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Eric Swalwell and MSNBC Analyst Go All-in on Spreading Youngkin Smear – Opinion

By Pluralist / October 29, 2021

I wrote previously about how Glenn Youngkin was surging in the governor’s race in Virginia as Terry McAuliffe, the Democrat, was collapsing in the numbers.

Now, part of that is because of some of the wild things McAuliffe has said which have caused his campaign to implode, such as implying that parents don’t have a right to have a say in their children’s education.

But apparently, someone on the left decided that McAuliffe hadn’t imploded enough yet so they went for a delusional effort to smear Youngkin, as we reported earlier, sending five people to playact like white supremacists holding tiki torches and dressed all alike. But as you’ll notice, there was a small problem with this fake scenario of depicting them as white supremacists supporting Youngkin.

I’m thinking that someone really didn’t think this smear through very well. What is the point of doing this? McAuliffe’s internal polls are terrible. Plus it isn’t Youngkin who was caught in either the blackface or the Klan outfit costume — that was the present Democrat Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam. Is there something about Virginia Democrats wearing racist costumes?

But what was hilarious beyond the local media person, Elizabeth Holmes, doing the Democrats’ work for them and spreading this nonsense without investigating it or explaining to people that it isn’t what it appears to be is how other media and Democrats then tried to spread the smear, revealing how ignorant and/or bankrupt they were in the process.

First, of course, was Christina Freundlich, McAuliffe’s spokesperson.

She’s the same person who accidentally sent an email to Fox talking about the effort to kill their story regarding McAuliffe hiring Marc Elias’ law firm, a signal that McAuliffe might challenge the election if he lost. Did the tiki torch attempt distract from this? We don’t know but it’s pretty clear that, at this point, the McAuliffe campaign is stuck on stupid, because this is going to make them look even more idiotic, whoever was behind it. Seriously, anyone who can spread this smear doesn’t deserve to have any official position in Virginia. This story might also need to be retracted.

However, there were more.

Here’s a Democratic strategist.

Glenn Kirschner was NBC/MSNBC’s legal analyst. He was already known for spreading lots of absurdity, so this just amplified that.

But there’s no doubt the highlight was Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA).

We can now understand why he was swindled by a Chinese spy. Anyone who falls for such a smear is clearly not the most sharp knife in the drawer. But, again, seriously? Is this really so dumb? Remember this guy is still on the House Intelligence Committee, proving that’s an oxymoron right there. According to previous reports, Swalwell already made a statement about Virginia.

Now the Virginia Democrats are denying their involvement or that of their “coordinated” partners.

I’m thinking this really isn’t going to help and no one is going to believe it since some of the Democrats accused have locked down their accounts. Freundlich started tweeting about the incident immediately, despite knowing it was wrong.

So here’s what Democrats need to do: Call for an investigation into these folks. They must want to know who these people really are.

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