Saturday, October 30, 2021

Terry McAuliffe Seeks to Turn Virginia Governor Election Into Vote on Trump

 https://www.newsweek.com/terry-mcauliffe-virginia-governor-election-vote-donald-trump-glenn-youngkin-1643721

 Youngkin has appeared to keep his distance from Trump. The former president hasn't campaigned with the Republican candidate and Youngkin didn't attend a "Take Back Virginia" rally on October 13 where Trump phoned in.

 At that rally, attendees recited the Pledge of Allegiance in front of a U.S. flag that the hosts said had been carried during a Trump rally in Washington, D.C., on January 6. The action was condemned by McAuliffe and Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, a Democrat.

Youngkin issued a statement saying he had "no role" in the event.

"It is weird and wrong to pledge allegiance to a flag connected to January 6. As I have said many times before, the violence that occurred on January 6 was sickening and wrong," Youngkin said.

A Fox News poll conducted from October 10 -13 showed 53 percent of likely Virginia voters had an unfavorable opinion of Trump, while 44 percent took a favorable view of the former president.

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