The despicable attempt to smear Glenn Youngkin, Virginia Republican nominee for governorship during the rally that took place in Charlottesville this morning was reported by us earlier.
A number of individuals were seen in a photo standing in front of the Youngkin campaign’s tour bus while carrying tiki torches, with some of the individuals wearing hats that indicated supposed “support” for former President Donald Trump. To many, it was an obvious effort at invoking images of the tiki torches being carried by white nationalists the night before the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally, which turned violent when James Alex Fields Jr drove a car into counter-protesters, in the process killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer.
All of the photos appeared fake and staged. But an oddly incurious local NBC News “reporter” nevertheless tweeted it out unquestioningly. For those who missed it, here’s the photo in question:
They approached these men @GlennYoungkin’s bus as it pulled up saying what sounded like, “We’re all in for Glenn.” Here they are standing in front of the bus as his campaign event at Guadalajara started.@NBC29 pic.twitter.com/l681ejyBjc
— Elizabeth Holmes (@holmes_reports) October 29, 2021
Update: We reported in an update that some of the participants were allegedly Democrat operatives who are directly linked to the Official Democratic Party of Virginia. We want to emphasize what we have already stated. These identifications are only alleged, and have not been confirmed fully as of the writing.
Twitter has gone crazy with users trying to find the identities of the people in the photograph and calling for Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate to condemn the disgusting act (his campaign denies any involvement). The greatest, most spectacular beast mode-y dunk came from Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.). He is just the kind of guy that you would want with you in battle.
In his tweet, Cotton buried McAuliffe by invoking other imagery painful to Virginia Democrats – that of current Gov. Ralph Northam admitted wearing blackface 18 months ago in college, but bizarrely retraced his steps the following day.
Terry McAuliffe’s staff is dressing like Ralph Northam because he has so little money.
It will not work.
— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) October 29, 2021
It was a clear swipe at the fact that McAuliffe, who at the time called on Northam to resign over the yearbook photo that was revealed, was now wholeheartedly accepting Northam’s endorsement of his floundering campaign.
Just for record, McAuliffe made a dramatic flipflop about the Northam blackface scandal six months ago. After it had occurredYou can watch it here. If you haven’t watched it, click here to see the wild and surreal exchange Northam had with an interviewer who asked him about Northam’s blackface incident. This interview, in my view should not only be remembered for the scandal of blackface but also the embarrassing moment in Virginia politics.
Don’t know about y’all, but I’m pretty fired up about next week. Despite being cautiously optimistic, I’m still fired up. My neighbors north were rewarded with a great fight. Virginia is now on our side. Right track again – before there’s no turning back.
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