Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's SOTU rebuttal drew strong pushback from conservatives. (Mike Kropf/Getty Images)
"Abigail Spanberger comes off like the radical psychopath she is," Matthew Boyle, Washington Bureau Chief for Breitbart News, posted on X. "Anyone who claims she is a ‘moderate’ is a liar. Plain and simple."
"Abigail Spanberger campaigned as a moderate but governs as a left-wing activist," GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn posted on X. "There is no room for moderates in today’s Democrat party."
"It's despicable to hear Abigail Spanberger speak so plainly like a supposed moderate when she's governing with a legislature that's more akin to Gavin Newsom in California or, say, Maura Healy in Massachusetts," Newsbusters managing editor Curtis Houck posted on X.
"Spanberger passed exactly one test," Ruthless podcast co-host Josh Holmes posted on X. "A year from now you’ll have absolutely no idea who gave the Democrat response."
"Abigail Spanberger tanks," Trump-Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell posted on X. "She’s so nervous. It’s like she didn’t practice the actual speech."
"The focus of Abigail Spanberger's rebuttal is ‘affordability’ as her party proposes sweeping tax hikes on nearly every sector of the Virginia economy," Daily Caller senior editor Amber Duke posted on X.
Fox News Digital reached out to Spanberger’s office for comment.
A top Republican told Fox News Digital earlier this week that Spanberger would never have been given airtime in the Democrats’ official response to Trump’s State of the Union if it weren’t for her support of the commonwealth’s controversial redistricting and adherence to the party line.
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