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McAuliffe campaign hits Youngkin for 2017 praise

Chris Graham

The Terry McAuliffe campaign has released a digital ad highlighting how Republican opponent Glenn Youngkin once had praise for McAuliffe’s economic policies back when McAuliffe was governor and Youngkin was just a rich guy.

During a 2017 panel with McAuliffe, Youngkin said that Virginia was “one out of 50 states that’s doing very well, and has shown really great strides,” and then asked to “have a bit of a practice session” with McAuliffe, and asked, “Governor, I’m going to come back to the role you played in developing Virginia’s economy. How do you do it?”

Careful what you say when you have ambition, because it will be used against you.

This is just a test run, going the digital ad route, in the summer. You will see this again, in overdrive, in the fall.

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Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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