With 95% of the vote in Virginia's gubernatorial race in CNN has projected that Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin has defeated former Democratic Governor and DNC Chair Terry McAuliffe by a margin of 51% to 48.3%.
So this country gets another awful Republican Governor. The question is how awful. I mean Brian Kemp of Georgia is an awful Governor, but he drew the line at Donald Trump's election fraud claims and Trump is seeing to it that he doesn't serve another term even suggesting he would prefer Stacey Abrams to win in 2022.
With this in mind what happens if Biden and Trump go head to head in 2024 and Biden wins Virginia. Does Youngkin certify the election and incur Trump's wrath? Or does he do Trump's bidding and overrides the will of the people? After all, Youngkin only acknowledged that Biden had indeed been elected President after securing the GOP gubernatorial nomination but is quite happy to indulge election conspiracy theories and deploy surrogates who claim Trump won the election.
Unlike Kemp in Georgia, Youngkin cannot run for re-election in 2025 as Virginia's Constitution does not allow for Governors to serve for consecutive terms. So this might keep Youngkin in line. But then again if Youngkin wants to get elected to the Senate he can ill-afford to alienate the Orange Lizard King.
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