Gov Candidate Abigail Spanberger Rips MAGA GOP in Virginia

The MeidasTouch Podcast

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Politics, News

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Trump and MAGA leaders in Virginia getting lambasted for screwing up everything there and Meiselas interviews former VA Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger who is running for Governor of Virginia about her reaction to what is taking place. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.1	is going on in virginia the maga republican governor glen yonkin call him, MAGA in a vest, has just vetoed
0:39.9	two bills that would have guaranteed Virginians access to contraception, marking the second time
0:46.6	that he's blocked efforts to protect birth control rights through state law.
0:51.9	Not one, but two right there.
0:53.7	House Bill 1716 and Senate Bill 1105,
0:56.9	also known as the Virginia Right to Controception Act, was passed by the Democratic-controlled General
1:02.1	Assembly earlier this year. The bills were designed to preserve access to contraceptives,
1:07.3	such as birth control pills, IUDs, and emergency contraception, particularly in the wake of the U.S.
1:12.8	Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
1:15.9	And after it passed in the House and the Senate, the MAGA Republican Governor Glenn Yonkin
1:21.1	dismissed the legislation and said, why do we need it?
1:24.6	The Supreme Court ruled on this in 1965, in the Griswold case in 1972, and Eisenstead
1:31.0	be there.
1:32.0	And we trust the Supreme Court.
1:33.2	It's not like they just overturned Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs decision.
1:37.2	So we've got that coming out.
1:38.7	And then it resurfaced that the MAGA Republican governor candidate in Virginia for the
1:44.0	upcoming elections in November,
1:46.0	Winsom Earl Sears, in her capacity as lieutenant governor, she wrote a formal objection to a bill that was eventually signed into law
1:56.0	that was basically saying that she was morally against interracial marriages and same-sex
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