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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGlenn Youngkin Talks About Virginia. His Base Talks About Donald Trump.
GLEN ALLEN, Va. The event was billed as a rally for Virginia conservatives ahead of next months election for governor. But it was mostly about Donald J. Trump.
Each speaker, addressing the crowd of hundreds just outside the state capital of Richmond, declared the former president the rightful winner of the last presidential election and the assumed winner of the next one. The audience raved when Mr. Trump gave a short address over the phone.
But it was the speaker after Mr. Trump who made the pivot from national to local. Amanda Chase, a state senator from Amelia County who has called herself Trump in heels, explicitly tied the former president to Glenn Youngkin, the states Republican nominee for governor. Supporting one required supporting the other, she said.
People know Im not politically correct and Ill say exactly what Im thinking, Ms. Chase said. And if Im telling you Im supporting Glenn Youngkin, then you better be supporting Glenn Youngkin, because hes the real deal.
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spooky3
(34,444 posts)one reasonable urban voter.
McAuliffe is blanketing the airwaves with clips of Youngkins similarities to Trump, who is despised in vote-rich Northern Virginia.
Walleye
(31,017 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,788 posts)Youngkin is ashamed to campaign with Trump?
underpants
(182,789 posts)I had no idea Bannon (hes from Richmond) was that close. Ick!