Wed Apr 13, 2022 – 4:43 pm EDT
VIRGINIA (LifeSiteNews) – A Republican candidate running for a House seat with the endorsement of House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy faced tough questions this week over her support for various left-wing agenda items in the Virginia State Senate.
State Sen. Jennifer Kiggans is one of four Republicans running in the primary for Virginia’s 2nd District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. In February, McCarthy endorsed her as “the experienced and battle-tested conservative in this race who will ensure we get the job done in 2022.” McCarthy’s endorsement followed the support of the McCarthy-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund, giving a boost to her then-lagging fundraising efforts.
On April 8, Kiggans was interviewed by conservative radio host John Fredericks, who pressed her on concerns that she is “going to get there [Congress] and not do anything,” as conservatives say has been the case at the state level, as well as her support for various left-wing pieces of legislation, most significantly the so-called Virginia Values Act, which added sexual orientation and gender identity to the state’s nondiscrimination law and has been interpreted as forcing businesses, such as photographers, to participate in
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