Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has turned out to be a real charlatan. Although she ran as somewhat of a moderate, she quickly morphed into a far-left progressive after taking office in January. She undoubtedly makes her failed California counterpart Gavin Newsom proud.
Case in point? On May 20, she signed two anti-ICE laws that basically told the federal government to pound sand. One restricts law enforcement from wearing facial coverings while on duty and demands they display identifying information, and the other dictates conditions on how the feds operate in the state.
The federal government, in the form of the Department of Justice, told Spanberger Thursday that she can take these measures and use them for birdcage lining because they’re unconstitutional.
You don’t have a say in this, Abigail:
"Governor Spanberger cannot tell Federal officers how to do their job,” said @ASGWoodward. "And she certainly cannot prohibit them from ensuring their own safety in conducting Federal law enforcement operations. Our suit today stops those unconstitutional efforts."
— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) June 11, 2026
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The suit names two familiar lefties, guys who have shown little interest in promoting safety or getting the bad guys:
The lawsuit names Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones and left-wing Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano — who was previously backed by groups connected to George Soros.
The suit claims Virginia's mask ban is "blatantly unconstitutional" because it attempts to regulate "what federal officers may and may not wear" while carrying out their duties, exposing agents' identities and increasing risks to them and their families.
These laws put agents’ lives at risk, the DOJ argues, as D.C. newscaster Scott Thuman notes:
🚨BREAKING: the Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Virginia, its Attorney General Jay Jones & the Commonwealth Attorney for Fairfax, Steve Descano.
— Scott Thuman (@ScottThuman) June 11, 2026
It's challenging their attempts for:
-mask bans for federal officers
-requests that officers display 'individual… pic.twitter.com/2S1JPsXah6
🚨BREAKING: the Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Virginia, its Attorney General Jay Jones & the Commonwealth Attorney for Fairfax, Steve Descano.
It's challenging their attempts for:
-mask bans for federal officers
-requests that officers display 'individual identifiers'
and
-refusal to cooperate with other law enforcement agencies on immigration issues.
The claim, in part:
Not only is the law an illegal attempt to regulate the federal government, but, as alleged in the complaint, the law threatens the safety of federal officers who have faced an unprecedent wave of harassment, doxing, and even violence. Threatening officers with prosecution for simply protecting their identities and their families also chills the enforcement of federal law and compromises sensitive law enforcement operations.
It’s not only the only time in Spanberger’s short regime that she’s shown that she considers the Constitution to be nothing more than a suggestion. She’s also been busy trying to restrict gun owners’ rights, to the point where many state prosecutors are openly refusing to enforce her new "assault weapons" ban. When (if) Spanberger read the nation’s founding documents, she apparently skipped over something known as the 2nd Amendment.
She’s also been “on one heck of a judicial losing streak,” as our Teri Christopher writes. In early June, a Virginia Circuit Court judge smacked down her attempts to do an end-around on his previous permanent injunction of background checks for private firearm sales. Oh, and both the Virginia high court and the U.S. Supreme Court shot down the state's redistricting efforts, which the governor was against before she was for.
Spanberger misled voters about who she really was, as she so ably proved with her bait and switch on the redistricting. The DOJ’s suit sends notice that they’re not just going to stand around and watch her trample all over ICE — and the Constitution.
Editor’s Note: Democrat politicians and their radical supporters will do everything they can to interfere with and threaten ICE agents enforcing our immigration laws.
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