Posted on 11/03/2021 7:48:59 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Former President Trump says if he had not supported Virginia Republican Glenn Youngkin, the new governor-elect would have lost by a sizable margin in Tuesday's election.
"I've heard Virginia is blue, but I've never believed it was blue," Trump said during an interview on local radio in Virginia on Wednesday morning, according to Politico reporter Meridith McGraw. "Without MAGA he would have lost by 15 points, more ... instead of giving us credit they say, 'oh he's more popular than [Trump].'"
Youngkin defeated former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) in Virginia's gubernatorial election, thanks largely to a boom in support from suburban voters and higher margins of victory in rural areas that Trump won during the 2020 presidential contest despite losing the state as a whole by 10 points.
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I think Trump was instrumental, but strategically, better for him to just sit back and offer congratulations and support.
Glenn ran his own MAGA race, if you were listening, Mr. President.
Wrong. The VA gov is a Rino and it’s exactly the right play to make sure he knows that the Trump base isn’t for Rinos. You let them run with this we’d have Romney types nation wide. Trump is wise though because he supported this puke and now he’ll have sway.
Stop bragging Donald. It doesn’t flatter you. Personally I think it was the vaccine mandates for children the turned the tide.
Well we knew PDJT would have to make a comment like that.
Yes Trump’s Messianic Complex can get annoying at times. Just bask in the glow that you contributed and let the man Youngkin enjoy his moment. He ran a very smart campaign and capitalized on opportunities and unforced errors by his opponent. This is a blueprint to success in purple states.
He did NOT sound like a RINO last night. Not at all.
Basically the Democrat Clinton Village needs to leave American Families alone.
It is a big lie that Youngkin outperformed Trump. Trump outperformed Youngkin everywhere in the state. The only difference for Youngkin was the lack of a steal.
“Reagan said that it didn’t matter who got the credit as long as what he wanted to happen did in fact happen. I wish that Trump would take a lesson from this.”
Nothing Reagan did has survived. He, as is Trump, was a recovering liberal Democrat. It does matter who gets credit because they people need to know who to support and who are their leaders.
Using Ron DeSantis as a 10 and Brian Kemp as a 0 . . . where does Youngkin fall in the scale?
I’d love to see another DeSantis . . .
I thought McAwful lost Loundon?
“ I wonder what Youngkin’s anti-vote fraud strategy was?”
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A crap load of Poll Watchers…….like never before.
What he said is probably true but every once in a while leaving something unspoken says more than mere words. This was one of those times.
Swerving out of his lane is what Trump does, he never gives an inch, he takes them. We can talk about upset parents in the burbs all day, but they took what’s been dished out to them in VA for a long time before Trump. He is the catalyst.
No. Youngkin kept it closer than normal, but Terry still won it.
Same here. Someone said: poll watchers
It's what he does, not what he says. We shall see.
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