Posted on 11/02/2021 6:37:11 AM PDT by Red Badger
The last ditch November surprise to paint Republican candidate for Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin as a white supremacist was launched at a political rally in Loudoun County on Monday night.
The Youngkin rally drew hundreds of raucous supporters and opponents of the radical agenda of former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe.
Republican rally size this large in Loudoun county warms my heart pic.twitter.com/ck0utVBkPG
— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) November 2, 2021
Youngkin has experienced a surge in support in the closing weeks of the governor’s race and is now running in a dead heat with McAuliffe. The latest Fox News poll even showed McAuliffe trailing by eight points in a survey of likely voters.
But as MSNBC covered the Youngkin rally a suspiciously familiar tactic was deployed to slant the political candidate’s optics on the verge of election night. A photo of a man with a confederate jacket at the rally appears to have been first posted on Twitter by WUSA (CBS affiliate) reporter Mike Valerio at 10:22 pm.
Nov. 1, 2021 – Glenn Youngkin takes the stage here in Loudoun County — the final rally of his campaign… pic.twitter.com/CJLqZUN7lS
— Mike Valerio (@MikevWUSA) November 2, 2021
Within two minutes, an MSNBC reporter named Gary Grumbach (a ‘usual suspect,’ see more later) had reposted it onto his Twitter account.
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — pic.twitter.com/3pdnUHyQtT
— Gary Grumbach (@GaryGrumbach) November 2, 2021
A Salon “investigative reporter” then picked up on it five minutes after Grumbach and showed a slightly different angle.
pic.twitter.com/mhd0gkLNKB
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) November 2, 2021
However, despite the man being right in front of the press area, no one got a clear shot of the man’s face.
Yeah I’m sure the guy just *happened* to stand right in front of the press in his confederate jean jacket at the Youngkin rally.
Imagine actually falling for this? You’d have to be a journalist. pic.twitter.com/aCbqUrn3XJ
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) November 2, 2021
It looks like someone finally got a clean profile shot. There is some speculation about the man’s identity, but it is currently unverified.
pic.twitter.com/KfcKKLlJ7t
— Cameron Gilmore (@CamGil88) November 2, 2021
A closer look a the man’s jacket reveals a few things: First of all, the confederate flag patch is freshly sewn on. Secondly, the jacket is new and appears to be newly bought or rarely worn. This does not fit the profile of a neo-confederate supporter who would go to a Youngkin rally.
How do you do, fellow confederates? Just me, racist confederate with an extremely new-looking confederate flag patch in a very normal place on my jacket at a Glenn Youngkin rally, who is also a racist pro-confederate. https://t.co/Ip22bvrJt4
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) November 2, 2021
Then there is the matter that none of the ‘journalists’ who hand-picked this one guy to portray as a Youngkin rally-goer were interested in interviewing this neo-confederate-supporting super-racist for a ‘scoop’ interview on why he was supported Youngkin. (Even though this would certainly be great for a soundbite on the morning shows.)
Interview this guy, post his name and identifying information, so that we can check his voter registration and any affiliiation with the Lincoln Project, Virginia Democrts and/or the McAuliffe campaign. Thanks in advance for doing a journalism!
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) November 2, 2021
There is a critical point here that will go down as a media-driven ‘hoax’ regardless of the man’s identity. It may turn out he is affiliated with the Lincoln Project, the Virginia Democrats or the McAuliffe campaign. He may not be – and it is a matter of time before his identity surfaces.
Ironically, Grumbach had earlier started an Internet firestorm by doing just that: He found an ostensible Trump supporter at a Michigan ‘Save America’ rally named Lori Levi and interviewed her. She made waves by expressing her view that a ‘civil war’ is coming.
WATCH: At yesterday's "Save America" Trump rally in Des Moines, I spoke to Lori Levi of Michigan, who told me she is very unhappy with the Republican party as it stands today, and says she believes a "Civil War is coming." pic.twitter.com/JB1zOLAxGR
— Gary Grumbach (@GaryGrumbach) October 10, 2021
The major context for the confederate-flag wearing man photo is that the media appear to have learned their lesson from a recent proven hoax that the Lincoln Project claimed credit for. On Friday, the media seized on a similar photo of unidentified persons bearing tiki torches in a reference to the Charlottesville incident.
These men approached @GlennYoungkin’s bus as it pulled up saying what sounded like, “We’re all in for Glenn.” Here they are standing in front of the bus as his campaign event at Guadalajara started.@NBC29 pic.twitter.com/l681ejyBjc
— Elizabeth Holmes (@holmes_reports) October 29, 2021
Advertisements The sunglasses and hats were not enough to veil their identities: Two were exposed as connected to Virginia Democrats.
Alec Sears, who has reported for the Daily Caller and Washington Examiner, broke the story wide open. The following is what Sears reported in a Twitter thread:
This is so clearly a political operation organized by @AdamParkhomenko it’s not even funny.
And I have the receipts.
These men approached @GlennYoungkin’s bus as it pulled up saying what sounded like, “We’re all in for Glenn.” Here they are standing in front of the bus as his campaign event at Guadalajara started.@NBC29 pic.twitter.com/l681ejyBjc
— Elizabeth Holmes (@holmes_reports) October 29, 2021
Notice that the only people interacting with this story are Democratic Political Operatives, all retweeted by Parkhomenko.
Let’s take a look at this gentleman. He bears a strong resemblance to one Camden Layton, otherwise known as the finance director for @vayd.
Coincidence? I report, you decide.
This gross false-flag operation reeks of desperation from the McAuliffe camp who is currently trailing Youngkin by 8 points.
A confident campaign would never resort to such gross measures. We have a good idea of who some of the other individuals are, and are working to confirm, but if you have any information do share 👀
🚨 I am now confident that we have identified the woman in this group of political actors as Colleen Wachenfeld, with @vademocrats.
Thanks for posting.
No surprise. ComDem dirty tricks.
When you are the ONLY ONE out of hundreds dressed like that, then it kinda looks like a hoax.........................
They did this at a rally in buffalo, New York.
A bunch of conservatives were gathered around the stage, and way off in the back corner there was a couple of people waving the confederate flag.
So, sure enough, the next day there’s a photo of the speaker and it looked like standing almost right next to him was the confederate flag.
I figured out that in order to get that photo they had to have a telephoto lens and be positioned on the second floor of the car parking lot far behind the speaker.
In other words the photographer had to be coordinating with the confederate flag holders on where to position themselves so, they could make the photo look like they were standing next to the speaker.
Yes, indeed. They had one at the Congressional Building on January 6th.
It is the false flag trademark. Just because you find 2 in the open, how many others were there observing?
It is the #ComDem_way, They always lie and with lies the pieces never really fit. So they must continue to lie, until it is apparent to even dummies.
“Hello, fellow Confederates!”
We all should attend rallies with signs of the confederate flag saying “We don’t vote for the party that took this flag into battle.”
My uncle was a tailor. Not a woman on earth could iron better than he.
And men are pretty damn good at cooking, too.
I don’t hate anyone but i fly the Stars and Bars at
my house . This doesn’t make me a KKK member or a hater. I love this country and it’s history. It hasn’t always been great but it’s our history. If you don’t like it move away to another country.
While I agree that the guy could be a plant, it has always amazed me that the left pours out so much hate for a flag
and they don’t know the difference between the Confederate battle flag and the Official Confederate flag.
A battle flag just represents a part of U.S. history.
Some peoples ancestors fought in a Civil War. They fought on both sides and now it’s over, it’s in the past.
No one is asking for a return to slavery.
Just a reminder....She lost to a clean, articulate, black man with “0” experience on the world stage.
Yes. We should, but why should we have to put up with their lies?
These vermin belong on the dump heap of history.
Some of the ‘journalists’ tried to interview him but he showed them his FBI identification card and warned them not to blow his cover. They retreated.
Who cares if he was wearing a Confederate flag?
Want to see the BIG Lie? At Cop26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uma_k0NPZx4&t=57s
See the photo of Slo Joe at 57 seconds point in the video.
This man is not in his 70’s. And many of the leaders there know it is “NOT Joe” that is speaking.
Smell the desperation......
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How do you do, fellow confederates?
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lol — perfect
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