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.
Charlottesville was an elaborately staged political play designed to paint anyone standing for US history as a racist.
McAwful paid for the actors on both sides.
One of HRC’s main platforms was 1970s ERA crap- hence the ‘iron my shirt’ to remind everyone that white male chauvinist pigs were still around and needed to be stomped into the ground. Totally fake and scripted.
The democrats don’t need to use any dirty tricks, all they need do is keep finding boxes of mail-in votes tonight for their candidate. The republicans are like the washington generals playing the harlem globetrotters. Golly, looks like they outsmarted us again, guess you’d better vote harderer next time!
I fly the Bonnie Blue. The ignorant libtards in my neighborhood have no idea what it is.
“Don’t Tread on me”
Fizzled.
I wear the Bonnie Blue on a trucker’s cap.
Nobody has a clue.
The opposing groups even arrived on the same buses it was reported.
From another angle...its obvious those two are plants, with their backs directly facing the media, who played right along.
That is hilarious , love the idea!!
Yeah I’m sure the guy just *happened* to stand right in front of the press in his confederate jean jacket.
Who’s the guy in the black hat his guard ?.
all to odd
Nobody else in the crowd is wearing cowboy hat. It’s obvious that isn’t all that popular in Va. So they really stick out like sore thumbs. (fake)
Patch looks brand new
Yes.
WTF is wrong with the confederate flag? Part of our history.
It itself, it means pride in the south I believe.
And "Kill The Baby" T-shirts.
I even went to the location the people with the Confederate flag were standing, So that I could see where the photographer had to be standing In order to take that shot. It lined up perfectly with the parking garage about 200 yd behind him.
So they had to be working together to set up that shot
Yep, sounds like it. We are up against some very sneaky people.
Best post of the day!-)
His clothes look fresh out of the package.
McAwful is a Hillary hack. They play these juvenile games. The guy doesn’t deserve to be Governor, he should b put in a mental ward.
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