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Senator Amanda Chase, a self-described “Trump in heels,” filed the suit five days after a bipartisan group of her colleagues voted to censure her for speaking at the former president’s Jan. 6 rally.
Virginia Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, whose refusal to wear a mask has earned her a plexiglass enclosure, is pictured a week after she spoke at the Jan. 6 Trump rally in Washington. (Courthouse News photo/Brad Kutner)
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) A Virginia senator who was censured with bipartisan support last week for speaking at former President Donald Trump’s Save America rally just before the deadly Capitol riot has filed a federal lawsuit against the legislative body.
CHARLESTON Gov. Jim Justice said Tuesday the first day of in-person school was going smoothly.
Tuesday marked the first day of in-person public and private school for Pre-K, elementary and middle schools, as well as high schools as long as their county was not red on the Department of Health and Human Resources County Alert System map.
“We are back to school today for our spring semester,” Justice said. “Many of our superintendents have reported so far today that the first day back to school is going smoothly and they’re really excited to have their children back.”
With active COVID-19 cases trending down from more than 29,000 cases last week to 26,675 cases as of Tuesday, only 17 counties in the state were red due to either higher infection rates or percent of positivity, resulting in closed high schools. Another 29 counties were orange, five counties in the gold and four counties were in the yellow.
Democrats in the Virginia state Senate on Thursday filed a resolution to censure Republican state senator and gubernatorial candidate Amanda Chase, citing her rhetoric and attendance at the pro-Trump rally ahead of the insurrection of the Capitol
Nevada State Lawmaker Who Was at U.S. Capitol During Riot Refuses To Quit
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In an email blast sent through her campaign website, Black outlined her involvement on the day and insisted that she was not going anywhere.
Black says she flew to Washington, D.C. by herself to attend the Stop the Steal rally, and while participating in the march, never entered the Capitol building.
She said the rally was marred by some fringe elements who assaulted police officers and damaged property, adding added that: THEY should be punished. Severely. The violence resulted in five deaths and 52 arrests.