Remember when Abigail Spanberger told Democrats they need to let their rage FUEL THEM?
Welp, we can't help but wonder if she still feels that way, considering she just vetoed one of their biggest agenda items. Collective bargaining. Now, before you start giving the CIA spook credit, we need to chat about why she vetoed it.
This has nothing to do with understanding that collective bargaining will destroy Virginia's economy.
No no.
She just didn't want the law to go into effect until AFTER she was out of office, so she doesn't have to deal with the mess we all know it will create.
The unions aren't taking it so well.
The Virginia Public Sector Labor Coalition, a lobbying group, called Gov. Spanberger's veto of the collective bargaining bill a betrayal of public service workers. The group reps AFL-CIO, VEA, SEIU and other large unions. pic.twitter.com/bidoLKKO7T
— Joe Dodson (@joedodson16) May 13, 2026
A BETRAYAL.
Gosh, you mean the woman who lied about not redistricting Virginia also lied about collective bargaining to get elected?
SAY IT AIN'T SO.
Governor Spanberger does not deserve credit for vetoing statewide collective bargaining.
— Mark Obenshain (@MarkObenshain) May 14, 2026
Let’s remember what actually happened.
The General Assembly passed a bill deliberately designed to delay implementation until 2028 — safely after the 2027 elections and after the next…
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... budget cycle — so Virginians wouldn’t immediately feel the tax increases and financial consequences.
Governor Spanberger didn’t oppose the policy. In fact, she made clear she was willing to sign it. Her only objection was that the delay wasn’t long enough.
Her amendment would have pushed implementation all the way to 2030 — an extraordinary attempt to kick the consequences entirely beyond her own term in office so another Governor and another General Assembly would be left holding the bag.
When lawmakers rejected her effort to avoid political accountability, she vetoed the bill.
This veto was not about protecting taxpayers, local governments, or Virginia families from the costs of forced collective bargaining.
It was about protecting Abigail Spanberger from the blame.
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OOF.
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