#chin-chinDonktards

disclaimer: global HQ to remain in Arlington - best guess is such would be more strategic for lobbying purposes

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-def...-heartland

Quote:New Gov. Spanberger blasted for ‘far-left’ agenda days into term
Former special assistant to President Biden Michael LaRosa and Washington Times editor-at-large Alex Swoyer join 'America Reports' to react to Virginia Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger's controversial start to her term.

After nearly a decade in Virginia, Boeing announced on Wednesday that it is moving its Defense, Space & Security headquarters out of the state back to St. Louis. This comes just weeks after new Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger took office, replacing Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

In a Wednesday statement, Boeing said that its decision to move its defense headquarters to St. Louis emphasizes company leadership’s "commitment to being present and engaged with teammates who are designing, producing and delivering vital defense and space products and capabilities for customers in the U.S. and around the world."

The company said that it is progressing on a multi-billion-dollar investment in "the world’s most advanced combat aircraft production facilities," including in St. Louis.

The change moves the defense headquarters from Arlington, Virginia, back to its former site in St. Louis, where much of the company’s products are designed and manufactured. Boeing’s headquarters was in Arlington, a suburb of Washington, D.C., for nearly a decade, with the company moving in 2017.


Boeing cited leadership proximity to its workers, saying that "by aligning leadership with the workforce and investing in state-of-the-art facilities, Boeing is poised to strengthen its core business and drive innovation in defense solutions for the U.S. military and global allies."

Steve Parker, Boeing Defense, Space & Security CEO, said that "the headquarters move, coupled with our senior leaders being based at and spending their time at major engineering, production and manufacturing centers across the U.S., reflects our continued focus on disciplined performance across our business."

"It’s important for leaders to be side-by-side with our teammates, listening to their feedback and acting to remove obstacles as we continue to stabilize and strengthen our business," added Parker.

Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe hailed the move as a major "win for the heartland."

"Missouri is the best place in the nation for aerospace and defense manufacturing, and having the Boeing Defense headquarters back where it belongs is a win for our workers and a win for the heartland," said Kehoe, adding, "We are proud to see this leadership return to the production floor where the real work of defending our nation happens every day."

The departure comes just over a month after Spanberger took office as Virginia's governor. Though she campaigned as a pragmatic centrist, critics have said her day-one actions depict a very different approach.

In a flurry of executive orders after her inauguration, the Democrat rescinded ex-Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s 287(g) order that instituted cooperation with ICE, reprioritized diversity, equity and inclusion and seized on broad affordability initiatives, including housing regulation reviews that align with progressive approaches to zoning.


Former House colleague Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, who serves on the House Armed Services Committee, has criticized Spanberger’s leadership, telling Fox News Digital that "less than a month in office as governor of Virginia, Abigail Spanberger has shown a commitment to turning the commonwealth into California."

While Boeing's Defense, Space & Security headquarters is moving back to St. Louis, Boeing's global headquarters appears to be staying in Arlington, Va after it moved in May 2022, months after Youngkin became governor in Virginia.

Spanberger’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s after-hours request for comment.

Leftists don’t realize business and cash are portable. Mamdani declaring he’s going to tax all the billionaires in NYC. Now he’s shocked they’re all leaving

Same way with Spanberger. You mean businesses won’t still around and pay higher taxes to pay for your liberal utopia. Elections have consequences. Perhaps Western counties of Virginia will move to join West Virginia. I believe that’s still a possibility.

DC is a malignant mass right there on the edge of Virginia. It’s a shame what has happened to Virginia as the DC cancer metastasizes across the state.

Thankfully West Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky have been inoculated against that Leftist virus by decades of common sense. We’ll stop it at the border.

Short and longer answer:

YES!!!!

(02-19-2026 06:47 AM)CardinalJim Wrote:  Leftists don’t realize business and cash are portable. Mamdani declaring he’s going to tax all the billionaires in NYC. Now he’s shocked they’re all leaving

Same way with Spanberger. You mean businesses won’t still around and pay higher taxes to pay for your liberal utopia. Elections have consequences. Perhaps Western counties of Virginia will move to join West Virginia. I believe that’s still a possibility.

DC is a malignant mass right there on the edge of Virginia. It’s a shame what has happened to Virginia as the DC cancer metastasizes across the state.

Thankfully West Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky have been inoculated against that Leftist virus by decades of common sense. We’ll stop it at the border.

I hope you're right Jim.

Kentucky and West Virginia don't bother me. Tennessee does.

But, I'd rather be moving to Kentucky than back home to Tennessee.

VA is done.

(02-19-2026 10:19 AM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  VA is done.

Yep.

There will never be another Republican governor in that state ever again.

VA elected a woman that looks angry all the time. Also elected a Muslim LG and elected an AG that promised to murder opposition and their children. Now many VIrginians are wondering what just happened except those in NOVA. The once Bastian of freedom is now a conquered land all by design.

(02-19-2026 11:54 AM)hburg Wrote:  VA elected a woman that looks angry all the time. Also elected a Muslim LG and elected an AG that promised to murder opposition and their children. Now many VIrginians are wondering what just happened except those in NOVA. The once Bastian of freedom is now a conquered land all by design.

Yep.