#ed gillespie

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A good day in Virginia

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Hey, Tumblr! Tomorrow is ELECTION DAY!

On November 7, commit to protect women’s health in the Commonwealth: iwillvote/com/commit

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GET FUCKED GILLESPIE

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Gerrymandering in Virginia - along with reproductive rights, gun control, and other issues - will be determined by the governor’s race on Tuesday, November 7, 2017.

Republican contender Ed Gillespie ran a racist ad campaign falsely linking illegal immigrants to gang violence in sanctuary cities (Virginia does not have any sanctuary cities, and existing sanctuary cities in other states are actually safer than other cities). He is a Trump supporter who opposes Obamacare, called birth control a “sin,” and believes abortion should be banned. Responding to a question about gun control, he claimed that Virginia has universal background checks, which is not true.

Ed Gillespie invented the current GOP strategy for gerrymandering that has been widely used since 2010. If he wins, Republicans would be solely responsible for redistricting in Virginia - which Democrats would not be able to change until 2031.

Democratic candidate Ralph Northam must win this election. Voters in Virginia deserve a candidate who supports reproductive rights, healthcare, gun control, and more.

Take action right now to help Democrats win in VA:

1. Go to indivisible.org/virginia or flippable.org to see how you can help from out of state.

2. Text NORTHAM to 44939 to take action on voting rights with Let America Vote.

3. if you live in Virginia, visit iwillvote.com/va to find your polling place or sign up to get out the vote here.

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With this ad, Gillespie does more than just paint a picture of Virginia as rife with crime and danger; he stakes his ground against the expansion of voting rights. It’s a position he shares with Republicans across the country. For as much as Donald Trump is to blame for the recent subversion of democracy, Gillespie is a reminder that the problem predates the president. For the past decade, mainstream Republicans have backed efforts to restrict and suppress the vote. If there’s anything different about Gillespie, it’s that he’s willing to state the premise. The ad focuses on McAuliffe’s aggressive program to combat felon disenfranchisement in Virginia. In 2014, upon taking office, he broadened the number of people eligible to have their voting rights restored. The following year, McAuliffe removed the requirement that former felons pay court costs and fees to have those rights restored. In 2016, he issued an executive order restoring voting rights to all Virginians with felony convictions who had served their time. After the state Supreme Court invalidated this and similar orders, ruling the governor did not have the right to grant clemency en masse, McAuliffe took the path of least resistance and announced a plan to restore felon voting rights person by person. As of April, the governor has restored rights to more than 150,000 Virginians.

Ed Gillespie advertises his opposition to voting rights.

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Daily Tweet: 11/7/17

GO VOTE TODAY. New Jersey is also an important election, as the governorship could very well switch from Republican to Democrat. If you want to push back against Donald Trump, TODAY IS THE DAY TO DO IT.

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What do you all know about The Catholic Association? I'm currently incredible skeptical of their validity because a) I've never heard of them and b) this statement is false because Gillespie is on record as supporting the death penalty. So. I'm chalking this up to "just another heretical Facebook ad" but I wanted to hear what the Tumblr Catholics had to say. :)