\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enraged<\/a> to see Senate Republicans who campaign on common-sense issues like voter ID side with Democrats on opposing the Save America Act. This degree of RINOism also infects state and local politics, with Democrats even looking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2026\/03\/30\/watch-local-virginia-gop-chairman-shuts-down-questions-democrat-election-fraud-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to infiltrate local GOP<\/a> leadership.<\/p>\n<h2>Voters Sitting Out Critical <strong>Local Election<\/strong>s<\/h2>\n<p>Ignoring local and special elections leaves <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ScottGordonDFW\/status\/2017819777499115942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a lot of room for well-organized<\/a> and well-funded Democrats who do not serve the interests of the constituency. Local offices, such as school boards in red areas, are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sean-penn-writes-angry-letter-blasting-staff-who-complained-about-vaccine-distribution-site-working-conditions\/\" title=\"Sean Penn Writes Angry Letter Blasting Staff Who Complained About Vaccine Distribution Site Working Conditions\">low-hanging fruit<\/a> for energetic left-wing activists to get their candidates elected.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/chrisdorsey\/2021\/03\/17\/americas-mass-migration-intensifies-as-leftugees-flee-blue-states-and-counties-for-red\/?sh=8f8af7231460\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leftugees<\/a>&rdquo; who leave high-tax states for redder pastures too often <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/26\/leftist-invaders-will-soon-be-in-your-corner-of-red-america-if-they-havent-colonized-it-already\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">end up voting for the same policies<\/a> that befouled the places they left. Don&rsquo;t underestimate their influence in rural areas. They run for county boards of supervisors in off-year elections, usually masquerading as &ldquo;independents&rdquo; in Republican areas. They can become mayors of towns where <a href=\"https:\/\/historical.elections.virginia.gov\/contest\/139663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a total of 24 votes are cast<\/a>. They often begin their influence by volunteering to sit on various local boards and commissions, as well as joining local clubs like Lions and Ruritan that get them connected in their communities. The bottom line is that local elections have always been a springboard to higher office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No-shows in low-turnout elections basically hand the reins over to Democrats. Conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1996198687882559836\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pundits have written<\/a> about the December 2025 special election for a congressional seat in a Tennessee district that remained very conservative even after redistricting. Though it was a Republican hold, the results reflected low voter interest among conservatives that will doom them if it keeps up. Left-wing activists have noted that in red areas, they needn&rsquo;t move the needle by much to make a future impression &mdash; maybe just one or two points in successive elections.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Emotional Sway Plays a Role <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Democrats rely on high levels of emotional manipulation to get out the vote, such as pretending to promote &ldquo;fairness.&rdquo; But in their version of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralgroundgame.org\/storytellers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">storytelling<\/a>,&rdquo; stoking toxic empathy is key. This can come in the form of warnings such as: <em>Your child will commit suicide if you don&rsquo;t affirm they\/them as transgender.<\/em> Or: <em>If you can&rsquo;t get an abortion at nine months pregnant, then you&rsquo;ll never have a career.<\/em> Or: <em>Mass illegal immigration into America is the only compassionate way to solve the problems of the world.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, such &ldquo;storytelling&rdquo; is a huge component of all left-wing agendas. That&rsquo;s probably why The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/media\/5089189-the-washington-post-mission-statement-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launched<\/a> this new mission statement last year: &ldquo;Riveting Storytelling for All of America.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the end, Virginia&rsquo;s gerrymandering referendum is just another example of Democrats telling propagandistic stories that promote fake fairness and fake democracy. Conservatives need to understand what&rsquo;s happening and fight back before they lose representation altogether.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Stella Morabito is a senior contributor at The Federalist. She is author of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Weaponization-Loneliness-Tyrants-Isolation-Silence\/dp\/1637582021\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=N5PGDDDUYGO4&amp;keywords=weaponization+of+loneliness&amp;qid=1666811187&amp;qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAwIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&amp;sprefix=weaponization%2Caps%2C104&amp;sr=8-1\">The Weaponization of Loneliness: How Tyrants Stoke Our Fear of Isolation to Silence, Divide, and Conquer<\/a>.&#8221;    Her essays have appeared in various publications, including the Washington Examiner, American Greatness, Townhall, Public Discourse, and The Human Life Review. In her previous work as an intelligence analyst, Morabito focused on various aspects of Russian and Soviet politics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-compulsive-conformity-can-get-people-killed\/\" title=\"How Compulsive Conformity Can Get People Killed\">including communist media<\/a> and propaganda.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stella_morabito\">Follow Stella on Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Va Dems cheer gerrymander to wipe out GOP reps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":568,"featured_media":2589247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aspanberger.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[77518,5129,70303,77517,74145],"class_list":["post-2589246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-colonizers","tag-left-wing","tag-political-analysis-2","tag-republican-politics-2","tag-virginia-politics-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aspanberger.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/568"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2589246"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2589250,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589246\/revisions\/2589250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2589247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2589246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2589246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2589246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}