Virginia Democrats introducing ‘dizzying array’ of tax increases: Guy Benson

Published February 19, 2026 10:57am ET



Washington Examiner senior columnist Guy Benson said Democrats have been focusing on issues they didn’t campaign on since winning the Virginia elections in their “little blue wave.”

“The democrats mouth these platitudes of affordability and democracy. That’s how they got elected,” Benson said Wednesday on Fox Business’s Bottom Line. “As soon as they seized control of everything with their little blue wave in Virginia, it has been this dizzying array of increased tax proposals from every direction.” 

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