SENATE REPUBLICANS DECRY GOVERNOR NORTHAM’S SUPPORT OF EFFORTS TO “DEFUND THE POLICE”
Williamsburg, Va, 11 June 2020: Senate Republican Leader Thomas K. Norment, Jr. (R-James City), Caucus Chairman Ryan T. McDougle (R-Hanover), Caucus Co-Chairman Mark D. Obenshain (R-Rockingham), Caucus Whips William M. Stanley, Jr. (R-Franklin) and Bryce E. Reeves (R-Spotsylvania), and Republican Leader Pro-Tempore Stephen D. Newman (R-Bedford) today issued the following statement in response to Governor Northam’s announcement of support for the effort to “Defund the Police”: