Virginia GOP Casts Blame on RNC for Refusing to Answer Democrats’ Abortion-Ad Spending Spree

Republicans are already trading barbs over who is responsible for the party’s losses in Virginia’s off-year state legislative elections, in which Democrats recaptured the house of delegates and narrowly increased their majority in the state senate. And in Virginia, the GOP’s post-election blame game revolves around the lack of direct cash transfers from outside spending groups — namely the Republican National Committee — to combat Democrats’ millions in abortion-focused advertising. 

The fallout from Tuesday’s elections in Virginia and beyond is sure to trickle into 2024, as Republicans continue their reckoning over how the party ought to respond to Democrats’ efforts to turn every race into a referendum on abortion, even in red-leaning states.