The DeVory Darkins Show - Virginia Governor justifies BETRAYING VOTERS during her bizarre interview

Episode Date: April 22, 2026

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In today's video, we have a shocking update regarding the special election out of Virginia yesterday. It actually shows bad news for Democrats moving forward. Bernie Sanders is launching a progressive group to counter turning point USA on universities. And RFK Jr. testified on Capitol Hill once again where things got heated. Let's go to the governor of Virginia and what she had to say. Take a listen. Do you worry at all, though, about a kind of an arms race now where every state in the country, because this is supposed to remind our viewers happen every 10 years after the census,

that's when you redraw the maps. Do you worry that states, districts all over the country now will just go tit for tat trying to do this, not every 10 years, but whenever they feel the need? I certainly think that that is a fair concern, which is why absolutely when Democrats take a majority in the House of Representatives, my hope and expectation will be that there will be serious conversations

about redistricting reforms and the process by which all 50 states will take on redistricting efforts. But I think essential to the conversation, as I mentioned in Virginia, was our commitment to our bipartisan commission. And so I think it's important that every step along the way, we weren't saying, okay, this is the new normal of this kind of tit for tat. We were saying at this moment, we are taking a responsive and temporary step. And we in the Commonwealth of Virginia are committed to getting back to that bipartisan commission. Yeah. So her explanation is a total contradiction.

Okay, we're going to break the rules or cheat a little bit, and then we'll go back to doing what we're supposed to be doing, right? That doesn't make any sense. But what also doesn't make any sense, which this is a positive note given the outcome here, is that Democrats had to spend $56 million just to barely win. Think about that for a second. They spent $56 million. The Republican Party spent $25 million in the special election. So Democrats are having to spend so much more money to barely win. Now, if this continues to be a trend, that's bad news.

And so that's why I say there's actually a silver lining to all of this. And everybody on the Democrat side, who definitely has any level of credibility, I would suppose, will all admit that this is not good whatsoever. This doesn't help the American people. And to frame this as, you know what, we're just trying to level the plane field. that's not going to work either. And I understand the Texas position. They started it.

We will finish it. But now we sound like we're in high school, right? Okay. I want to go to this clip from last night. This is really good. I find this to be entertaining. I want you guys to check out Geraldo Rivera and what he had to tell Abby Phillip.

I think he left her dumbfounded. Take a listen. You don't think that Trump's starting this is a good enough rationale for Democrats to finish it. I do not think so. I think that gerrymandering is a cancer on politics. I don't understand how it made it into the Constitution. I frett about that with Supreme Court.

I think that if you can manipulate the borders of a vote just to get a vote, and it deprives the people who don't get the vote of their constitutional rights, I think it's really obscene. It's as if you're playing in a baseball game and one side starts with three extra runs. Just a little history lesson, right? Jerry Mandarin originates from 1812. Okay. And essentially all it really means is drawing electoral district boundaries to your own political advantage.

Now, it happened in the 1800s, plenty of times. Okay. But fast forward to modern time. California, I guess, is the most recent one in the 1980s, but it was a bipartisan commission. Then you go to Texas in 2003. So this isn't the only time Texas did this. North Carolina in 2010, Wisconsin in 2011, Maryland in 2010. And now you have Texas again, California again, and now Virginia.

So, you know, this has happened repeatedly. And so it's easy in, I guess in recent history just to blame Texas, but this has been going on. And for all the people really complaining about it, the real question is, what are you going to do to compel Congress to ban this immediately? I think that is a phenomenal question. All right, let's go here. And ultimately, having it go to the people to vote it up or down was an important choice, constitutionally required, based on our system in Virginia, but vitally necessary for us to be able to. will say we are very different from what they did in Texas, where it was kind of just a partisan effort, political effort within their legislature. Here, the legislature teed it up, and then we said

to the people of Virginia, now it's up to you. You know, certainly we were out about encouraging people to vote yes. But the no campaign was strong. It was ample. It featured millions of dollars worth of television ads and mailers, you know, misrepresenting my position and President Obama's position trying to trick people, but in the end, Virginia voters understood that the legislature and we had given them the power to make this choice, and I think they made the right one. Okay, so that's an interesting point. But first, if you guys have been a loyal follower of my channel, can you verify that you are actually subscribed? We continue to see comments every day, but people are saying, I thought I was subscribed to your channel, but I'm not. And if you're

not subscribe, how would you get notified when we put out new videos? And of course, if you're enjoying this, please make sure you like and share this video. And we also missed North Carolina and Ohio on that list, too, as the recent states to redistrict. I think the one thing that Virginia did, that was different than Texas, and this is just being objectively fair. They gave it to the people to vote. Now, why Texas didn't do that? It's beyond me. California did it.

The legislator in Texas passed this, not the people of Texas. California voted on it. It was an overwhelming yes. And same thing with Virginia. So I think in the context of democracy, I mean, in a sense, I mean, the people did vote yes on this, right? The ride that steals the spotlight every time it hits the road, that's the Volkswagen TIG-1. Its sleek exterior makes a first impression you can't ignore. Step inside to find available full leather seats and wood accents.

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now they will have the least fair maps in the nation. And I'm not surprised that the yes vote won. They had all the money and all the lies. And sometimes in politics, when you got those two things, you can put something over the line. Even something as egregious as this, this whole thing has driven Spamberger's approval ratings down into the toilet.

She lied to the people of Virginia. They had to write a ballot question that was a joke. They drew maps that were a joke. Now you're going to have huge chunk. of rural Virginia represented by five or six Democrats who all live in northern Virginia within about 15 miles of each other. It's a complete joke. Everybody knows it.

And there's a reason that all these national Democrats and all their money came into Virginia because they don't really care about the people of Virginia. They just care about power. I mean, if we could just put that new... Okay, let's take a moment because I want to tell you about my friends at Alliance defending Freedom. ADF is a Christian legal ministry dedicated to advancing free speech, religious freedom, the sanctity of life, parental rights, and God's design for marriage and family.

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Okay, let's go to our next update. I think that's all for now. And this is all about what's happening on our college campuses. So, as you guys know, turning point USA has really been a dominating force on these universities to push conservative principles for good reason.

We should want to conserve the great things about our nation. And Bernie Sanders is now leading essentially the opposite of that. He wants to start his own university chapters. that believes in progressivism. Take a listen. So if you can beat him, copy them.

A left-wing media outlet founded by Bernie Sanders, advisors is trying to take a page out of Turning Point USA's playbook. The goal is to win over American college students with a progressive project called More Perfect University.

Here's Bernie Sanders on his plan. Bottom line is the agenda that we fight for, demanding the wealthy start paying their fair share of taxes. ending a corrupt campaign finance system that allows billionaires to buy elections, guaranteeing health care to all people as every other major wealthy nation in the world does. These ain't radical ideas.

They are what the overwhelming majority of the American people believe in. Okay, so number one, it's definitely within their right to launch something like this. I think that the left continues to find ways to copy what the right has done very well. and when they do go to copy, it has not worked out very well. No pun intended. I mean, if you really just look at the history, every time they try to duplicate, it just isn't authentic. Now, they might be successful here. I mean, they have plenty of money. There's no question about that. I mean, academia is dominated by the liberal establishment, so to speak. So I don't think they will have the money or the logistics issue. I think they won't even have a recruiting issue. What they'll have is an issue on.

on how to truly defend what they want to change in America and how that's exactly going to happen. Now, inherently progressive values, as you guys know, believes that the founding fathers are wrong. They got it wrong. They, again, they believe that they have to control what the outcomes are in our country. The turning point says it's college tours

about countering leftist indoctrination ahead of the midterm elections. And you'll remember, young voters played a huge role in the last election, boosting both President Trump and Republicans. But in the most recent, Fox News poll, nearly two-thirds of voters under 30 said they disapprove of President Trump's job performance. So there are concerns about what that could mean for the midterms and beyond. So Democrats are not taking this voting block for granted anymore.

And after seeing the kind of impact that Turning Point has had in energizing young conservatives, the left-wing media group, More Perfect Union, is launching a progressive competitor. Last night, Senator Bernie Sanders appeared on a live stream for the group's new initiative called more perfect university program that's meant to build a new generation of progressive influencers on college campuses. Okay, so this is why on the show we're going to continue to prioritize pushing back on progressive ideals. And I just hope that the rest of alternative media gets with the program because this is a true threat to our nation. And this really takes me back to what I would say, one of the best quotes from Thomas Sowell in a way where he said, you know,

the most basic question is not what is best. But who, who gets to decide what is best and go one step further. Not only who gets to decide what is best, but what about the people who decide, do they face any consequences when they're wrong? No, they don't. Look at DEI as an example. Who face the consequences of that movement?

White men or white people in general. Okay. In the end, who suffered? The people of color who were used as props to push that movement? They suffered in the end. They lost jobs. They're not really respect. A lot of people don't see them as earning that position.

And did the people who push DEI, did they face any consequences? No. Our generation is being robbed by big everything. Robbed of our privacy and jobs by big tech and AI. Robbed of affordable housing by corporate landlords and private equity. Robbed of our future by big oil. Elites have rigged the entire game. While they get billions and handouts, they squeeze us for profit, track our every move,

and keep us too divided and exhausted to fight back. While mainstream media, politicians, and universities capitulate to the 1% in authoritarianism, the responsibility to speak truth to power falls on us. This is why we're launching More Perfect University. On More Perfect Union, we tell stories that expose corporate greed and uplift communities fighting back against it, stories that prove that we can shape our future together. MFI University extends this fight to campuses, bringing students together and equipping them with the tools to unrig our broken economic system. From training students to tell stories that inspire students beyond their own campus,

to hosting campus events that engage all corners of campus life, to building a digital space where students across campuses can collaborate with each other and learn from organizers already building power and winning. If you're a student ready and excited to build a world for the 99%, come join us. Okay. So that's their main ad. And so what they do is they essentially look for what's wrong in our society and already make the determination who's at fault.

they automatically assume they actually don't do any competing research to justify their position. Now, housing has gotten more expensive. There's no doubt about that. But is it really the big corporations that are at fault? Or was it a legal immigration? right? The universities are definitely expensive. Whose fault is that? The universities. They're the ones wanting to make so much money off students. They're the ones who care about their endowment more than the development of the student. So it's interesting how they go out there and they complain and they want to protest, but they're not even protesting the right things. And they're not even focusing on the correct enemy. Okay. All right. One more for you. I just think this is a good perspective. This is from Scott Jennings. Take a listen.

But the NBC poll said, do you expect life for your generation to be better, worse, or about the same? And this, right, if there's any difference here, and, you know, I think in many ways, the number that you see on this screen, it helps explain why some of the messaging that Donald Trump and other populists like Bernie Sanders, why what they have brought to the table has been resonating, right? I mean, I take your point. You don't want to take the premise that people are pessimistic, not optimistic. But the bottom line is that's not, I mean, that's not a number about politics, right? That's about people feeling like the promise of America isn't what it used to be, right? And even if we look at like what the United States is the greatest country in the world, 36% of people said that was true. 41% said it's

one of, but only 23% of people said we're not one of the greatest country. And if you look at the splits on that by politics, what would you find? I don't have that slide to hands. But if you looked at the splits on how people feel about America, the promise of America. If you look at whether they're proud of their country or not, Gallup has measured this. Republicans and conservatives are proud to be Americans. And it's Democrats and liberals who are not. And I think if you look at the splits in that, you'd find the lines on the graph going this way. And honestly, I mean, I think there's a political movement in this country right now built on telling people that America's rotten at its core. And it's not the Republican ideology.

He's spot on about that, which takes me to some supporting documentation to show you this. Look at this. Percentage of younger people diagnosed with a mental health problem by political affiliation. 56% identify as a strong Democrat. 41% identify as a weak Democrat. 35% identify as an independent. 30% identify as a weak Republican. And 15% identify as a strong Republican.

So just imagine that for a second. Every two Democrats you see who really believe in these progressive ideals, one out of two of them have a mental health issue. According to this, younger people. But if you look at the Republican side, no. Isn't that fascinating? So that's exactly what Scott Jennings is spot on about that. I mean, this is what you get when you have the universities indoctrinating people with a pessimistic attitude towards their country. their message isn't rooted in nationalism, right?

Their message is rooted in victimization, and we must fix it, but we got to punish people in order to do it. Now, they don't use the word punish, right? They find better words to use, but, I mean, this is just stunning. 56% strong Democrat, 15% strong Republican for younger people who have mental health issues. Just can't make it up. Charlie Kirk's whole stick was proved me wrong.

He would go into the lion's den in these progressive campuses and sit there with a huge line of people, all coming with their very progressive mindsets, and he would just argue in a very civilized, respectful manner with these people and try and have a debate. But what was almost uniform about it was how intransigent so many of them were, how utterly convinced they were that they were right, and he must be wrong, and he must be a bashed, and he must be this, that and the other. When, in fact, if you go to watch those debates, as I've watched a lot,

particularly since he died and was killed in such horrific fashion. The truth is he was the Democrat in the room against these woke progressives who do not want to hear another mindset, another view, even if it corrects factually what they're saying. And I think until the Democrats in America get their head around that and how damaging the woke progressive movement has been to actual democracy, then they're never going to change. You can call it whatever you want.

You can have your own version of TPA, but actually what they need are their own versions of Charlie Kirk, who are going to say, right, we're going to have, you know, I do a show called Unsensored, and we were talking about it before, where I get everybody on. And we just debate, debate, debate with people on the left, on the right, whatever. That's what has to happen. The moment you put your fingers in your ears and you refuse to listen to the other side, you're not a democratic person. I couldn't have said it better.

That's exactly the problem right now in our country is people do not want to have conversations with each other. We have forgotten how to agree to disagree. Don't you miss that? Don't you miss that we had difference of opinion on political issues, but we still were having a dinner or we would hang out. We have simple conversations. Now every time you have a conversation with someone, it turns political. Which I don't know if that's necessarily always a bad thing.

But I think we've got to learn how to communicate again. And I don't find, especially when you look at some of these protesters, They're not interested. They're not interested whatsoever. And what's funny is we have actually more in common than not. All right. Let's go to our next update. This is R.K. Jr.

He's on Capitol Hill again. And I got to say, I don't know what it is about him. But these people in Congress are so triggered by what he's been doing as the Secretary of HHS. Let's start with the summary regarding or that's going to explain exactly what's going to happen today. Take a look. Vaccines skeptic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to testify before two Senate committees today. That's after he spent Tuesday on the Hill defending everything from his views on vaccines to agency shakeups and budgets. Lawmakers press the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary on whether the White House has tried to tamp down his vaccine rhetoric.

They also blasted a number of his policies. RFK Jr. was also questioned about the Trump administration's new pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, specifically whether he would allow Dr. Erica Schwartz to operate without interference. Mr. Secretary, I'm putting a billion dollars. Do you agree with Dr. Schwartz and her vaccine position? I'm putting a billion dollars. No, Mr. Secretary, if Dr. Swartz is confirmed, will you commit on the record today to implement whatever vaccine guidance she issues without interference?

I'm not going to make that kind of commitment. Because you probably won't, you'll probably fire her as well. as you did, Director Moranar is, because you will not accept the recommendations based on science. You're getting yourself, but you're not getting sure. All right. So that was on the whole vaccine stuff, as you guys can see. We're going to get into abortion pills next because that really got heated. But on the vaccine issue, the main problem from people criticizing RFK Jr.

is he has not actually discouraged anyone from getting a vaccine since being the Secretary of HHS. All he's done is remove the mandate for it. That's what he's done. And you have to do that if you want the American people and particularly parents to trust the system again. You can't force them to do it. That's not the way the government should operate. It shouldn't happen by force. It should be by consent.

And we can't consent if we're not given the information. in a transparent way. That is what the industry has forgotten to do. It's exactly what happened. So now they have to deal with the consequences. So if you're a guy out there and you really defend vaccines and you think it should be mandated, that's not going to work today. Right?

How do you get people to trust the system? It's not by force. It's by consent. That's what RFK Jr. has been focused on. All right. Let's go to this first exchange. This is about abortion pills. Take a listen.

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I'm, I care deeply about women's health, safety, and choices in this administration has tried, as I mentioned in my opening comments, to cut off funding for family planning clinics, has tried to make it harder for women to access birth control, and has reportedly been exploring efforts to monitor the water supply to track women's use of abortion medications. So this technique that she's using is what we call live by telling the truth. Okay. So it is true that there is a broader effort, to track the contamination in our water system from pharmaceuticals.

That's absolutely true. This is a overall program that RFK Jr. supports in order to make sure that water in America is healthy. Now, there have been far right groups or some groups that have proposed the idea that we should go a step further and try to find ways to, I guess, monitor women when they're taking abortion pills. It's a complete joke. It's not going to happen. He already said it's not going to happen. but this is the type of framing they like to use to discredit RFK Jr.

And the fascinating part is there's a lot of work that should be done in our pharmaceutical industry. And it's interesting that these members in Congress don't spend any time trying to correct what they got wrong, but to deflect essentially. Okay, let's watch this one. Are you aware that eight in 10 women of reproductive age have used contraception in the last year? Yes or no? As I said, we are doing more from maternal health.

Are you aware that nearly a third use it for medical purposes other than preventing pregnancy? Yes or no? If you care about the outcome of maternal health, you should be supporting what we're doing. Okay, so you don't know. Are you aware that every dollar invested in family planning saves the public over $7? We had 42 maternal health programs. So you don't know. Okay, so number, yeah, as you guys can see, they don't care about whatever solutions.

He's been trying to implement that it's gotten results. This is more clickbait, right? Got your questions. But I do want to go over a few points, just so you are aware. The United States of America does not lack resources. It misallocates them. Why is it that the United States spends far more when it comes to birth, in any other country, but has the highest maternal mortality rate. Why? Well, that's a very good

question. Some of it has to do with obviously medical intervention when unnecessary. A lot of it has to do with the type of care that is given to women. And that's if they obviously decide to have kids. But what about birth control overall? We know that's not healthy for women. We know, even they know that. All right. So having said that, give me your thoughts in the comments section below. What do you make of Democrats having to spend twice as much to barely win? Remember, the Republican Party is sitting on 10 times more cash than Democrats. So I think that's a troubling sign. And then Bernie Sanders launching this progressive group and RFK Jr.'s Congressional hearing. Give me your thoughts. Everything you got.

in the comments section below.