Terry McAuliffe was so desperate to connect his opponent Glenn Youngkin to Donald Trump that he claimed at his rally Monday night that Youngkin was holding a rally with Trump, which was a lie: Trump had participated in a conference call with the press and endorsed Youngkin, but he certainly didn’t travel from Florida to share a stage with Youngkin.
That doesn’t matter to the press, though — they’ve got Trump on the brain, as did McAuliffe. While waiting for election results to come in Tuesday evening, CNN contributor Van Jones likened Youngkin to a disease, calling him the “delta variant of Trumpism.”
Van Jones on CNN calls Glenn Youngkin the "delta variant of Trumpism."
"Same disease, but spreads a lot faster and can get a lot more places." pic.twitter.com/8dA9WfTCFC
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 2, 2021
Youngkin is a more passionate Mitt Romney and a conservative.
This just proves that for media there’s no acceptable Republicans. So stop treating these people as anything but the Democrat operatives they are.
Stop being nice. https://t.co/V3MZnhlKGX
— RBe (@RBPundit) November 2, 2021
This a preview of what they’ve got in store for DeSantis.
— Jenn (@jennyjupite) November 2, 2021
Desperation.
— Jason (@EmperorJayLay7) November 2, 2021
Hahaha THE FEAR IS REAL
— The Libertarian Contrarian Extremist of NJ (@FreedumStoopid) November 2, 2021
https://twitter.com/evriley/status/1455672597425922059
An actual person that is allowed on television more then once. Unreal.
— TheSocialTrader.eth (@SocialTraderETH) November 2, 2021
Van "White Lash" Jones
— Brand🎱 (@WillyLumpLump__) November 2, 2021
Charlatans.
— Carrie Lowery 🇺🇲⚜️❤️💙 (@dgcarrie79) November 2, 2021
That's not cool Van. Using that type of language furthers the toxic political climate we see in current politics
— Quincy Hodges (@QuincyHodges) November 2, 2021
Is this unity, norms or both?
— Keith Maniac, from Guatemala (@from_maniac) November 2, 2021
— Lucius (@Sulla_1993) November 2, 2021
Remember the elite hates you
— Andrew (@APar1986) November 2, 2021
https://twitter.com/DasTeufelHunde/status/1455676142262882308
"Our opposition is akin to a disease"
Where have I heard this before
— Eee (@Eeeeerch) November 2, 2021
Youngkin is a virus! But Let’s go Brandon is mean!
— Junkyard (@thee_mooks) November 2, 2021
“Let’s go Brandon” led NBC News’ Ken Dilanian to contact the Secret Service.
No one cares what Van Jones has to say. Even Obama got rid of him.
— Liberty Paige (@LibertyPaige5) November 2, 2021
https://twitter.com/roamingthought1/status/1455670902574641155
https://twitter.com/spacetrooper_00/status/1455676449655083013
https://twitter.com/Bassmaster12/status/1455676233505722370
— Maximus Merridus (@Believer4Life33) November 2, 2021
https://twitter.com/theltgovernor/status/1455678118333714434
He probably thought that was clever when he wrote it.
Embarrassing.— Rick Garcia (@ricktoons) November 2, 2021
He's not crying, must be severely dehydrated.
— ڧꣵl Èå†êr (@hitta_that) November 2, 2021
@VanJones68 cry harder bro. Jesus Christ. What a 🤡
— Let’s Go Brandon (@HunterB77189373) November 2, 2021
“Trump” is all they’ve got.
* * *
Update:
Jones didn’t mean to imply that Youngkin was a disease:
My point is that playing on racial fears by demagoguing CRT furthers dangerous aspects of Trumpism, just in friendlier form. Did not mean to imply that human beings are diseases. https://t.co/ohXwQSXYJW
— Van Jones (@VanJones68) November 3, 2021
Related:
DRINK! CNN’s Dana Bash’s REACTION when Terry McAuliffe brings up Trump AGAIN during his #VAGov interview is actually HILARIOUS (watch) https://t.co/KJTOA96thp
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 11, 2021