With over 3 million followers between his Instagram “shorts” videos and his “Making the Argument” podcast, other than Virginia’s governor, state Del. Nick Freitas may be the most well-known member of Virginia’s government.
On March 27, while a crowd of anti-Donald Trump/anti-DOGE/anti-Elon Musk protesters were marching and chanting outside of a town hall he was hosting, Freitas shocked the commonwealth by announcing that he was not going to seek reelection to the Virginia House of Delegates seat he’s represented for 10 years. The Daily Signal caught up with him and asked him what went into that decision and what’s next for him.
Here is a lightly edited transcript from an excerpt of our discussion:
Freitas: It’s something my wife and I have talked about for a little while now, and honestly, we weren’t entirely sure exactly what we were going to do…
