VA05 Democratic Nominee Gloria Witt Gains Momentum While [Far-Right, Insurrectionist] Republican John McGuire Skips Forum as MAGA Party Feud Continues

Check out the following press release from the Democratic Party of Virginia about VA05 Democratic nominee Gloria Witt, and about the turmoil in the VA05 Republican Party. For some background on VA05 Republican nominee John McGuire, including his bitter feud with Rep. Bob Good (R-VA05), also see:

• A Few Thoughts on Donald Trump’s Endorsement of Insurrectionist John McGuire Over Rep. Bob Good (R-VA05), Who Desperately Tried (but Failed) to Suck Up to the Cult Leader
• VA05 Far-Right-Extremist Rivals Bob Good and John McGuire Make Unholy Pilgrimage to Trump’s Trial in NY; McGuire Trashes Good as “fake MAGA, never Trumper, traitor”
• Former VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R) on VA05 GOP Primary: “no one is safe when unbridled political ambition meets up with extreme right-wing ideology and the demand for an unwavering commitment to Donald Trump” (Bolling: McGuire “would be just as radical” as Good)
• Video: CNN Completely Botches Its Report on VA05 GOP Primary – Falsely Calls Rep. Bob Good (R-VA05)’s Opponent John McGuire (a Trump Cultist/Extremist/Insurrectionist, Endorsed by Marjorie Taylor Greene, Rudy Giuliani, etc.) “Center Right”
• Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) Goes Full On MAGA, Campaigns With Insurrectionist John McGuire
• Insurrectionist VA State Sen. John McGuire (R), a Close Ally of Glenn Youngkin, in Iowa Today Stumping with Extremist Kari Lake, etc. for Donald Trump
• Today’s Trump Cult GOP in a Nutshell: Insurrectionist/Extremist John McGuire (R) to Primary Christofascist Rep. Bob Good (R-VA05)
• Video: Far-Right VA Del. John McGuire (R-HD56) “doesn’t think women [should] serve in the military because he’ll get distracted.” Support His Opponent, Democrat Blakely Lockhart, Instead!
• DLCC: Virginia Delegate (and Top Glenn Youngkin Surrogate) John McGuire Admits to Attending Insurrection
• NEW REPORT: Top Glenn Youngkin Surrogate Attended Jan. 6th Insurrection
• Video: VA Del. John McGuire (R) Does Interview at Trump “Boat Parade” with Jack Posobiec, Listed on “Hatewatch” for Ties to “White Supremacists, Neo-Fascists and Anti-Semites”

Lovely, huh? So yeah, GO GLORIA WITT!!!

P.S. For more info on VA05, including that it’s an R+7 district, see here.

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Democrat Gloria Witt Gains Momentum While Republican John McGuire Skips Forum as MAGA Party Feud Continues

As John McGuire struggles to unite the Republican Party behind him, 5th District Democratic nominee Gloria Witt is gaining momentum to flip the traditionally red district.

After McGuire skipped out on a public forum last week, where Witt spoke directly to voters about how she will codify Roe v. Wade and protect democracy, the Virginia Mercury profiled Witt’s momentum:

“I’m averaging about 3,000 to 4,000 miles a month. We are canvassing, we are phone banking, we are engaging in postcarding and doing the work,” Witt said. “We cannot afford to have anybody on the bench. We all have to be engaged, it is a crucial election cycle, every vote counts. We intend to win this based on what people care about.”

Read the full story below:

Virginia Mercury: Amid internal party feud in the 5th District, Democrat Gloria Witt sees her chance

[Markus Schmidt, 9/16/24]

As Republicans in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District remain divided over their support of their party’s nominee, state Sen. John McGuire, R-Goochland, and U.S. Bob Good, R-Farmville, the incumbent, Democrat Gloria Witt sees an opening in the traditionally conservative district. 

Political analysts suggest the GOP infighting could provide Witt, a political newcomer with lifelong roots in the mostly rural district, an advantage in the Nov. 5 election, after some Republican hardliners have vowed to write in Good, the chairman of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus. 

And in a district where turnout and enthusiasm are crucial, a divided Republican electorate could allow the Democrat to make unexpected gains in the general election.

“A write-in campaign benefiting a defeated GOP primary candidate is certainly part of a best-case scenario for a Democratic candidate in District 5,” said Stephen Farnsworth, a political scientist at the University of Mary Washington…