On Tuesday, Glenn Youngkin stunned the nation by defeating Terry McAuliffe in Virginia to be elected governor. This was a state which had just one year ago voted 10 percent for Joe Biden. Clearly, the press has not taken that result well, and we’ve seen some insane reactions. But it’s not just cable news hosts that have thoroughly beclowned themselves. Others have managed to mix in their own bit of hypocrisy and bias while couching it as “news.”
What’s the case? The Washington Post decided it’d be a good idea to publish a piece targeting Glenn Youngkin’s 17-year-old son.
Virginia Gov.-elect Youngkin’s underaged son tried to vote in Tuesday’s election, elections officials said https://t.co/vLjfgZO4ET
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 6, 2021
The 17-year-old son of Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) tried to cast a ballot in Tuesday’s gubernatorial election twice despite being too young to vote, Fairfax County officials said in a statement released Friday…
…Chanty said in an interview with The Post that she realized who the teen was when she looked at his ID. After seeing the teen’s age, she told him that he needed to be at least 18 years old to be eligible for Virginia voter registration. Under Virginia’s election laws, the only time 17-year-olds can vote is in a primary election if they’ll be 18 by the time of the general election.
What obviously happened here is that Youngkin’s son had voted in the primary election and was under the false impression that he could also vote in the general election under Virginia’s weird age rules. He tried to vote for no reason. The Post has admitted that no electoral laws were broken. This vindictive Fairfax County election official decided to give an interview on the matter anyway. He also set up an attack against an underage boy.
And though the head of the elections office in Fairfax County says Youngkin’s son did not violate any election laws, the Post goes on to speculate that the case could be criminally charged, going so far as to contact the local prosecutor. Youngkin is also being portrayed as hypocritical for his support of election integrity. This makes no sense. He was wrong, his son corrected it, and he left.
Here was the Youngkin campaign’s response, which simply notes how insane it is of the Post to publish this in the first place.
“It’s unfortunate that while Glenn attempts to unite the Commonwealth around his positive message of better schools, safer streets, a lower cost of living, and more jobs, his political opponents — mad that they suffered historic losses this year — are pitching opposition research on a 17-year old kid who honestly misunderstood Virginia election law and simply asked polling officials if he was eligible to vote; when informed he was not, he went to school,” O’Malley wrote.
This whole thing is just plain gross and it shows what Republicans must deal with regarding the treatment of their children. This is a great example of hypocrisy. The Post and other mainstream news outlets have largely ignored the scandals involving Hunter Biden, to the point of actually defending him at times — when they aren’t publishing puff pieces about his art. Glenn Youngkin (a Republican) is being pursued by the Post and other mainstream news outlets for his misunderstanding.
So for those of you keeping track of the rules, here they are: Talking about Joe Biden’s 51-year-old son snorting crack off a prostitute while taking payoffs from the Chinese is off-limits and an unfair invasion of the president’s personal life, but you can go after Glenn Youngkin’s underage son for…getting confused.
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