Obama sharply criticizes Youngkin in Va. governor's race

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In a visit to Richmond, former President Barack Obama offered a sharp rebuke of the Republican candidate for Virginia governor, Glenn Youngkin, as he encouraged voters to support Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the closely watched race.

for months to say whether President Joe Biden was legitimately elected. He has since said that Biden was, and that there was not widespread fraud in last year’s elections.Obama described McAuliffe — the state’s governor from 2014-2018 — as an experienced, steady hand and told a crowd of about 2,000 people gathered outdoors at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond that the Nov. 2 election would “show the country and the world that we’re not going to indulge in our worst instincts.

The Youngkin campaign has said election security is a bipartisan concern and has tried to draw a comparison between the false claims of fraud today and the 2000 presidential election, when a Supreme Court ruling decided the winner and McAuliffe blasted the decision and said the election had been stolen.

While New Jersey is also holding an election for governor on Nov. 2, it’s the Virginia race that’s grabbed national attention as a possible indication of voter sentiment before next year’s midterms. The officials cast the election as a choice between a proven leader and an extremist who would roll back progressive reforms implemented during the past two years of full Democratic control of state government, including an expansion of voting rights and abortion access, tighter gun laws and criminal justice reforms. Multiple speakers acknowledged the contest is close.Several speakers sought to tie Youngkin and his running mates to Trump.

 

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Let's Go Virginia Stay True Blue 🇺🇲🔵💙🧡🙏🏾 Amen. Please Don't Ever Go Back to being a racist white supremacists, republikkkan red state🇺🇲🔵💙🧡🙏🏾 Amen. Father God, Creator, Mother Earth Help Us All, Deliver us from evil GOG/GOP and MAGOG/MAGA, Amen.

Our ex-divider and chief dividing again

Terry McAuliffe is running for Governor because VA needs 📍Quality Education 📍Affordable, Quality Healthcare 📍Clean Energy Future 📍Every Virginian Deserves Opportunities For Success Let’s makes this historical campaign a success; elect TerryMcAuliffe DemVoice1 wtpBLUE

I watched former President Obama's speech. It was fantastic. We need his continuing voice of reason and common sense in these troubling times. 🇺🇸❤️

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FBI Terry McAuliffe was a woman who died in a space shuttle explosion. The bilderbergs require astronauts to go up in these space ships and die. George W. Bush did it during his presidency. The Lord God the Father told me about this. Ask him, and prosecute. barackobama

Because TerryMcAuliffe cannot carry his own message and have a chance at winning he must have help.

Wasn’t McAuliffe the guy who said parents shouldn’t have a say in what school teach their children?

hes not welcome here 🤢🤢🤮🤮

Our democracy is at risk.

Barry brought in to boost up the career Clintonite. Gotta keep those Democrat sheep in the barn. 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑 They don’t want to lose Terry!

They responded to the rebuke with the hard R

Black Virginians for Glenn Youngkin

I still haven’t heard GlennYoungkin say that if he had been Governor last fall that he would have certified Joe Biden as the winner of Virginia. What happens if he wins and Trump leans on him to override the will of the voters?

Lol. Sharp rebuke. Lol

Dems must be concerned to bring Obama out

Thanks, Barry

Not a chance

Democrats take away freedoms and empower the government. Seems like the parties have switched in the last 20 years.

Never….. ever

Support a party tool and ignore the debate debacle and walk away from an interview Fixed it

Lol

Just not the current president.

I can't believe how Obama became the leader of America one day He is only good at spoiling and ripping countries apart He's a deceiver, and he'll tear up national unity

TV ads in NVA/DC area has Obama referring to Terry as “her”. Guess he now knows who Terry is.

Maybe Biden is not wrong about Jim Crowe... what I see is a white guy having a black guy support him and do his work. nobodyscow ReformSenateB4SCOTUS

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