White men 'clearly' targeted as Virginia Dems’ race-sex bill hits Spanberger’s desk: experts

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A Virginia state bill passed along party lines directing state agencies to consider the race and sex of small businesses’ ownership when distributing discretionary funds for procurement and contracts is likely to face major legal headwinds, experts told Fox News Digital. The Small SWAM Business Procurement Enhancement Program Act "provides that executive branch agencies and covered institutions are required to increase their small SWAM business utilization rates by three percent per year until reaching the 42-percent target or, if unable to do so, to implement achievable goals to increase their utilization rates," according to its text. SWAM stands for small, women-owned and minority-owned. Purchases between $10,000 and $200,000 must be set aside to be awarded to SWAM businesses as well, according to the text of the bill drafted by Delegate Jeion Ward, D-Hampton. INVESTIGATION OF NIKE'S DEI PRACTICES COULD HAVE MAJOR NATIONWIDE IMPACT ON HIRING, SAYS ALAN DERSHOWITZ As the bill approaches Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger ’s desk, Oversight Project Vice President of Legal Kyle Brosnan told Fox News Digital it appears par for the course for the way Richmond is moving. Brosnan said the bill constitutes "clearly intentional discrimination against White men." "Since reclaiming total control of state government, Virginia Democrats have shown their true colors as nothing short of radical ideologues," Brosnan said. "By setting race and sex quotas for 42% of the state discretionary spending on government contracts, Gov. Spanberger and her far left enablers in Richmond are showing their true colors as radicals." Zach Smith, a former federal prosecutor for the Northern District of Florida, added that whenever the government proposes to treat people differently based on race and gender, it is unconstitutional. "I think we saw the Supreme Court speak explicitly to this with its Harvard and UNC decisions banning the use of race in admissions in higher education," he said. VIRGIN…