That’s it in a nutshell.
But don’t forget about McAuliffe and Signer, who cynically manipulated the protests to score political points. I think Signer has aspirations to higher office. Nothing more needs to be said about where McAuliffe’s loyalties lie.
The mayor of Charlottesville worked with/for Podesta & 0bama’s transition team, Kaine, McAuliffe, and for the Ctr. for Am. Progress.
From Wikipedia:
“In the 2008 elections, Signer was foreign policy advisor to the John Edwards for President campaign. He was later senior strategist on the 2008 Congressional campaign of Tom Perriello. Signer was senior policy advisor at the Center for American Progress and later that year worked with John Podesta on President-Elect Barack Obama’s State Department Transition Team.
In 2009, Signer was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, receiving 21% of the vote.
From 2009 to 2013, Signer was an appointee by Governor Tim Kaine to Virginia’s Board of Medicine. He was a member of the finance committee for Terry McAuliffe for governor and later served as chair of Governor-elect McAuliffe’s Transition Council on Homeland Security. Earlier in his career, he was legislative aide to then-Delegate Creigh Deeds.
Signer created an Advisory Council on Innovation and Technology to link stakeholders in the Charlottesville technology sector. Governor Terry McAuliffe appointed him to the Council on Virginia’s Future.
During Signer’s tenure as Mayor, Charlottesville was named by Entrepreneur as the #4 City in the U.S. for entrepreneurship.
During Signer’s tenure, the city council created an Open Data policy and required agencies to register voters to vote online.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Signer