.@mehdirhasan: If Trump-endorsed Republican Glenn Youngkin wins the Virginia governor’s race, will it embolden the Donald to run for president again in 2024?
@jonallendc:
After Obama became the first Democrat to win Virginia since LBJ, the Old Dominion state kept shading blue. How did Republicans get here? @mehdirhasan takes a stroll down memory lane… and considers how Glenn Youngkin might change the GOP’s fortunes.
"Race is going to be a part of the Republican playbook. But race in a sweater vest? That is a new incarnation of Trump.”
If Glenn Youngkin wins, @JuanitaTolliver says, get ready for even more “critical race theory” scare tactics over the next year:
With the race still undecided, Mehdi asks: What could Terry McAuliffe have done better in his campaign to win back the governor’s mansion?
@JuanitaTolliver doesn’t need much time to think about it: "He should not have brought DC into the race in the commonwealth of Virginia."
It’s a tight governor’s race in Virginia. If Republican Glenn Youngkin loses, will he concede?
@GovCTW thinks so… but, surveying the modern GOP, she warns, “He's going to be under pressure not to do it.”
“Critical race theory” has shaken up the Va. governor’s election… but political prognosticator @LarrySabato, who’s taught there for more than four decades, is still looking for evidence of it: "Until a year ago, I didn't know what critical race theory was!"
The first votes are in from Virginia, in Chesterfield County… but not nearly enough to tell us anything yet.
Even so, “Let's keep that map up all night,” says @jonallendc. “Chesterfield is swingiest swing part of Virginia,” and it will tell us a lot.
How dicey are things for Democrats right now in Virginia? Joe Biden and Terry McAuliffe are *less* popular in polls than ex-governor Ralph Northam… who’s best known for a blackface scandal.
@Shermichael_ has thoughts:
What do tonight’s elections reveal about Joe Biden’s agenda and Democrats’ logjam in congress?
Presidential historian @BeschlossDC joins @mehdirhasan tonight on @peacockTV
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TONIGHT @GovCTW joins us to breakdown election returns in the New Jersey Governor race and the state of the GOP.
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Despite what some people say, like self-proclaimed liberal comedian Bill Maher, the pandemic is *not* over. And as @mehdirhasan points out, thinking and behaving like it *is* over, is exactly what’s keeping us from defeating the coronavirus once and for all. WATCH:
“This is a very clever mechanism,” says @russfeingold about the conservative underpinnings of the TX abortion law. “But it’s meant to fool people into thinking that what you have here is a Court that could uphold Roe v. Wade, and I’m very afraid that that’s not the case at all.”
As SCOTUS hears arguments on the Texas abortion case, @FGossGraves has a reminder:
“It’s day 61 and abortion is still effectively banned in the state of Texas.”
Oh, how the tables have turned.
Donald Trump called out Ilhan Omar years ago for remarks that he called antisemitic, and yet listen to what he said on a conservative radio show recently: