{"id":53448,"date":"2025-09-05T03:47:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=53448"},"modified":"2025-09-05T03:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T03:47:04","slug":"abigail-spanbergers-running-mate-in-virginia-has-a-record-of-smearing-states-voters-as-racists-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=53448","title":{"rendered":"Abigail Spanberger\u2019s Running Mate in Virginia Has a Record of Smearing State\u2019s Voters as Racists (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ghazala-hashmi-1200x630.jpg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<figure aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1448097\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ghazala-hashmi-1200x630.jpg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" class=\"size-facebook wp-image-1448097\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screencap of Twitter\/X video.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Abigail Spanberger, the Democrat running for governor of Virginia this fall, has chosen as her running mate, a state senator named Ghazala Hashmi, a Muslim with a history of bashing Virginia voters as racists.<\/p>\n<p>If you live in Virginia, prepare to hear a lot more about race if these two Democrats win. It will seem like old times.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also worth noting that Hashmi helped kill legislation that would allow parents to know if their child identified as transgender while at school.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-inline-1\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postinline-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/from-youngkin-supporters-to-concerned-parents-dem-nominee-for-virginia-lieutenant-governor-has-long-history-of-smearing-her-states-voters-as-racist-and-fascist\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Washington Free Beacon<\/a> has the story:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ghazala Hashmi, an Indian immigrant who became the first Muslim elected to Virginia\u2019s state senate in 2019, has a long history of smearing the very voters she\u2019ll need to win over as racist, misogynistic, and fascist, a <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> review of her record in public life found.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with University of Delaware professor Muqtedar Khan after the 2021 gubernatorial election titled,\u201dWhat Went wrong for the Democrats in Virginia?\u201d Hashmi appeared to agree with Khan\u2019s assessment that a majority of Virginia voters are bigots.<\/p>\n<p>Khan said Governor Glenn Youngkin\u2019s (R.) victory in that year\u2019s contest meant \u201cthe majority of voters in Virginia are racist, or at least susceptible to racist dog whistles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The election results, according to Khan, showed \u201cthe Republicans are winning because the electorate responds to racist dog whistles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hashmi agreed, saying the racism of the Virginia electorate is \u201cvery disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s really disturbing to [minority groups in Virginia] is this idea that racism is so latent and so much a part of the society that people could respond to these kinds of flagrant dog whistles that we heard throughout the Youngkin campaign,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>See the video below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"1920\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This one is DAMNING.<\/p>\n<p>A professor blatantly suggests that &#8220;the majority of voters in Virginia are racist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ghazala Hashmi AGREES: &#8220;It&#8217;s very disturbing\u2026racism is\u2026so much a part of the society!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HkI8ag3cAP\">pic.twitter.com\/HkI8ag3cAP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1963607098446446633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In this clip, Hashmi expresses concern about parents who don\u2019t want their children reading LGBT books in school.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"1920\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I&#8217;m concerned about this &#8216;subset of parents&#8217; who think that they can legislate what children are reading.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s particularly concerned that parents don&#8217;t want their kids reading books from &#8220;LGBTQ authors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Virginians ALREADY rejected this insanity from Terry McAuliffe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZHEeRf0c9C\">pic.twitter.com\/ZHEeRf0c9C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1963607095250485503?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Virginia voters need to be very careful with this election. If they put the Democrats back in charge, they are going to get a firehose of DEI, trans, race, and LGBT opened on them. These Democrats have not changed at all. They will go right back to the same toxic, woke approach to governance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tgp-post-above-comments\">\n<div class=\"adcovery-postbelow-01\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2025\/09\/abigail-spanbergers-running-mate-virginia-has-record-smearing\/\">Abigail Spanberger\u2019s Running Mate in Virginia Has a Record of Smearing State\u2019s Voters as Racists (VIDEO)<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screencap of Twitter\/X video. 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