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Rhiannon12866

(205,316 posts)
Tue Sep 20, 2022, 11:11 PM Sep 2022

Youngkin Goes Full MAGA: Va. Governor To Stump For Trump-Backed Kari Lake - All In - MSNBC



Chris Hayes: “Next month, Youngkin is traveling down to Arizona to campaign for Republican gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake. He is using his image as a supposed ‘moderate’ to lend legitimacy to one of the most extreme pro-coup, candidates running for office this cycle.” - Aired on 09/20/2022.


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Youngkin Goes Full MAGA: Va. Governor To Stump For Trump-Backed Kari Lake - All In - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Sep 2022 OP
He used this false moderate image to get elected . yorkster Sep 2022 #1
Is any surprise that he'd use lies to get chosen? Look at TFG's Supreme Court nominees... Rhiannon12866 Sep 2022 #2
No surprise. I remember that feeling of imminent yorkster Sep 2022 #3
We're not used to dealing with blatant liars, they've taken their cues from TFG Rhiannon12866 Sep 2022 #4
Yeh - she spun around with a vengeance. n/t yorkster Sep 2022 #5

yorkster

(1,490 posts)
1. He used this false moderate image to get elected .
Tue Sep 20, 2022, 11:28 PM
Sep 2022

He's also appeared recently in Lewiston Maine at an event for the odious Paul LePage.
He's a smooth operator - far right fundamentalist in the guise of centrist businessman.
Very scary, as is Kari Lake.

yorkster

(1,490 posts)
3. No surprise. I remember that feeling of imminent
Wed Sep 21, 2022, 12:19 AM
Sep 2022

disaster just before the VA election. We were there visiting family and knew he'd probably get in....

Rhiannon12866

(205,316 posts)
4. We're not used to dealing with blatant liars, they've taken their cues from TFG
Wed Sep 21, 2022, 12:37 AM
Sep 2022

I'm in New York, but we've got them here, too. I'm sure that our governor and Senator Schumer will win in November, but then my district (NY-21) went from a moderate Democrat who retired and we now have Stefanik.

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