Virginia GOP gubernatorial nominee admits to hiding extreme abortion views to win election

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Virginia's Republican nominee for governor reportedly told supporters at a fundraising event in June that he couldn't reveal his true position on abortion rights until after he's elected — because he needs the independent vote.

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Virginia GOP gubernatorial nominee admits to hiding extreme abortion views to win election
Glenn Youngkin said he won't talk publicly about some of his more severe positions on abortion because that 'won't win my independent votes that I have to get.'
americanindependent.com
4:30 PM · Jul 7, 2021

https://americanindependent.com/virginia-gop-gubernatorial-nominee-glenn-youngkin-abortion-views-election-independent-voters-planned-parenthood/

Virginia's Republican nominee for governor reportedly told supporters at a fundraising event in June that he couldn't reveal his true position on abortion rights until after he's elected.

His reasoning: He needs the independent vote to ensure his victory in November.

Glenn Youngkin, the venture capitalist running as a Republican in Virginia's gubernatorial race against former Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, made the comments to Lauren Windsor, who runs The Undercurrent, a self-described "grassroots political web-show" funded by the liberal advocacy group American Family Voices.

The American Independent obtained the video footage from Windsor, who also shared it with MSNBC.

In the video, Windsor begins speaking with Youngkin about her feigned support for things like "getting a fetal heartbeat bill here like they did in Texas, or defunding Planned Parenthood."

*snip*

[Thomas Hurt]

1. The christofascist stealth candidates are back.

[Mariana]

4. They never left. nt.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Terry McCauliffe was given a gem of a campaign issue

To nail this Republican on. The ads write themselves.

[modrepub]

3. No Win Here

If he doesn't express his true abortion position, he runs the risk his base will cop out on him. We already know what he supports on this issue. It will look bad if he just tries to ignore the question. He won't convince the pro-choice crowd he's anti-abortion and he'll have the anti-abortion crowd guessing if he's truly committed.

I doubt he can do much anyway unless the Legislative branch flips.