Video: Tom Perriello Releases Kickoff Video, Goes Up with 2017 Website for Gov. of Virginia

[lowkell]

http://bluevirginia.us/2017/01/video-tom-perriello-releases-kickoff-video-goes-2017-website

"Raised in the shadows of Thomas Jefferson and Barbara Johns, I was taught our democracy was not an inheritance but a charge we are expected to protect and expand with each generation.

That Virginia is under threat. The main Republican challengers include the corporate D.C. lobbyist who wrote the playbook that sold out the middle class to the highest bidder. His team rigged the district maps to ensure our legislature reflected his clients instead of our citizens.

The other is a top Trump acolyte who sows fear and racial hatred, denies climate change and stoked the war on women.

I am proud that Virginians have rejected these values again and again — and we’ll do it again this year, together. I know how to fight, and I know how to win. With your help, Virginia will continue its tradition of being a leading force for the sanctity of our social contract, our democracy and our common good.

I’ll be hitting the road in the coming weeks — from Arlington to Abingdon, from Harrisonburg to Hampton — to offer up ideas, but more importantly, to listen to yours. I hope to see you on the trail."