Spanberger Shades Trump In Victory Speech: ‘Tonight We Sent a Message!’

Tommy Christopher Nov 4th, 2025, 9:27 pm

Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) shaded President Donald Trump with several not-so-subtle references in her Virginia gubernatorial victory speech, telling the crowd, “Tonight, we sent a message!”

The former congresswoman defeated Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears with an early call Tuesday night, less than half an hour after the polls closed.

Spanberger took the stage about an hour later to applause from supporters and delivered a speech that took a few oblique shots at Trump — without mentioning his name.

The governor-elect said the people of Virginia rejected “chaos” and “stoking division,” and that “we turned a page” — but also reached out to supp

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