Your Principles Shouldn’t Depend on Who’s Asking
Carrie Coyner’s convictions shift with the political winds. She says what each crowd wants to hear. Virginians deserve better.
Your Principles Shouldn’t Depend on Who’s Asking
Carrie Coyner’s convictions shift with the political winds. She says what each crowd wants to hear. Virginians deserve better.
Coyner’s Record:
Whatever You Want to Hear
| Issue | When Carrie Blows Left | When Carrie Blows Right |
|---|---|---|
| Reproductive Healthcare | Votes for contraception and out-of-state provider bills everyone already supports to sound "reasonable." | Votes against abortion coverage, the 2025 amendment guaranteeing reproductive freedom, and bills expanding access in Virginia. |
| Voting Rights & Democracy | Talks about "trusting voters" and "bipartisan reform." | Votes to shorten early voting and rejects joining the National Popular Vote Compact. |
| Guns & Public Safety | Highlights one safe vote to let local schools create gun-free zones. | Opposes bans on ghost guns, assault weapons, and high-capacity magazines; her NRA score dropped only after it became a political liability. |
| Race & Representation | Hands out proclamations to Black-owned businesses and calls herself an ally. | Votes against programs aiding small, woman-, and minority-owned businesses (HB 432 / 2020 & HB 1922 / 2025) and accused Virginia's first Black Speaker of "intimidation." |
| Small Business & Economic Fairness | Calls herself pro-business and community-minded. | Votes against tenant protections and affordable-housing efforts while protecting landlord and corporate interests -- including her own. |
Carrie Coyner calls herself a “reasonable Republican,” but her record shows someone who tailors her message to the moment — not to the truth. That's why her record is so confusing.
She doesn’t stand with one side — she stands wherever it’s convenient. Carrie Coyner tells conservatives she’ll protect their values and tells moderates she’s a voice of reason.
But her voting record shows what she really represents: whoever she’s talking to next.
Her politics aren’t conservative, or moderate — they’re convenient.
Carrie Coyner calls herself a “reasonable Republican,” but her record shows someone who tailors her message to the moment — not to the truth. That's why her record is so confusing.
She doesn’t stand with one side — she stands wherever it’s convenient. Carrie Coyner tells conservatives she’ll protect their values and tells moderates she’s a voice of reason.
But her voting record shows what she really represents: whoever she’s talking to next.
Her politics aren’t conservative, or moderate — they’re convenient.
Reproductive Healthcare
Protecting Appearances, Not Patients
When the she’s talking to moderates, Carrie Coyner calls herself a “reasonable Republican” who believes in access. But when she’s talking to MAGA, she’s worked to restrict it.
Coyner has never said she supports the right to an abortion — and her record proves she doesn’t. She voted against repealing Virginia’s mandatory ultrasound and waiting-period laws (HB 980, 2020), against restoring insurance coverage for abortion care (SB 1276, 2021), and against the constitutional amendment guaranteeing reproductive freedom (2025). The only abortion-related bills she supported protect Virginia doctors who help out-of-state patients — a safe, symbolic move that does nothing for Virginians themselves.
Coyner’s votes on contraception are just fig leaves. She backed bills reaffirming access to birth control — something that’s already legal and no one thinks should be up for debate— to make herself look moderate while siding with her party to limit abortion.
Moderate when it’s safe.
MAGA when it’s useful.
Voting Rights & Democracy
Trusting Voters — Until It Matters
When the she’s talking to moderates, Coyner is about fairness and “trusting voters.” When she’s talking to MAGA, she backs bills that make it harder to vote.
She voted to shorten early voting to two weeks and opposed joining the National Popular Vote Compact, rejecting reforms that would expand access and representation. She briefly supported restoring voting rights for people with felony convictions in 2021, then flipped and voted against it once party leaders objected.
Coyner wants the credit for sounding bipartisan, not the consequences of acting like it.
Moderate when it’s safe.
MAGA when it’s useful.
Guns & Public Safety
Trusting Voters — Until It Matters
When the she’s talking to moderates, Coyner points to her “common-sense” vote to let local schools create gun-free zones. When she’s talking to MAGA, she sides with the gun lobby.
Her NRA rating ranges from 100 % to 57 %. She voted against bans on ghost guns, assault weapons, and high-capacity magazines, and opposed background-check expansions. The one gun-safety measure she supported came only after suburban backlash made total obstruction politically risky.
Coyner’s record doesn’t show courage — it shows calculation.
Moderate when it’s safe.
MAGA when it’s useful.
Race & Representation
Posing for Progress, Voting Against It
When she’s talking to moderates, Coyner poses with Black-owned businesses and hands out proclamations. When she’s talking to MAGA, she blocks the policies that would actually help them.
She voted against HB 432 (2020) and HB 1922 (2025) — bills designed to strengthen programs for small, woman-, and minority-owned businesses. And when Virginia’s first Black Speaker visited churches in her district at a local senator’s invitation, Coyner accused him of trying to “intimidate” her.
Her outreach to the Black community looks good in photos but disappears in policy.
Moderate when it’s safe.
MAGA when it’s useful.
Small Business &
Economic Fairness
Pro-Business for Herself
When she’s talking to moderates, Coyner calls herself pro-business and community-minded. When she’s talking to MAGA, her record protects landlords and corporate donors — including herself.
She’s voted against tenant protections, affordable housing programs, and first-time homebuyer assistance, all while benefiting from rental income and landlord-friendly policies. She brands herself as a small-business ally, but her votes favor big developers and corporate interests.
Coyner isn’t standing up for local business — she’s looking out for her own.
Moderate when it’s safe.
MAGA when it’s useful.
Carrie Coyner
isn’t bipartisan.
She just changes her positions to fit the political moment when it’s convenient.
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