00:00I do want to talk about those doge cuts and how much they matter in Virginia, because a lot of
00:05the people who reside in northern Virginia, they're federal workers. And when Lieutenant
00:10Governor, when some Earl Sears was asked about the if she embraced doge cuts, she said, we don't
00:15want anyone to lose their jobs. She empathized with people who did lose their jobs. But she said
00:20Virginia has over 250,000 jobs open. What was the response, do you think, in Virginia to that type
00:28of answer? I mean, what do Virginians want to hear? Well, she also said, which has been effectively
00:34already used as an ad, you know, hey, everybody lives their jobs. And the problems that are
00:41available in Virginia do not match the job skills of those who are losing their jobs. And so first,
00:47it's not just that they're losing federal employee jobs, they're losing federal contractor jobs,
00:53veterans are losing their jobs. So for example, if you're a veteran, a third of those jobs are
00:59veterans. So if you're a veteran, who's losing your job at the VA, there's not necessarily a
01:04replacement job in Virginia for that. If you're somebody, say, who's a specialist in national
01:10security, there's not a replacement for that. If you're a researcher at NIH living in Virginia,
01:18Virginia, there's not necessarily a replacement for that job. Virginia has certain, a lot of the
01:25jobs that they had on their website were things like at nursing homes, retail jobs. That's if you're
01:32a GS-15 at, you know, the NSA, you're not going to go work at a nursing home or work in at Tyson's
01:40corner. So the replacement jobs have not matched in any way comparable. So that was a pretty seen as a
01:48pretty flippant response. And the mismatch, you know, Virginia does have one of the highest
01:53unemployment rates and job loss rates in the country because of Doge. And the Doge cuts have
02:02been more, they weren't surgical, they were a bulldozer. So to not have our people standing up
02:09for us. Listen, when I was in there, as a staffer, when I worked for Frank Wolf, you know, people like
02:16George Allen, previous Republicans would stand up regardless of party, when the president came in
02:24and went after our government employees. That is different now, because these Republicans are afraid
02:31to say anything against Donald Trump. People notice that your first obligation as a representative
02:37is to represent your people, not Donald Trump. That's been the message that Abigail has said,
02:45because listen, Abigail has said, listen, I stood up against my party. I voted against Nancy Pelosi.
02:51I was the most bipartisan member in my delegation, in my caucus. I stood up when it mattered.
02:59Winston Sears and these guys aren't doing that. That's something that resonates. I found when I ran,
03:05because I was willing to stand up against my party. People appreciate that, because that makes a
03:11difference for their jobs. And for, I mean, it's also about national security and about
03:17the importance of the work that these people are doing. And you're recognizing that their work
03:22is important, whether it's curing cancer at NIH, which, you know, Republicans, Newt Gingrich was at the,
03:29was leading the charge on that. Now that's been decimated. So people say, whoa, wait a minute.
03:35You Republicans were telling us you wanted to do that. Why are we decimating that office? And
03:41somebody who voted for all those increases in the first Trump administration, I'm saying, yes,
03:48that is insane. And that nobody from our attorney general to Winston Sears is saying, hey, you can't
03:57do that. That was voted into law. You can't cut those grants without Congress doing something.
04:04And nobody's standing up for that anymore. So that's the kind of thing that I do think resonates
04:10here in Virginia. And people realize this is a really different time. And I think that's having an impact.
04:18To that point, is this ever
04:20you?
04:34Yeah.
04:35Yeah.
04:37Yeah.
04:40Yeah.
04:42Yeah.
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