Trump commented multiple times on the VA gubernatorial race Thursday
Virginia | September 24, 2021
Former President Donald Trump commented multiple times Thursday on the Virginia gubernatorial race — again casting doubt on Virginia’s 2020 election results and talking about candidates embracing his MAGA-following. Terry McAuliffe (D) and Glenn Youngkin (R) have less than six weeks to convince Virginians to vote for them in the race to become the next governor of Virginia.
Trump said in a radio interview Thursday morning with John Fredericks that he believes Youngkin can win this election but he first cast doubt about the integrity of the election last year. “I’ve heard bad things about their voting… very very bad things, it was largely mail-in and I have heard a lot of bad things about Virginia,” Trump said.
There has been no evidence of any voter fraud taking place during Trump’s 10-point loss.
He then continued, saying the “only guys that win, are the guys that embrace the MAGA movement.
Youngkin was pressed earlier this week to answer if he is proud to receive an endorsement from Trump. He never answered the question directly, but said he was “very pleased to get it.”
Fredericks, a conservative commentator and the former chairman of the Virginia Trump presidential campaign, said Youngkin has successfully kept both the moderates and Trump-faction of the party together so far, noting he has never seen anything like it. … (Excerpts from Virginia Political Newsletter)