Democrats in Virginia Now Targeting the Virginia Military Institute for Left-Wing Political Transformation
Democrats have been in control of Virginia for about ten minutes now and they are already enacting radically left wing political policies.
In addition to the outrageous changes they’re making in Virginia’s tax policies, they are also going after the prestigious Virginia Military Institute. They can’t stand the fact that the institute doesn’t have diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.
Because of this, they are threatening funding to the school and are even talking about placing it under the governance of Virginia State University, a historically black college.
Cardinal News in Virginia reports:
Pair of bills would look at stripping governance, funding from VMI
Two Democrats in the commonwealth’s House of Delegates have taken aim at the Virginia Military Institute.
The bills follow five years of scrutiny of the culture and leadership of the public military college in Lexington. In addition, Virginia’s new governor has taken action to remake the governing board at the school after Democratic lawmakers have criticized it for being too conservative under former Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
Del. Dan Helmer, D-Fairfax County, filed a bill Wednesday that would create a task force to determine whether VMI should continue to be a state-sponsored higher education institution. A bill filed Tuesday by Del. Michael Feggans, D-Virginia Beach, would dissolve VMI’s board of visitors and put the governance of the college under Virginia State University’s board of visitors…
Helmer’s bill, HB 1377, would establish a task force to determine whether VMI should remain a state-sponsored institution.
FOX News has more on this:
Virginia Democrats blasted for threatening historic military college VMI with funding threat over DEI concerns
Virginia Democrats in the state’s House of Delegates introduced a resolution on Tuesday that would establish a task force to investigate the Virginia Military Institute and determine if the historic military college should continue to receive funding.
The move is the latest of Virginia Democrats’ efforts to reinvigorate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policy in the state after much of the DEI mandates and policies were revoked after President Donald Trump was elected in 2024.
“This takes away from VMI, takes away from its mission,” Virginia Republican Congressman Rob Wittman told Fox News Digital. “I think that it’s harmful to the Commonwealth of Virginia, harmful to VMI as an institution, harmful to all the incredible military leaders and community leaders that have come out of VMI.”…
Congressman Pat Fallon, R-TX, also serves on the House Armed Services Committee and pointed to newly elected Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger as the culprit of the threat to VMI.
“Less than a month in office as governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger has shown a commitment to turning the commonwealth into California,” Fallon told Fox News Digital. “The left’s renewed focus on VMI is not intended to benefit our military.
Democrats refused to learn anything from the 2024 election and the instant they gained some power again, they showed that they are incapable of change. They’re going to just keep doing what they want to do.
Keep an eye on Virginia. Democrats there are showing what they want to do with the rest of the country.
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