During a Virginia state Senate floor debate on gerrymandering, Democrat Lamont Bagby decided to flex his deep understanding of rural America ... by explaining that he picked it all up from watching the 1980s TV classic The Dukes of Hazzard.
Because nothing says 'I get country folks' quite like a big-city pol citing a show about moonshiners and car chases to justify redrawing district lines that would dilute conservative voices in the Old Dominion.
You just can’t make this level of tone-deaf arrogance up. Actually, considering what Democrats just did to half the state of Virginia, we don't have to make this up.
It actually happened. Watch:
Nick Minock (@NickMinock) ~ NEW: During a floor debate on gerrymandering, Virginia State Senator Lamont Bagby (D) says he knows a little bit about rural America because he watched Dukes of Hazzard.
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/2047349930478522849
Well, there you have it ... the racist, bigoted face of Virginia Democrats. What an arrogant, intolerant moron.
Can you imagine if a Republican said they knew all about urban living because they watched "Good Times"? Or "The Jeffersons"? Buildings would be on fire and the state senator would have been forced to resign already.
Pedro Tapir (@PedroTapir) ~
Just a 70's kid stuck in 1984 (@THEMarkEdwards1) ~ Well, I watched every episode of "Good Times" - does that make me an expert on black families?
LCPS Can Do Better (@LCPSDoBetter) ~ The Waltons?! WTF ... is he 90 years old?!
He's a jackass. That's all that really matters here.
No, he's a racist, bigoted jackass, who, in all seriousness, truly needs to resign over this tripe.
Virginia Dem State Senator Says He Knows All About Rural America Because He Watched Dukes of Hazzard
http://twitchy.com/samj/2026/04/23/virginia-democrat-state-senator-says-he-knows-all-about-rural-america-because-he-watched-dukes-of-hazzard-n2427430
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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