Former President Barack Obama exhorted Virginians to support Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s candidacy for governor, warning of the dire consequences for the state and the country if he were to lose.
Former President Barack Obama campaigns with Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe at Virginia Commonwealth University on Saturday in Richmond, Va.
Obama presented the choice for Virginians as between McAuliffe, who he said would keep moving the state forward, and Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin, who he said has been “encouraging the lies and conspiracy theories that we’ve had to live through all this time,” referring to the ongoing attempt by former President Donald Trump to falsely claim that the 2020 election was illegitimate.
“When you don't separate yourselves from that, when you don't think that's a problem, that's a problem,” Obama said. “Either he actually believes in the same conspiracy theories ... or he’s willing to go along with it, to say or do anything to get elected,” Obama said. “And maybe that’s worse, because that says something about character ... There’s some things that are more important than getting elected, and maybe American democracy is one of those things.
But the even wider lens is the attempt by former President Trump to restore himself to legitimacy despite his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection, where he spoke to a crowd near the White House, repeated his false claims about the 2020 election and told them to march to the U.S. Capitol and “fight like hell.”
“Can’t we have a small ‘d’ democracy and can everyday people participate? That is what’s at stake,” Kaine said.
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