4/22/26 - Mark Levin: We've NEVER Seen Democrats This Desperate

4/22/26 - Mark Levin: We've NEVER Seen Democrats This Desperate

From Mark Levin Podcast by Cumulus Podcast Network

April 23, 2026 · 1h 53m

About this episode

Mark Levin discusses the recent ruling on a misleading referendum in Virginia and the Southern Poverty Law Center's controversial funding practices, featuring guests Ken Cuccinelli and Dana Perino.

On Wednesday’s Mark Levin Show, in the spirit of George Wallace, Democrats in Virginia disenfranchised millions of voters through a misleading referendum on representation, which passed in a Democrat-majority state where most Democrats voted against Republicans having any seats. But the Tazewell Circuit Court just ruled the referendum unconstitutional on two grounds: the ballot language was utterly misleading and the legislature’s vote to place it on the ballot violated state law. The judge issued an injunction blocking certification and denied a stay, with a final order forthcoming and immediate appeal expected to the Virginia Supreme Court. Ken Cuccinelli calls in and explains the Circuit Court’s decision. There are four significant state constitutional violations, any one of which could invalidate the referendum or the resulting map, as challengers only need to prove one flaw while defenders must win on all four. Also, the Southern Poverty Law Center has targeted and maligned traditional conservatives for decades. After the civil rights era, it struggled to find enough discrimination under federal and state law to attract donors, so it created such discrimination on a grand…

People in this episode

Host: Mark Levin

Guests: Ken Cuccinelli, Dana Perino

Topics covered

  • Virginia referendum
  • Democratic Party
  • constitutional law
  • Southern Poverty Law Center
  • extremism
  • Dana Perino

Keywords

  • disenfranchisement
  • court ruling
  • constitutional violations
  • funding scandal

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Products: Purple State

Books & works: Purple State

Places: Virginia, Israel

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