Former President Barack Obama, campaigning for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia’s closely watched race for governor, framed the Nov. 2 election as an opportunity to decisively reject the rhetoric and politics of another former president, Donald Trump.
, but McAuliffe has found in Youngkin a Republican who has cautiously navigated Trump era politics and has not been easily defined.the way Democrats have, his unwillingness to campaign alongside Trump extending to other prominent Republican surrogates who have been absent from Virginia down the stretch.
“I am surprised Donald Trump hasn't come,” Harrison told reporters before Saturday’s rally. “I mean, he's endorsed Youngkin six times already, so you would think you'd be here. … At the end of the day it doesn't really matter to us whether Trump comes or not. Glenn Youngkin is going to lose this race.”
Obama’s visit was one in a series of visits from national Democrats marching in to boost voter turnout and lift McAuliffe in the closing weeks. President Joe Bidenfor his second event with McAuliffe. First lady Jill Biden, former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, and rock star Dave Matthews are among those who have rallied or are scheduled to rally with McAuliffe.
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