Meet Donte Tanner â The Candidate to Beat Tim Hugo (HD
The first statewide election of the Trump era arrives November 7th in Virginia  and Democrats have attracted a top-notch roster of candidates to flip the GOP-dominated House of Delegates. One of the ripest targets is Del. Tim Hugo (R-40)  a long-entrenched incumbent thanks to the tons of money he gets from such questionable allies as the predatory lending industry and our power monopoly Dominion Energy.
Honestly  it started with November 2016. Like most people  we saw what happens when we were apathetic to the process. Not just voting  but how we get out and knock doors  canvass  fund-raise for candidates. This is what happens â Trump happens. Thatâs when I started really paying attention to our local elections  and following our Delegate  working to find out whoâs going to run against him.
What Would You Say to  Trump ?
I think I would pose a thought. While most of the country was probably disappointed as I was the day after the election   he  did bring out something in all of us  where we were realizing how frustrated we were with politics the way itâs been conducted.
Honestly  I believe itâs about the character and values of the person sitting in the seat  not the experience. Donât get me wrong  I voted for Hillary Clinton and wanted to see the first woman elected to the presidency  but experience wasnât everything. People want to be heard. Right now   Donald Trump  is doing the same thing  he  accused everybody else of â  he âs not listening to everyone.
Virginia is a bellwether â we win this one  we send a message to  Trump . But if we donât flip this House  we donât take over these seats  we donât make the strongest push we said we were going to make  what message does that send to  Donald Trump ?
Virginia is a bellwether â we win this one  we send a message to  Trump . But if we donât flip this House  we donât take over these seats  we donât make the strongest push we said we were going to make  what message does that send to  Donald Trump ? That terrifies me more than anything â I donât want to give  him  approval for  his  behavior. I want to send a strong message this year saying: No  we donât approve  and we all got together to send that message.
The first statewide election of the  [TGT]  era arrives November 7th in Virginia  and Democrats have attracted a top-notch roster of candidates to flip the GOP-dominated House of Delegates. One of the ripest targets is Del. Tim Hugo (R-40)  a long-entrenched incumbent thanks to the tons of money he gets from such questionable allies as the predatory lending industry and our power monopoly Dominion Energy.
Honestly  it started with November 2016. Like most people  we saw what happens when we were apathetic to the process. Not just voting  but how we get out and knock doors  canvass  fund-raise for candidates. This is what happens â  [TGT]  happens. Thatâs when I started really paying attention to our local elections  and following our Delegate  working to find out whoâs going to run against him.
What Would You Say to   [TGT]  ?
I think I would pose a thought. While most of the country was probably disappointed as I was the day after the election   he  did bring out something in all of us  where we were realizing how frustrated we were with politics the way itâs been conducted.
Honestly  I believe itâs about the character and values of the person sitting in the seat  not the experience. Donât get me wrong  I voted for Hillary Clinton and wanted to see the first woman elected to the presidency  but experience wasnât everything. People want to be heard. Right now    [TGT] is doing the same thing   [TGT]   accused everybody else of â   [TGT]  âs not listening to everyone.
Virginia is a bellwether â we win this one  we send a message to  [TGT]  . But if we donât flip this House  we donât take over these seats  we donât make the strongest push we said we were going to make  what message does that send to   [TGT]  ?
Virginia is a bellwether â we win this one  we send a message to  [TGT]  . But if we donât flip this House  we donât take over these seats  we donât make the strongest push we said we were going to make  what message does that send to   [TGT]  ? That terrifies me more than anything â I donât want to give  him  approval for  his  behavior. I want to send a strong message this year saying: No  we donât approve  and we all got together to send that message.