Virginia Democrats Move to Double Their Own Pay While Hiking Taxes—After Campaigning on ‘Affordability’

After taking full control in Richmond, Democrats are hiking taxes on families and quietly voting themselves a 150% raise.

Virginia Democrats sold voters a message of “affordability.” But since reclaiming full control of state government, their actions tell a very different story.

With Democrats now holding the governor’s mansion, the state Senate, and the House of Delegates under Governor Abigail Spanberger, lawmakers are racing to raise taxes, expand government—and now, pa…