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Spanberger Vetoes Women-Owned and Minority-Owned Businesses Bill—Says Didn’t Go Far Enough

As Democrats continue to hemorrhage support among white voters, legislation passed by Virginia’s Democratic-controlled Legislature offers a revealing glimpse into the party’s increasingly comfortable embrace of anti-white policymaking.

HB61, known as the Small, Women-owned, and Minority-owned Business (SWaM) certification program, sought to expand preferential treatment for women or minority-owned small businesses in state contracting and would have increased discretionary state spending directed toward such businesses by 3% annually until agencies reached a 42% target.

It also proposed reserving funds between $10,000 and $200,000 for qualifying businesses and granting them a “price preference” of up to 5%. In practice, this meant women or minority-owned businesses could charge more than white or male competitors and still receive no-contest government contracts on the sole basis of the owners’ race or sex.

The bill was ultimately vetoed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger, though not because she objected to race-focused contracting. Instead, Spanberger argued the proposal didn’t go far enough.

“House Bill 61 would fundamentally change the SWaM........

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