By Bill Wilson
On April 21, the forces of global authoritarianism scored a victory that will have impact for generations. After over a century attacking the concept of the American Revolution and the founding documents of our nation, they have succeeded in sneaking an outright rejection of the concept of representative government into law. The United States, as many of us knew it, is gone. We are a defeated and occupied land with the next chapter yet to be written.
For some, this may sound well overblown and a bit hysterical. The truth, however, is exactly as I have defined it. What was done in Virginia on April 21 is nothing short of a coup d’état, an over-throw of our entire system to appease the power-lust of a band of ideological zealots and thieving grifters.
As a result of the narrow decision to allow the General Assembly to ignore the State Constitution and to impose a Congressional District map — and likely state legislative maps as well — on the citizens of the Commonwealth will leave half of Virginians with zero effective representation. Maps will be drawn that allow the radical Marxists to impose a contorted map that will result in 10 Democrats and 1 Republican representing the state in Congress. This despite nearly half of the voters opposing the move and a predictable 45 percent vote for candidates other than the neo-communists that now rule.
While claiming it is “only temporary,” everyone knows that whenever government can get away with a denial of rights once it repeats the move over and over. So, the “temporary” claim is just another lie from our CIA-trained Liar in Chief Governor. The hard left will get their zombie Congressmen, and it may be the difference in handing the House of Representatives to Hakeem Jefferies in 2026. But the price for this will be very high and long-lasting.
The price is the destruction of trust, the crushing of faith in our system, the end of the promise of America as a land where people are allowed to govern themselves. If many people come to believe and feel in their bones that they have no voice, they very quickly stop believing in the legitimacy of the authority over which they have no say. Once that legitimacy is gone, it is virtually impossible to get it back. That is what Abgail Spanberger, and her cohort of thugs have done — told half the people of Virginia that they have no say, that they are expected to put their heads down, be quiet and obey.
Issues on how this monstrous theft was allowed to happen will be debated for a generation, not the least of which is the amateurish counter moves by a “Republican establishment” that never played to win. But regardless of the “how” of it, the concern now must be impact of it. Yes, some truly inferior politicians will end up in Congress from Virginia. But truth be told, that will not be anything new. Venal, race-baiting thugs are sure to be among them. It will not be the first time the Democrat Party has sent that type of person to Congress and sadly it will not be last.
No, the real impact of this treacherous move will not be immediately apparent. It will take time. But it is assuredly coming. Respect for government is sure to plummet even lower than it is now. Only brute force will be able to get the people to comply with the ever-demanding edicts of the cabal. And at some point, many will just stop — refuse. So, if Spanberger wants to go house to house to confiscate guns, I suggest the state invest in massive amounts of Kevlar. There are many who will not willingly hand over their firearms.
And as the taxes rise to pay for the radical demands of the public sector unions — now imposed by imperial order on all localities and school boards — inevitably resistance will follow. That will put Virginia in the same box places as California and Illinois find themselves today, unable to pay for union demands that are simply out of all proportion to reality. And, of course, with no popular break on the spending and woke policies of the radical left, business will not tolerate it very long. There is always Tennessee, West Virginia, and the Carolinas to go set up shop.
Spanberger and her crew are, oddly, betting on Donald Trump. If Trump can get his huge increase in spending for the War Department, much of that will end up in Northern Virginia which will hide the loss of real business to other states. But even that is sure to falter quickly as the war winds down. No business will stay long in a state that sees them as little more than prey.
All of this leads to another predicable outcome — population loss. Just ask California or Illinois how advancing radical, woke, so-called “social justice” and high-tax proposals work out. Lower population of higher income, working people and more dependent welfare clients with a shrinking business base leads to poverty, both economic and spiritual.
This all takes time to manifest. And, I suppose, Spanberger and the people around her figure that by the time all impact of their theft becomes visible they will be long gone. It is the Democrat way after all. But there is more. The loss of legitimacy and a disconnect in society will have ramifications.
Nowhere is this fact better outlined than in an 1815 letter from John Adams to Thomas Jefferson. While the two had been rivals, they became close in the following years after their presidencies were fading into memory. By the time of Adams’ letter, both were long gone from public service and on the sidelines of political affairs but had a keen eye. Adams wrote:
“As to the history of the Revolution, my ideas may be peculiar, perhaps singular. What do we mean by the Revolution? The War? That was no part of the Revolution. It was only an effect and consequence of it. The Revolution was in the minds of the People, and this was effected from 1760 to 1775, over the course of fifteen years before a drop of blood was drawn at Lexington.”
In 2026 Spanberger and the overlords of the Democrat Party lit the fuse, just like the British did in 1760. And like the British over-reach, the Spanberger Coup will not stand the test of time — or the will of the American People.
Bill Wilson is the former president of Americans for Limited Government.
