In response to the strike, Governor Glenn Youngkin issued a statement Tuesday calling on the federal government to resolve it, that it jeopardizes the livelihoods of countless Americans and cripples supply chains nationwide, according to a press release from the governor's office.

The White House has firmly backed the longshoremen’s union, but Democrats are eager to avoid economic disruptions weeks before Election Day.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued a statement Tuesday evening, calling on the federal government to resolve the dockworkers’ strike incapacitating major ports along the country’s East and Gulf coasts,