Trump’s false election claims in focus in Va. governor race

The Associated Press ^ | October 7, 2021 | By SARAH RANKIN (D-AP)

[Oldeconomybuyer]

RICHMOND, Va. — Republican Glenn Youngkin has not talked much lately about President Donald Trump’s lies about voter fraud, the insurrection on Jan. 6 or his party’s eroded trust in elections. But when he has, it has not gone smoothly.

The GOP nominee for governor of Virginia argued this week that the state’s voting machines must be regularly audited, suggesting that would ensure “everybody can trust” the process. Left unsaid was that the machines already undergo annual audits.

The comment followed a recent interview in which Youngkin did not directly say whether he would have voted to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s victory, had he been in Congress. He later followed up to say he would have.

The murky answers and clarification underscore Youngkin’s dilemma when it comes to talking about last year’s election. False claims and misinformation about the results are so widely believed by Republican voters that disputing the lies can be politically risky. For months, while running for his party’s nomination, Youngkin declined to say whether Biden was legitimately elected.

Now, in a general election, vying for votes in a tight race in left-leaning Virginia, Youngkin has tried to resist being branded as a election denier or letting Democrats tie him to Trump’s false claims.

The former president hasn’t made it easy. His political action committee sent an email late Wednesday highlighting a story about Youngkin’s comments, writing: “ICYMI: ‘Youngkin calls for audit of voting machines in Virginia.’”

Trump has been pushing Republicans in battleground states to stage “audits” of the results. He is unbowed by the fact that the most high-profile examination — a partisan review of ballots in Arizona’s largest county — turned up no evidence that the election was stolen.

Democrats seized on the emailed remarks as a sign that the two men are aligned.

[fhayek]

partisan review of ballots in Arizona’s largest county — turned up no evidence that the election was stolen.

The reports I read from that audit revealed the precise opposite conclusion.

[Nuc 1.1]

It’s President Elect Tump and everyone knows it.

[McBuff]

And they wonder why we call it fake news. . .

[JaguarXKE]

AP - Arrogant Pissants

[cranked]

AP trying to take the massive heat off McAuliffeIdiot’s parents and education comments.......

[Mark]

Yes, F’n JB is so popular! Same for DemocRATS.

[WinstonSmith1984]

Once again, the AP showing they are the enemy of a free people. These evil bastards get up every day and try to be more evil than they were the day before.

[blackdog]

At some point the amount of time and treasure having to be spent by democrats to sustain the fraud will be ever consuming. Every election at every level in every state will become a lightning rod for conservative messaging. Like sharks needing to swim or die, never being able to rest or sleep, democrats will have to continue to "Fortify Elections" in order to hold back the inevitable conservative tide they themselves created.

A state election for governor can't illustrate Terry McAuliff the winner when the down ballot selections hold 80% for the other guy right down to dog catcher?

Steal an election and the steal must only grow every cycle to hide it.

[Texas Fossil]

AP = Always Propaganda

[Menehune56]

AP has revealed themselves as the Deep State Media feed.

[kiryandil]

ACTUALLY, if one compares the Virginia turnout for Obama in 2008 with the "turnout" for Joe Biden in 2020, one has to come to one of two conclusions.

Either:

1) The Democrats cheated massively in Virginia in 2020, or
2) Democrats in Virginia are screaming, pinwheels-for-eyes racists who only turned out bigtime in the Democrat counties when a white guy was at the top of the Democrat ticket in Virginia.

Either one is plausible to me.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Never does the media call anything a Demonrat says a lie, no matter how voluminous the evidence is. Yet they will call a “lie !” anything anyone says opposed to their subversive, degenerate and evil agenda without so much as an iota of evidence to support the claim. In other words, their credibility to call anyone a liar is zero.

[Lod881019]

FYI…for those of you who are new to politics this is actually great news for Glenn it means even the APs polling is showing Mccaulife possibly losing this so they trudge up election fraud as a red herring to try to distract…Glen may just win this

[stanne]

I just heard Tucker Carlson say Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election honestly and for many reasons

So…

[Jamestown1630]

Barring massive cheating on the Dem side, I think Youngkin has this.

McAuliffe is so politically stupid, I’ve never figured out how he has gotten so far in politics - I guess he’s just a useful step-and-fetch-it for the party.

A lot of people in Virginia are pretty fired-up over stuff.

[Rowdyone]

If there was never an investigation, how can you claim that his claims are illegitimate?

[LegendHasIt]

My old computer taskbar always got it right when I clicked on an AP link:

[Nuc 1.1]

My home state. Such an embarrassment.

[Texas Fossil]

The Dems have always cheated. Since the CPUSA merger, the #ComDem’s not only cheated, but they helped commit an act of War against the USA on November 3-4, 2020.

Those are FACTS.