How bad is the @vahousegop's start to the legislative session? Let's do a thread because I can't fit it all into one tweet.
Three of their members asked Mike Pence to overturn the election results last week and then got slammed for being complicit in the violent attack on the Capitol.
https://dailyprogress.com/opinion/editorial/opinion-editorial-remove-president-from-office/article_2faba89c-5444-11eb-af7d-cb887902b174.html
One of those members actually went to the rally and encouraged others to go. When local leaders in his district called on him to resign, he said they should "focus on the needs of the colored community" instead. https://www.loudountimes.com/news/del-larock-remains-defiant-amid-calls-to-resign/article_71860ed6-55b3-11eb-80e5-cf6a96e138fb.html
Del. LaRock remains defiant amid calls to resign

Virginia Del. Dave LaRock does not plan to step down after calls have been made for resignation following his questioning of the recent presidential election.

https://www.loudountimes.com/news/del-larock-remains-defiant-amid-calls-to-resign/article_71860ed6-55b3-11eb-80e5-cf6a96e138fb.html
All three of those members were kicked off House committees today https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/gop-delegates-stripped-of-committee-assignments-over-letter-casting-doubt-on-election/
GOP delegates stripped of committee assignments over letter casting doubt on election - Virginia...

Democratic leaders in the Virginia House of Delegates have stripped three Republicans of some committee assignments after they signed a letter casting doubt on the results of the presidential...

https://www.virginiamercury.com/blog-va/gop-delegates-stripped-of-committee-assignments-over-letter-casting-doubt-on-election/
And one of the GOP's picks for the redistricting commission turned out to be a sexist pro-Trump conspiracy theorist who they couldn't even muster the courage to condemn. https://www.virginiamercury.com/2021/01/13/pro-trump-republican-picked-for-va-redistricting-commission-tweeted-about-rigged-election-used-slurs-for-female-celebrities/
Pro-Trump Republican picked for Va. redistricting commission tweeted about ‘rigged’ election, used...

A Fredericksburg-area Republican picked for one of the citizen seats on Virginia’s new redistricting commission previously made vulgar or degrading online comments about President Donald Trump’s...

https://www.virginiamercury.com/2021/01/13/pro-trump-republican-picked-for-va-redistricting-commission-tweeted-about-rigged-election-used-slurs-for-female-celebrities/
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