Spanberger hints at University governing changes to come

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Appearing on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger called a University of Virginia agreement with the feds “a weakened pact,” and promised changes are coming to the way the Commonwealth allows its universities to govern themselves.

Spanberger was on the Nov. 21 podcast, along with New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill, as women who were elected to Congress the same day back in 2018, elected as governor of their states this past Nov. 4, and even roomed together in Washington when they began serving in Congress in 2019.

Stewart, a 1984 William & Mary graduate, asked Spanberger, a UVA grad, about the Trump Administration in light of antisemitism claims made at the University of Virginia, George Mason University, as in other universities around the nation…

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