• RaincoatsGeorge@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    Glenn Youngkin is such a snake in the grass. He distanced himself from trump during his election without ever fully condemning him. Then the day of the election sent out a flyer saying Donald trump endorsed him for governor.

    He’s been thankfully kept in check by a democrat controlled legislature but if that changes in this next election we are in big trouble. He’s already gutted virginias path to recreational marijuana and suggests he only wants a 15 week abortion ban but make no mistake he will enact a near total ban here if he can get the legislature to back him.

    He likes to pretend like he’s a moderate conservative but he’s an extremist just like the rest. The problem is he’s hugely popular here because he checks all the boxes for people. For the moderates he doesn’t come off as too extreme. For the maga republicans he’s just enough of an extremist for them that they back him. He’s doing all of this by design, building a ‘reasonable republican’ image to set himself up for a presidential run.

    He’s a piece of shit and my only hope here is that he only loses more control in the next election. But we will see.

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      1 year ago

      If McAuliffe had put forth a bit more effort it would have been better. But he felt a bit too complacent.

      I can’t stand the tantrums that Dumbkin puts on tv. Just that shit is no way to be a governor.