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kpete

(72,028 posts) Tue Jan 21, 2020, 03:26 PM Jan 2020

VA Senate votes 22-18 to scrap Lee-Jackson day & make Election Day a state holiday.

Virginia Senate votes 22-18 to scrap Lee-Jackson day and make Election Day a state holiday.

@Dunnavant4VA was the Republican voting for it

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VA Senate votes 22-18 to scrap Lee-Jackson day & make Election Day a state holiday. (Original Post) kpete Jan 2020 OP

The great commonwealth of Virginia keeps getting greater. jcmaine72 Jan 2020 #1

K & R...for visibility... Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #2

'Bout time. Duppers Jan 2020 #3

jcmaine72

(1,773 posts)

1. The great commonwealth of Virginia keeps getting greater.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 03:32 PM

Jan 2020

It's sad that two traitors were revered for as long as they were there, but progress has been made. Virginia is now officially a blue state with blue state values, which means human decency and dignity can finally thrive there unfettered.

Welcome back to the United States, Virginia. It's been a long time.

Wounded Bear

(58,743 posts)

2. K & R...for visibility...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2020, 04:30 PM

Jan 2020

Duppers

(28,127 posts)

3. 'Bout time.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jan 22, 2020, 06:17 AM

Jan 2020

💕 my state ( Commonwealth).

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