So, instead of letting the howling rabid mob tear down the statues, we have mayors odering the statues torn down by crews paid for by the taxpayers. We know who the mayors and governors are working for and who they spit on.
And people will vote for them over and over and over again. Obviously, Richmond is very democratic as is Northern Virginia where from a quarter to a third of the state’s population live (depending on how you measure it). The rural vote is no longer enough to outvote the urban/suburban vote in Virginia.