UPDATE 9:05 pm – See below for video of the event, which was the predictable right-wing freak show, as well as a few “highlights” (actually lowlights) from the event.
- Winsome Earle-Sears claims that Ralph Northam shut down Virginia (even though Trump was president then and there were shutdowns in red and blue states alike). Sears just repeated “will tax you” three times – subtle! LOL Called Spanberger “radical” and reckless.” LOL, wuuuuut??? Sears now comparing Spanberger to Mamdani (“socialist!”)…because of course she did. Sears rants about “socialism,” argues “use your own money to be kind!” Falsely claims Spanberger doesn’t want to put criminals in jail.Where does she even get this crap from? Cookie-cutter right-wing rhetoric, plug-and-play pretty much. “I am not anti-union, I am pro-worker.” Sears attacks Spanberger for – gasp! – wanting to raise the minimum wage. Says she’s “tired of the race-baiting stuff” (like…Trump and the whole Republican Party?)
- Glenn Youngkin referenced The Godfather (“Veto Corleone”), now Jason Miyares just referenced Goodfellas. What is with Republicans and the Mafia, anyway? Miyares also said we don’t want to be like Maryland. It’s like they all have the exact same lines. Miyares now saying these are “the most left-wing candidates to ever run for statewide office.” Says Jay Jones has never prosecuted a single case in his entire life, yet wants to be Virginia’s top prosecutor.
- John Reid just said the press shouldn’t call this a “unity rally,” they should call it “commitment day.” Alrighty… Reid promises to save Virginia from the “radical Democrat [sic] Party”
- VA11 GOP nominee Stewart Whitson just claimed, 100% falsely, that Dems the past four years waged war on the country and basically are evil incarnate. Oh, and Trump is AMAZING! Definite appeal to deep-blue VA11, huh? (NOT)
- Youngkin playing his “greatest hits” (aka flat-out lies, b.s., demagoguery, etc) at the Sears/Reid/Miyares rally. Reminder: every time Youngkin says “common sense,” what he actually means is *disastrous MAGA/far-right policies that he supports*. He just dishonestly calls them “common sense.” Youngkin just called himself “Veto Corleone” – hahahaha, so clever and funny! (not) Youngkin just (predictably and falsely) attacked @SenatorHashmi as some sort of far-left radical (which obviously she’s not) and @jonesjay as “so far left” and “pro criminal” who believes people are better off out of jail than in jail (wuuuut?) Youngkin just (falsely) claimed that you won’t go far in an electric vehicle. Apparently he thought that was really clever and funny. Ugh, what does anybody see in this guy??? Youngkin now attacking @SpanbergerForVA as someone who supposedly “voted with Nancy Pelosi all the time,” who supposedly covered up Joe Biden’s supposed decline, and who reminds him of Zohran Mamdani…of course!
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See below for a press release from DPVA, mocking the Virginia Republican statewide ticket as they *finally* – after months of infighting, not speaking to each other, Glenn Youngkin calling on John Reid to step aside (and Reid basically telling him to go pound sand), etc. – are holding a campaign event with the entire ticket – in Vienna this evening (from 6:30 to 8:30). Meanwhile, the Virginia Democratic ticket is unified, energized, and has been busy campaigning all over Virginia since right after the primary on June 17. Quite a contrast – for the better, in the case of Virginia Democrats, for the worse in the case of Virginia Republicans!
Billboard Truck Highlights GOP Ticket Chaos and Infighting Outside of Sears’ Campaign Event
VIRGINIA – Today as Winsome Earle-Sears campaigns with the entire statewide GOP ticket in Vienna, a mobile billboard truck highlighting the chaos and infighting within the Virginia GOP is circling the event and driving around Northern Virginia.
The billboard reads: “Glenn Youngkin to John Reid: ‘STEP DOWN.’ John Reid to Team Youngkin ‘CEASE AND DESIST from publishing lies.’”
Read more about the GOP ticket chaos and infighting: Following John Reid becoming the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor, Winsome Earle-Sears refused to speak to Reid for 8 weeks.
- Glenn Youngkin’s Spirit of Virginia PAC said in a written statement: “The Governor was made aware late Thursday of the disturbing online content. Friday morning, in a call with Mr. Reid, the Governor asked him to step down as the Lt. Governor nominee.”
- Youngkin defended his actions to reporters when asked about his demands that Reid step down saying that “explicit social media content like this is a distraction.”
On April 28, John Reid sent a cease-and-desist to Youngkin’s team citing their “reckless disregard for the truth” and conversations where Youngkin’s team told Reid “getting out of the race is the only way it stops.”
- The letter also demanded “you must cease and desist from publishing lies.”
- In a video posted to social media Reid said, “Representatives of my campaign have been told by the leader of Governor Youngkin’s political organization that the attacks on me will continue unless I drop out of the race for lieutenant governor.”
