How do you know they didn’t?
The uniparty could give a **** about the letter after the winner’s name as long as the winner toes the uniparty line.
I know Gillespie who was a former RNC head. If he had this photo and refused to use it even after Northam called him a racist, then Gillespie is a fool. Your suggestion that Gillespie wanted to lose doesn’t make sense.