YOU WON’T PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOU’LL LIKE IT

Virginia Democrats are consolidating power

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Hey y’all, welcome back to Unfit to Print.

Allow me the privilege of ranting about Virginia again…

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YOU WON’T PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOU’LL LIKE IT

Virginia Democrats are once again showing voters exactly where their priorities are.

What’s happening in my state is unmistakable: political leaders are failing in their most basic duty to protect citizens, punishing the people who try to protect themselves, and then consolidating power to shield themselves from accountability.

In just the past few weeks, there have been several high-profile stories of illegal immigrant crime in Fairfax County.

The latest involves an adult illegal immigrant enrolled in a local high school who was accused of groping numerous female classmates.

Israel Flores Ortiz entered the country illegally during the Biden administration. Despite being nearly 19 years old, he was attending Fairfax High School as a junior. About a dozen girls came forward to accuse Ortiz of sexually assaulting them in the hallways, deliberately running his hands across their private parts.

There should have been a reckoning. Young, vulnerable girls were allegedly being abused by an adult predator who should’ve never been here in the first place. Instead, Virginians got the response they’ve sadly come to expect from public officials: excuses, shoulder shrugs, and more concern about the fallout than the safety of their citizens.

The school system waited two weeks to notify parents about what was happening. And when they did, they minimized Ortiz’s behavior and subjected the girls to further harassment.

“I think from the very beginning, Fairfax County has attempted to diminish what happened to these girls,” one mother said.

“They have attempted to sweep it under the rug,” another mother said, with a third adding that the letter was only sent out after parents demanded it.

According to parents who received the letter, the school system referred to Ortiz’s alleged behavior as “buttocks touching.” But these supposedly weren’t random ass slaps. The reality, the victims reported, was Ortiz grabbing and wiping his hand along the entire genital area. FCPS’ characterization led to further “harassment” of the girls, who were made fun of by their peers for being hysterical.

The attempted cover-up didn’t stop with FCPS. Fairfax Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano’s office agreed to a bail request by Ortiz’s attorneys, which would have let him out of jail. Luckily, a judge did the right thing and rejected the bail anyway, citing public safety concerns.

Because Ortiz is an illegal immigrant, ICE issued a detainer so they could take him into custody and deport him. But ICE says the Fairfax County sheriff isn’t honoring it. This might sound familiar — the Fairfax County sheriff is Stacey Kincaid, the girl cop who reversed her office’s policy to cooperate with ICE shortly after her election.

Fairfax County’s elected officials repeatedly show us through their actions that they don’t care about our safety. Yet when we try to protect ourselves through legal gun ownership, we become their new targets.