Democratic Gov.Abigail Spanberger was roasted for her visit to a nearly century-old fiddling convention in southwestern Virginia, with the area’s state delegate comparing her unfavorably to failed presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.Clinton famously surprised the hosts of New York’s "Breakfast Club" radio program in 2016 when she said she regularly carries hot sauce in her purse — a remark critics said echoed Beyoncé Knowles and amounted to political pandering to Southern and Black voters during her 2016 race against then-businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump.Del.
Wren Williams, a Republican who represents Galax, where the 90th Annual Old Fiddlers’ Convention took place, told Fox News Digital he was proud of constituents who made their feelings about the governor known peacefully but strongly.DEM GOVERNOR BOOED AT VIRGINIA OLD FIDDLERS' CONVENTIONVirginia Gov.Abigail Spanberger, left; Hillary Rodham Clinton, right.
(Mike Kropf/Getty Images; David Dee Delgado Getty Images)Williams said it was clear to those assembled that Spanberger was trying to "pander" to rural residents, who have pushed back on several of the governor’s priorities, including the judicially halted redistricting effort and a slew of what Richmond Republican leaders have called "the bad bills.""[It was] about like Hillary Clinton and her hot sauce – nobody was buying it," Williams said.Over the weekend, Spanberger and her public safety chief, Galax native Stanley Meador, were booed after Meador introduced the governor.Meador previously served as special agent in charge of the FBI’s Richmond Field Office during the "anti-Catholic memo" controversy that drew congressional scrutiny.Williams told Fox News Digital that people in Galax and surrounding Carroll County — atop the Blue Ridge and just over the border from Andy Griffith’s "Mount Pilot" area of North Carolina — have felt ignored by Spanberger and said their reaction was justified.SUPREME COURT DEALS BLOW ...