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Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger did not mince words when asked if Democrats in Congress should see her election — and the success of other Democrats last Tuesday — as permission to continue the government shutdown.

“Absolutely not,” Spanberger said on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” Sunday. “Our victory was based on a campaign addressing concerns related to costs and chaos. My campaign across the past two years has been based on hearing the challenges that people are facing all across Virginia.”

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“It’s the chaos coming out of Washington that has been impacting Virginians so severely,” she added.

Virginia is home to over 147,000 government workers, many of whom ha

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