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October 31, 2021

McAuliffe references raising 5 children in Virginia in touting public schools -- 4 went to private

Virginia Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe praised his state's education system on Sunday, noting that he has raised five children there even though four of them went to private high schools.

October 31, 2021

Rep. Donalds blasts Biden's spending plan: 'Social spending will make our employment problems worse'

Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., weighed in on the Virginia governor's election two days before voters hit the polls, arguing if Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin wins, it will become “massively harder to pass Biden’s reconciliation plan.”

October 31, 2021

McAuliffe calls CRT fight ‘racist dog whistle,’ claims 'never been taught’ in Va. despite past state promotion

Democratic Terry McAuliffe repeated the questionable claim Sunday that critical race theory has "never been taught" in Virginia’s public schools and that the fight to ban it is a "racist dog whistle."

October 31, 2021

Did McAuliffe backtrack on his strategy to tie Youngkin to Trump in the Virginia gubernatorial race?

After repeatedly linking Glenn Youngkin to Donald Trump, former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe says the Virginia governor's race is 'not about Trump'

October 31, 2021

McAuliffe repeats '4 Pinocchio' coronavirus stat; calls Youngkin, who was vaccinated, an 'anti-vaxxer'

Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe repeated a previously debunked number about COVID-19 hospitalizations and slammed his fully vaccinated Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin, as an "anti-vaxxer" during an NBC News interview Sunday.

October 31, 2021

Loudoun County mom says 6-year-old asked her if she was 'born evil' because she's White

A Loudoun County, Virginia, mom said at a school board meeting this month that she pulled her children from the public school system after her 6-year-old asked her if she was “born evil” because she’s White.

October 31, 2021

Glenn Youngkin vows to take bold stand against critical race theory as governor

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin vowed Sunday on "Life, Liberty & Levin" to "ban" critical race theory on his first day as governor.

October 31, 2021

Ian Prior: Virginia governor's race is a fight for the soul of America

At its core, the Virginia governor's race is about which of the two candidates is listening to his potential constituency and giving them hope for their children.

October 31, 2021

Newt Gingrich: Youngkin vs. McAuliffe and a tale of two radical, almost diametrically opposed strategies

There is a distinctly real possibility (I would say a probability) that Glenn Youngkin will become the next governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

October 31, 2021

Lincoln Project co-founder doubles down on 'Unite the Right' stunt at Youngkin rally

Lincoln Project co-founder Stuart Stevens doubled down Friday on the group’s decision to have actors pose as white supremacists with tiki torches at a Glenn Youngkin gubernatorial rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last week.