VA-GOV: Former private equity executive launches bid for Virginia governor

[RandySF]

Former private equity executive launches bid for Virginia governor.

Glenn Youngkin, a wealthy former private equity CEO, joined the increasingly crowded field of candidates for Virginia governor on Wednesday.

In an announcement video posted online, Youngkin, a first-time candidate, cast himself as a political outsider with modest roots.

“I’m not a politician. I’ve spent the last 30 years building business and creating jobs, leading a team of nearly 2,000 people who trusted me to get things done,” Youngkin, 54, said in the video.

In launching his campaign, Youngkin joins four other candidates seeking the GOP’s gubernatorial nomination in Virginia. The Democratic side has also drawn five contenders, including former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), who’s seeking a second term in the governor’s mansion.



https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/536105-former-private-equity-executive-launches-bid-for-virginia-governor

[CurtEastPoint]

1. He sounds like David Perdue. Carlyle Group.

ALTHOUGH he and wife started a nonprofit to retrain workers idled by Covid. But I'm sure there's some $ in there somewhere for him.

[Stinky The Clown]

2. Hasn't * killed the notion that a businessman/woman can govern?

[eleny]

3. +1

[TexasBushwhacker]

4. How the fuck does private equity create jobs?

I thought their game plan was to buy troubled companies, load them up with debt, charge exorbinant fees and then declare bankruptcy and sell off the assets.

[WA-03 Democrat]

7. Correct!

[Blue_true]

8. They count "created" jobs as the jobs left after they fire most workers.

Smart democratic consultants would research that guy’s business practices and literally guy him with his own knife. We need young Ragin Cajuns instead of the mealy-mouthed consultants that seem to dominate our campaigns, and often have our candidates lose races that we should win in a walk, or have our candidates win close races where they should have absolutely destroyed the GOP opponent.

[Demsrule86]

5. I like McAulife...he was a great governor and build up the party.

[Blue_true]

9. I agree. Plus he is still youngish and in good shape.

Democratic voters there would be smart to nominate him, he turned Virginia really blue during his term as Governor, got lots of down ballot people elected.

[FSogol]

6. Question #1 for him in a future debate: "How many NDAs are you involved in?"

and when he hedges on answers, follow up with, "Is it more than 50 or more than 100?"

[Blue_true]

10. Private equity is a dirty business that cost workers their jobs.

I hope that Democrats there pin every instance of that on that guy if he wins the republican nomination. The attack should absolutely bloody him and any down ballot repugh that aligns with him. Don’t let him mask himself as some moderate, community oriented person, show him to be the job killing monster that he is.

[FSogol]

11. Exactly. n/t