DUMFRIES, Va.: Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to the Washington suburbs Thursday night to campaign for Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic nominee in the Virginia gubernatorial race, whom she admitted looks closer than she once expected.
The race is tight, Harris told hundreds of enthusiastic supporters in a parking lot outside a county fire station in Dumfries, about 30 miles south of Washington, and part of rapidly expanding northern Virginia that was once a replacement for one. has been an important driver. Red states more reliably blue. And we have to make it clear, Virginia, that we’re paying attention. We have to make it clear that we are not taking anything lightly.”
Although Republicans haven’t won statewide office here since 2009, recent polls show McAuliffe who was governor from 2014 to 2018 in a potentially close race with Republican former business executive Glenn Youngkin. Harris is part of a parade of up-and-coming Democratic stars in the state who try to energize their base in an off-year race the party hopes can gain momentum in the 2022 midterm election, when Congressional is on the narrow control line.
Youngkin visited a boys and girls club in the Richmond area on Thursday. He and McAuliffe are both taking bus trips for the weekend, with Election Day approaching November 2.
Shell fits right in with Terry McAuliffe’s failed campaign, with Republican National Committee spokeswoman Elizabeth Wray issuing a statement calling Harris’ handling of US-Mexico border policy and linking his visit.
Harris, who turned 57 on Wednesday, laughed and watched McAuliffe as some in the crowd sang happy birthday wishes at the start of his speech. You know what I want for my birthday? I want this person to be elected governor.”
Harris had already recorded a video praising McAuliffe that his campaign says will air in more than 300 churches across the state before November 2. His stop in Dumfries was preceded last week by Jill Biden, the first woman to move to suburban Richmond, and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, speaking at a trio. Black churches in Norfolk and the college town of Charlottesville are planning to return for a rally this weekend.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms also campaigned for McAuliffe, and former President Barack Obama will be here this weekend. President Joe Biden is due next week in the Washington suburb of Arlington, his second swing through Virginia during McAuliffe’s campaign.
Harris said Thursday that the president will be here and will always be with Terry.
McAullife gave Youngkin a top priority to pledge to protect the integrity of the election if he wins the governorship, saying that such a promise, developed by former President Donald Trump, promoted conspiracy theories.
Well there is no confusion here. In 2020, Kamala Harris was elected vice president and Joe Biden was elected president, McAuliffe said.
He didn’t call the race close, but said, “I don’t want you to sleep for the next 10 days.” I need you game on.
Youngkin has largely stayed away from Republican political firepower from the outside. Instead, he has spent recent weeks trying to energize parent activists who oppose COVID classroom restrictions, courses he sees as un-American, and school transgender policies.
“I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach,” McAuliffe said last month during a gubernatorial debate, McAuliffe said. McAuliffe, meanwhile, has spent months trying to link his opponent to Trump, who lost Virginia to Biden by 10 points last year.
At one point, Harris’ speech was interrupted by protesters and he eventually replied, “We will not be distracted.” We will not refuse. We will not be distracted. This choice is also important.
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