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Abigail Spanberger: “The current lieutenant governor of Warner stood up for…”

Featuring: Abigail Spanberger, Democratic | Governor of Virginia

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Virginia Gubernatorial Debate

Published | Video Starts at 1:52:09

That is how we started the path towards ending the government shutdown with leadership from the president. The current lieutenant governor of Warner stood up for Virginia workers because right now, at this moment, when Virginia's federal workforce and contractors and communities across the commonwealth are suffering because of this government shutdown, it is only increasing the challenge that they are facing after months and months of the attacks from this White House under doge. Now, it's important to point out in this, we did not actually end up getting to that point. (1:52:09–1:52:36)

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Asserts that Virginia's federal workforce and communities are suffering due to the government shutdown.

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