Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s campaign just can’t seem to stop imploding.
I thought that McAuliffe saying, “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach,” was basically the stake through the heart of his campaign.
But McAuliffe and his campaign haven’t stopped stepping in it ever since. The campaign has seen a significant impact from all this. Fox recently released a poll showing that McAuliffe and Youngkin are eight percentages ahead of McAuliffe among likely voters. This is after McAuliffe had been in the exact opposite position two weeks prior. Youngkin’s numbers have surged, while McAuliffe has crashed.
McAuliffe created quite a stir after he appointed the Elias Law Group. Marc Elias, a lawyer who represents people in opposition to elections, is also involved. It seemed that McAuliffe was aware of the dangers to his campaign. Fox reported on it, and McAuliffe asked for clarification. Fox received an email from one of his campaign communication people, inadvertently disclosing the attempt to end their story.
Then, yesterday, people supporting McAuliffe got busted trying to run a fake ‘white supremacist’ smear against Glenn Youngkin. To imitate the spirit of the tiki torch-bearers in Charlottesville 2017, they had people carrying tiki torches. Although the Lincoln Project is being blamed for this rumour, it’s unclear if any of their participants were actually involved. They’re so desperate for attention at this point and Democrats are anxious to run away from this incident at all due speed.
But as if that weren’t enough, now, there are accusations that a spokesperson for McAuliffe’s campaign, Renzo Olivari, posted racist tweets in 2012.
Terry McAuliffe’s comms guy kinda sounds like a racist. pic.twitter.com/7IE32ECWGE
— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) October 29, 2021
“#ThingsBlackFolksNeverThrowAway broken lamps,” one tweet said. Another said, “#TweetLikeAGuy going out with da nigguhs.”
Fox saw the tweets and confirmed that they were real before they were deleted from Olivari’s account. Olivari has also previously worked for the Kamala Harris For the People as Nevada press secretary and as Virginia Communications Director for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, according to his LinkedIn page.
McAuliffe’s campaign keeps accusing Youngkin of “dog whistles” but it appears to be his supporters who tried to perpetrate a white supremacist hoax against Youngkin. This is the latest news regarding his spokesperson. Looks like it isn’t Youngkin, but it’s McAuliffe who needs to clean up his own house. There’s no doubt that had this been Youngkin’s campaign these allegations would be all over the network news. But they wouldn’t get the same attention involving a Democrat. These new revelations over the past day are going to deal McAuliffe’s campaign another blow, the only question is how much.
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