Video: In Interview with Meidas Touch, Abigail Spanberger Says “We’re going to [win] in Virginia this November, and we look forward to seeing the rest of the country follow our very very good example!”
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During an interview with the MeidasTouch Podcast, Spanberger emphasized that the Trump Administration’s firing of federal workers has an outsized impact on Virginians, and it threatens Virginia’s overall economic security. Just last week, a new Washington Post-Schar School poll showed that 22 percent of Northern Virginia households with federal government workers or contractors have had a member of their household laid off, fired, or put on leave from a job since January 1, 2025.
“VirginianswantanddeserveaGovernorwhoisgoingtostandupforthem.Wehavemorethan320,000federalemployeeshereintheCommonwealthofVirginia—andweknowthatacrossourcommunities,wearefacingdire,direimpactaspeoplearelosingtheirjobsandaspeopleareworriedthattheymightlosetheirjobs,” saidSpanberger. “Importantly,whenyouhavesuchadensityofpopulationoffederalemployees—aswedoinNorthernVirginiaandinHamptonR