Bumper stickers once read “Virginia is for lovers,” but not any more. On March 7, Israel Ortiz Flores was arrested in Fairfax County, Va. and charged with sexually groping 12 teen females during school. The defense alleged his incidents were just “pranks” and feds had exploited the case due to his illegal status. The details are not appropriate to describe in this post. Flores, almost 19, was a high school junior from El Salvador admitted to the U.S. in 2024 under Joe Biden’s open border policy (KOMO7 News 4/21/26).
Tennesseans need to look closely at Virginia, Fairfax County and Democrats like Governor Abigail Spanberger who campaigned as a “moderate.” Her website called it “a win for centrism,” but her actions betray her far left sentiments.
Voters might have thought they were voting for a moderate but “they got a hack instead” (Washington Post 4/16/26). Her approval rating has sunk to 47 percent after only 2 months in office (WSJ 4/6/26).
While Republican Glenn Youngkin was governor his VA Crime Task Force arrested 2,500 illegals in 2025, over 1,000 deemed violent, with many in well-known migrant gangs. Democrat Spanburger, on her first day in office, ended agreements between Immigration Enforcement and local police, a reversal of Governor Youngkin’s safety efforts.
In Fairfax County, Israel Flores was sentenced to 360 days, but with time served that’s only 180 days (just 15 days jail time per assault). ICE placed a retainer on Flores, but will it be honored? There have been four murders in that county so far this year. Illegals were accused in three, the fourth was a murder suicide committed by the former Lt. Governor, Democrat Justin Fairfax.
Let’s take a lesson from Virginia - $62 million was spent on a redistricting referendum which a judge just blocked. We must be careful who we elect as governor, to our legislature and especially to our school board (Axios 2/21/26). It seems Virginia has become a destination for criminal illegal aliens and a state which wastes taxes on dangerous social engineering schemes.
Ralph Miller