As Liberals Blame ‘Governor’ Youngkin for Highway Horror, Nets Let Actual Gov Avoid Fault

A winter storm hit Virginia Monday and caused a major accident on I-95. Many motorists including infants were stuck in freezing conditions for more than 12 hours due to low gas and food supplies.

All of this with no help seemingly coming from the state’s governor. Liberals took to Twitter blasting Glenn Youngkin, the Republican governor. Except… he’s not governor and won’t take office until January 15th. Governor Ralph Northam (Democratic) is responsible for maintaining the state. 

Twitter was filled with anger from liberals. saying things like “@GlennYoungkin Virginia governor are you safe and warm?…. UNACCEPTABLE.” But we can assume that the network reporting on Tuesday morning offered serious journalism and accurately pointed out who runs the state and who might be responsible, right? No. 

ABC, CBS and NBC on Tuesday morning devoted a combined 10 minutes and 2 seconds on the travel nightmare, but Northam’s name never came up once. NBC’s Today The most coverage was provided by 6 minutes and 36 second.CBS Mornings came in second with 2 minutes and 33 seconds and ABC’s Good Morning AmericaJust 53 seconds 

It was on the Today Show with this exchange between Al Roker & Savannah Guthrie 

SAVANNAH GUTRIE: What do you think might have occurred there? [in Virginia]? 

AL ROKER:  Well, look, I don’t want to point blame, but it would appear road crews or their management didn’t get things going.

Yet, Northam is not mentioned. NBC reporter Josh Letterman, stuck in the miles of traffic, described the horror: “People running out of food and water. For hours, children and animals stayed in their cars. Some people let their pet out of the car so they could walk it on the street. In the meantime no signs of any emergency vehicles that we could see.” 

It was left to local Washington D.C. channel 4 — not the national NBC — to suggest the Democratic Governor could be doing more: 

You can find more information here CBS Mornings, reporter Errol Barnett described, “The state’s Department of Transportation says its been working one-by-one to clear tractor trailers involved in crashes contributing to the blockage. But that’s little comfort to stuck commuters enduring bitter temperatures that have dropped to 17 degrees.” 

More than one Good Morning America, Ginger Zee mentioned the “highway horror” without naming names:

Yesterday night, it stopped snowing here in Virginia. The temperatures dropped and highway terror began. There was a lot of chaos in Northern Virginia overnight. Dozens are trapped inside their cars, awaiting rescue. Many of these people can barely move for as long as 15 hours.

However, this kind of reporting shouldn’t be surprising. Northam, derided by conservatives as “Governor Blackface” after it was revealed that he once wore blackface and possibly a KKK outfit, is a liberal Democrat. In 2019, his race scandal was exposed. CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King demanded that Americans must understand the “context” and that the Democrat “wants to make this right.” 

The networks still protect Northam two years later. 

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