Glen Trumpkin...err Youngkin is the fascist national Retrumplicans dream about

[maxrandb]

If you wondered why EVERY fucking Retrumplican, from Presidential candidate to dogcatcher, suddenly started attacking the LGBTQ community, African American history, or "woke" businesses, look no further than the 2021 Virginia off year election.

Sure, Mcauliffe ran a "meh" campaign, but, this was mere months after the Retrumplican Party tried to violently overthrow the United States and create their own version of 1931 Germany.

Virginia voters could still smell the smoke, teargas and blood of Jan 6 waifting across the Potomac, yet they went to the polls and elected 3 straight-up fascists to the top 3 statewide offices....and if you think I am being hyperbolic, well, you may know Glen Trumpkin...err Youngkin, but just google our Lt Gov Winsome Earl-Sears and our AG Jason Miyares...STRAIGHT UP FASCISTS

Everything little Ronnie De-Nazi learned, he learned from Glen Youngkin.

The sweater vest with the name embroidered on it.

The attacks on non-existent CRT in kindergarten.

Gender wars.

It all can be traced to this one Virginia election, where the Retrumplicans learned that you can even overcome the shitstain of violent insurrection if you give fascism enough people to hate.

Glen does it better than Ron. See, you can't run as an obvious racist and fascist. Glen and the national Retrumplicans learned that there is enough deep pockets of Civil War/Confederate ideology in the Old Dominion, that all you need to do is mine it.

Then it's easy.

- Racism becomes "parental rights".
- Fascism becomes "woke".
- Homophobia becomes "protecting children in bathrooms"
- Misogyny becomes "a reasonable 15 week ban on reproductive health".

If Retrumplicans are successful in gaining complete control of both Virginia statehouse this November, this fascism in loafers and a cardigan is going global.

But, we have a chance to cut it off at the knees, and send the message that racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy FAILS, even when dressed as Mister Rogers.

The ONLY reason Virginia hasn't turned into Northern Florida, or Eastern Alabama is because Dems held a slim majority in the state senate.

Make no mistake, Ron Duh-SANTOS may be running for president, but Glen is the Nazi the national RETRUMPLICANS dream about.

We have an opportunity to yank it out by the roots before it germinates and spreads.

VOTE!

[dempls]

1. Fascist in a vest...n/t

[yorkster]

2. He is one scary, smooth, super-religious dude.

Could not believe VA elected him. Apart from 1 or 2 articles I saw before the election, there's almost no mention of his dominionist tendencies.

[maxrandb]

4. It's what happens when fascism

is dressed up in "golly-gee, aw-shucks" rhetoric, and the media is complicit.

[yorkster]

5. Yes, they were complicit. And it continues.

[OnDoutside]

3. I feel he has not been targeted by Democrats to any great degree.

Between Trump and disantis he has largely slipped under the radar.

[peggysue2]

7. Mr. SweaterVest has definitely slipped under the radar

Speaking to a friend last week, I mentioned Youngkin as the GOP donors' new Great White Hope for 2024. She had no idea who he was, had never heard his name. She represents the average voter, someone who doesn't follow politics closely, particularly state politics. She detests Trump and his lackeys. But Virginia politicians? Nada.

I suspect if DeSantis continues his nose dive and/or Trump's legal woes begin to damage his political chances, Youngkin is the next charlatan up to the bat. The man is being groomed for his closeup as we speak.

Which is why the November elections are so important. If Youngkin and his supporters manage to gain a legislative majority, it will be seen as his ticket to ride, a glide path to the Oval Office.

Virginian voters need to whack these ambitions. Now or never, as they say.

[OnDoutside]

11. Well said.

Hopefully they've had their soul searching time after Youngkin won, and hopefully the abortion coalition will be a driving force ?

[Hotler]

6. I don't think you need to remind DUer's to vote. nt

[ConstanceCee]

8. Terry McAuliff

He ran against Trump, it seemed, instead of on the great record of the Dems under Ralph Northam.

[Mysterian]

9. I think you mean McAuliffe

and I believe he was a deeply flawed candidate. McAuliffe was a rubber stamp for whatever Dominion Energy wanted to do, including the insane Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which was so stupid it was canceled by the energy company. McAuliffe's corporate whorishness was a huge turn-off to younger voters. What a tragedy for Virginia to get scum Youngkin for its governor.

[JohnSJ]

10. Trump is going to be the republican nominee, not Murdoch's wet dream Youngkin. The way repukes

do their primaries, all or nothing, not proportional, and the total number of repuke candidates in their race virtually guarantees trump will be their nominee.

That is how he got the nomination in 2016, and how he will get it now.

It should be clear to anyone that the repuke party is the party of racism, bigotry, anti-women’s rights, anti-labor, anti-environment, etc., and have no problem with their nominee trying to overthrow the government.

[Cha]

12. TY!