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Don’t Be Fooled—Obama Wasn’t Campaigning for Spanberger
PJ Media ^ | 2 Nov 2025 | Matt Margolis

Posted on 11/02/2025 10:36:44 AM PST by Rummyfan

Barack Obama formally endorsed Abigail Spanberger last month in a video. It wasn’t exactly a shock, but the media sure made a big deal about it. Her campaign had certainly taken a hit because of the Jay Jones scandal, so the timing made perfect sense in that context. But, when Obama rolled into Virginia Saturday to campaign for Abigail Spanberger, you had to wonder what exactly he was doing there. Spanberger, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, holds a comfortable lead over Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears in multiple polls, leading by 7.6 points in the RealClearPolitics average.

o why would Obama bother showing up for what looks like a done deal?

The answer is obvious: He’s not there to help Spanberger. He’s there to help salvage what's left of the Democratic ticket, specifically the embattled Jay Jones, who's running for attorney general.

Jones was supposed to be a rising star in Virginia Democratic politics, but then came the scandal. Old text messages from 2022 surfaced showing Jones writing that then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert, a Republican, should get "two bullets to the head." There were also messages discussing killing Gilbert's children. Jones offered a lame apology for being caught, but the damage was done. What had been a slight lead for Jones over Republican incumbent Jason Miyares evaporated practically overnight. Miyares has a +3.5 lead in the RealClearPolitics average.

Do you really think Obama was there to help Spanberger or Jay Jones? At Saturday's event, Jones showed up and spoke even though he wasn't originally scheduled to appear. More than 7,000 people packed the venue, and there was Jones, right alongside the headliners, getting his moment in front of Obama's crowd.

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The hypocrisy is breathtaking.

And will we never be rid of this grifter?!

1 posted on 11/02/2025 10:36:44 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan
Jones showed up and spoke even though he wasn't originally scheduled to appear.

If you put him on the schedule, protesters might show up.

2 posted on 11/02/2025 10:42:33 AM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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Obama was there to pretend that he still matters. Democrats use him the same way that they would use Biden: name recognition, but no real impact.


3 posted on 11/02/2025 10:43:55 AM PST by adorno ( )
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To: Rummyfan

Down Lo’ Duo!


4 posted on 11/02/2025 10:49:10 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: Rummyfan

Any Virginian who votes for Spanberger is giving aid and comfort to the domestic and foreign enemies of the United States.


5 posted on 11/02/2025 11:00:07 AM PST by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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To: Rummyfan

Indeed he never even qualified to be a has been only a token.


6 posted on 11/02/2025 11:09:17 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: Dr. Ursus

Obama just wanted to go to the sex stables in the VA horse country.


7 posted on 11/02/2025 11:13:42 AM PST by cnsmom
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To: Rummyfan

What is the Obama price tag??


8 posted on 11/02/2025 11:29:27 AM PST by elpadre
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To: Rummyfan

Deport JugEars to Kenya.


9 posted on 11/02/2025 11:34:05 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Rummyfan

“...will we never be rid of this grifter?!...”

Not till his big daddy in hell calls him home. Spit.
The evil SOB belongs in a cell at GITMO to face treason charges in front of a military tribunal.


10 posted on 11/02/2025 11:56:51 AM PST by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: Rummyfan
Old text messages from 2022 surfaced showing Jones writing that then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert, a Republican, should get "two bullets to the head." There were also messages discussing killing Gilbert's children.

And Spamburger, Hashmi, and 0bama ALL fully support that. (Sue me. Go ahead.)

11 posted on 11/02/2025 2:45:18 PM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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Obama was in Va to save the bruised political hide of AG wannabe Jay Jones:
<><> text messages from 2022 were shocking
<><>Jones writing that then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert should get “two bullets to the head.”
<><>There were also disturbing messages discussing killing Speaker Gilbert’s children.

Spamburger and 0bama never uttered a discouraging word.

Dems apparently fully support wrongdoing,


12 posted on 11/02/2025 3:03:06 PM PST by Liz (To make a conservative mad, lie to him. To make a leftist mad, tell him the truth.)
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If you can’t decide whether you’re voting for Sears or Spanberger, you ain’t black.


13 posted on 11/02/2025 4:49:04 PM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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To: TBP

“If you can’t decide whether you’re voting for Sears or Spanberger, you ain’t black.”
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And that’s exactly why Obama is there - to remind them.


14 posted on 11/02/2025 6:52:23 PM PST by Bob Wills is still the king
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