INTERVIEW – DJ JORDAN – running for the 31st District of the Virginia state House of Delegates

• Henrico Democratic leader stands by fundraising pitch linking GOP House speaker to New Zealand attack. After backlash, Henrico Democrats delete fundraising pitch linking GOP House Speaker to New Zealand attack. (Richmond Times-Dispatch) — The Henrico County Democratic Committee deleted a pair of social media fundraising pitches Wednesday that accused GOP House Speaker Kirk Cox of displaying a secret “white power” hand gesture after the posts sparked a bipartisan backlash. On Wednesday morning, the Henrico Democrats published posts on Twitter and Facebook that featured an old photo of Cox, R-Colonial Heights, juxtaposed with a photo of the alleged New Zealand mosque shooter. The posts suggested Cox was making a coded “OK” hand signal similar to the one the alleged mosque attacker flashed in court. “The Speaker of the House of Delegates should not make the same white power gesture that the New Zealand terrorist makes in his court appearance,” the committee said in its Facebook post, which linked to a donation page. Cox’s office called the claim that the speaker was conveying coded hand signals “ridiculous” and said it should be denounced by other Virginia Democrats.
• D.J. Jordan ‏ @DJJordanVA: It is despicable & baseless accusations like this that breed division & poor race-relations. Our Commonwealth will never move forward on the issue of race as long as it is used as a partisan weapon. The DPV should denounce this hateful action immediately.

INTERVIEW — JACK WILSON – Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia

• Henrico Democratic leader stands by fundraising pitch linking GOP House speaker to New Zealand attack
• FROM VA REPUBLICAN PARTY: Democrats Make Light of International Tragedy for Cheap Political Gain. With their leadership embroiled in scandal, the Henrico Democrats, with nothing left to lose, embrace divisive gutter politics in latest smear. Richmond, VA – On Friday, March 15, fifty people lost their lives and another fifty were wounded in a vile terrorist attack in New Zealand that affected the entire planet. Fifty people were ripped from their families in a bigoted, hate-filled, senseless attack. Leave it to the Democrats to fundraise off of an international tragedy. In a recent Richmond-Times article, the Chair of the Henrico Democrats doubled down on their claim that, because Speaker Cox’s hands were in a certain position, he must be a white nationalist and somehow related to the New Zealand terrorist. The DPVA & House Caucus spokesmen were real profiles in courage (sarcasm intended) and declined to comment, refusing to condemn incredibly dangerous gutter politics. From the Daily Caller: “According to Democrats, anyone who disagrees with their radical socialist agenda is a White Nationalist,” said RPV Chairman Jack Wilson. “The Republican Party of Virginia vehemently condemns the actions of the Henrico Democrats and calls for all area legislators to do the same. That means you Schuyler VanValkenburg, Debra Rodman, and Lamont Bagby.”