Conservative figures online are pouring their heart out on newly inaugurated Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger implementing her policies.
The right wing on the internet has been bemoaning Spanberger’s first week as governor, claiming that she was only acting as a moderate while running for office and has now veered to the left.
In her first few days as governor, Spanberger signed several executive orders, one of which ended state and local cooperation with federal immigration agents, a policy proposal she said she would enact if elected.
Conservatives are expressing outrage at Spanberger’s first moves, comparing her to a villain, a witch, and one of the “most dangerous people in our society.”
Spanberger was sworn in as governor last week after narrowly winning the governor’s race last November. / Win McNamee / Getty Images
Spanberger’s overall agenda as governor, outlined on her campaign website, also fits with her three terms as a House Democrat.
The Virginia-based Lepanto Institute, a Catholic organization, compared Spanberger to the White Witch in the Chronicles of Narnia in a post on X.
A Catholic organization compared her to the antagonist in the Chronicles of Narnia. / @LeptanoInst/X
“White liberal women are the most dangerous people in our society,” MAGA activist Laura Loomer posted to her 1.8 million followers on X.
Harmeet K. Dhillon, assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department, called Spanberger a “Bond villain.”
Other MAGA accounts online compared Spanberger to a demon. / @TonySeruga/X
Arizona Republican Congressman Abe Hamadeh put on X that “What is happening in Virginia should be a lesson to all Republicans in Congress. If the Democrats regain power, they will issue the most radical and transformative legislative agenda in the history of our nation.”
“We will not even recognize our country, and maybe we will never get it back,” argued Hamadeh, who is known for introducing a bill that mandates states to provide only votes in the English language.
The freshman Congressman from Arizona weighed in on Virginia politics. / @RepAbeHamadeh
You speak on Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News, Josh Holmes, co-host of the Mercilessly podcast, said of Spanberger, “She is there for a cup of coffee, and suddenly, we have a Communist manifesto in front of us. This is going fast and furious, but it is how the Democrats govern, regardless of what they say.”
Neoconservative baby Meghan McCain has come under fire for posting a photo of Spanberger during the January 6th attempted Capitol insurrection, during which she was wearing an emergency rescue hood.
“Virginia is f—ed,” said the post, which has since been deleted.
McCain later removed the post about Spanberger from her X page. / RelevantPeach3997 on r/fauxmoi
“Screw every one of you who lied to low-information voters and sold Abigail Spanberger as some kind of moderate,” McCain said in a follow-up post. “She’s been in office like 6 hours and she’s already trying to turn Virginia into Minneapolis.”
Other MAGA figures went further with their criticism of Spanberger, shooting down theories about the Democratic governor and calling for certain Virginia counties to secede.
Michelle Maxwell, self-described as “Constitutional Conservative Pride of Virginia,” claimed that the Democratic Party is “preparing” Spanberger to run for president and that she would be the “new Hillary.”
“Being governor is just step by step. So while everyone is distracted with Gavin [Newsom] she is the plan,” she posted to her more than 330,000 followers, adding “Spanberger is the country’s problem now and we better not take it lightly.”
She claimed that the Democratic Party was grooming Spanberger to be the next Hillary Clinton / @MichelleMaxwell/X
Maxwell also claimed that New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, who is considered comparable to Spanberger in terms of policy and behavior, was also being groomed by the Democratic Party.
Spanberger and Sherrill served in the House at the same time before becoming governors of their respective states. / Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Imag
“The fact that its 3 counties outside of DC deciding for the entire state should be grounds for the rest of the state to secede. We have no representation,” far-right producer TimCast posted, adding, “Many weren’t even born in America. They’re trying to garner foreign control with that degradation of voting integrity.”
That claim was quickly debunked as another user pointed out that even if the counties of Northern Virginia, where a significant portion of Virginia’s population lives, did not vote in the 2025 election, Spanberger would still win the race.
Spanberger won across the Commonwealth of Virginia, not just in the DC suburbs. / @StatisticUrban/X
Spanberger defeated her opponent, former Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, by more than 15 percentage points, or more than 520,000 votes, flipping the state from Republican to Democratic control in the 2025 commonwealth gubernatorial election.
Despite their current outrage over Spanberger, Virginia Republicans have largely doubted Earle Sears’ candidacy, as she often reveals in interviews, and Trump snubbed her in the high-profile race, withholding his endorsement.