Virginia Mega Thread: The Youngkin Administration

[Ferguson97]

Glorious night

Why? besides perhaps higher than expected turnout (although still lower than 2017 and factoring in population growth of the state), the man widely expected to win, won.

Congrats on a boring mundate white dude who was already governor...yet again becoming governor.

Also, I guess none of you are bothered by him channeling his inner trump here?

https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1402086987000074242

He's not channeling his inner Trump, he's telling the truth.

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/jaredleopold/status/1414665799730597893

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1437768503499575298

lmao

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/JuliaManch/status/1445506471081299980?s=20

This is definitely the behavior of someone who thinks he has a chance of winning.

[Ferguson97]

This is a pretty massive outlier, no?

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/lxeagle17/status/1453849134885007365

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/Nate_Cohn/status/1454065548673880074

Good Nate Cohn thread on the Fox poll

[Ferguson97]

I can buy that the race has narrowed, but not 13 points in 2 weeks without a major scandal.

[Ferguson97]

Wow, a Democratic staffer has made his Twitter private after Twitter sleuths noticed he bears a striking resemblance to one of the tiki torch guys

https://mobile.twitter.com/TrumpJew2/status/1454148274319933448

Alternatively, Trump supporters were sending him death threats so he went on private.

[Ferguson97]

It would be really funny if after all this, T-Mac just ends up winning by like 5 points anyway.

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1455252222762176516

I'd like to know how many white teachers there are in NOVA that are like "oh I'd love to give up my job to a black queer non-binary teacher"

Yes, Terry is obviously talking about firing all the white people to replace them with scary gay Black people. You are a serious person engaging in good-faith discussion.

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/vpapupdates/status/1455315176056659972?s=20

I don't understand why someone would donate to a campaign the night before the election? It seems completely useless.

[Ferguson97]

Are these exit polls same-day only?

[Ferguson97]

I am declaring victory. I have been elected Governor of Virginia.

ALL HAIL GOVERNOR ROBOWOP

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/decisiondeskhq/status/1455674597655859207?s=21

STOP THE COUNT

[Ferguson97]

I’m confused. Who’s gonna win?

Youngkin… that’s obvious to everyone but the sunshine crew

What did Senator Joe Kennedy have to say about the race?

[Ferguson97]

The fact that red avatars are denying that Democrats had pro-CRT messaging instead of thinking that maybe Democrats should actually speak out against CRT is telling.

Not all of us! If it doesn't exist as everyone keeps saying, nothing to lose by coming out against it! Simply nip the issue in the bud by saying "I absolutely do not support CRT and denounce it in the strongest terms possible. If it's being taught anywhere in this state, we should put a halt to that. I agree with my opponent completely."

This isn't rocket science.

Democratic strategists are too dumb to realize that, apparently.

Imo, the Democrat Lib base (pro-CRT) becomes so big, they can't go hard against it. Defundig police, CRT and other Racist Woke stuff. That's, why I usually say, that Demographics in on GOP side 

Democrats do not support CRT and defund, this is a fantasy that exists in your head.

[Ferguson97]

One thing I will say is that it seems extremely difficult to perform an autopsy when voters oppose you for positions that you don’t even hold.

[Ferguson97]

Something democrats don’t get is : Responding to the CRT debate by saying but it isn’t taught in public schools is ok if it isn’t then why are you guys getting so worked up by opposing candidates saying they will ban it . If it isn’t being taught than that ban shouldn’t change a thing right .

Because Republicans don’t want to just ban the nonexistent CRT, they want to go even further and teach stuff like the lost cause myth

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/gelliottmorris/status/1455980091893235716

McAuliffe did better with Latinos, Asians, and Black voters... but absolutely collapsed with white voters.

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/LVozzella/status/1456702453542498315

[Ferguson97]

This is not going to hurt her in a post-Me Too era. Republicans are just going to look like assholes for leaking the images.

[Ferguson97]

This is not going to hurt her in a post-Me Too era. Republicans are just going to look like assholes for leaking the images.

Isn’t it also, ya know, illegal. I feel like this falls under revenge porn.

No, because she posted those videos on a public website.

I don't think that matters.

Virginia law defines revenge porn as:

A. Any person who, with the intent to coerce, harass, or intimidate, maliciously disseminates or sells any videographic or still image created by any means whatsoever that depicts another person who is totally nude, or in a state of undress so as to expose the genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast, where such person knows or has reason to know that he is not licensed or authorized to disseminate or sell such videographic or still image is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

[Ferguson97]

This law almost certainly violates the First Amendment.

Nonsensical claim.

[Ferguson97]

My guess is that it hurts for the same reason it hurt Katie Hill in 2019, which is that it makes her look unprofessional.

What? The problem with Katie Hill was that she was involved with a subordinate. Not the same thing at all.