Tnominee for Virginia governor, says it has evidence that automated social media accounts - or bots - were used to inflame online chatter about a controversial TV ad launched by a progressive group that's backing Northam.


That ad, which depicted a white Gillespie supporter in a pickup truck bedecked with a Confederate flag chasing children of different ethnicities, was sponsored by the Latino Victory Fund and ran for just two days last week on Spanish language stations...
https://www.google.com/amp/www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-online-bots-virginia-governor-race-20171104-story,amp.html

NOVEMBER 02, 2017 10:58 PM

A liberal activist group on Thursday labeled Ralph Northam’s campaign "racist," criticizing the Virginia Democrat running for governor a day after he declared that he would not support "sanctuary cities" for undocumented immigrants....
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article182458866.html

He said this????!!!!

Comey knows the republicans will ask about unmasking and Hillary's emails and now those two issues will get greater coverage than if he had not released his statement today.

That's my take.

RICHMOND — Widespread opposition to President Trump and his policies has heightened the challenge for Republicans hoping to retake the Virginia governor’s mansion this year, with GOP front-runner Ed Gillespie trailing both Democratic contenders by double digits in a new Washington Post-Schar School poll.

The Virginia governor’s race offers a significant test of how much Trump’s sagging job approval ratings could hurt Republicans in the 2018 midterm elections and gauges whether anti-Trump activism will benefit Democrats. Although the general election isn’t until November, the poll suggests a hostile environment for Republicans.....
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/local/virginia-politics/poll-democrats-have-edge-over-republican-front-runner-in-va-governors-race/2017/05/21/bfa0c3a4-3c26-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html