How bad are things getting for Terry McAuliffe? On election eve, not only did the desperate Democrat resort to lying about his opponent, but this morning, his erstwhile supporters at CNN actually called out his lie!
CNN showed McAuliffe claiming at a rally last night: "Guess how Glenn Youngkin is finishing his campaign? He is doing an event with Donald Trump here in Virginia. [Crowd booing] I’m here with you, and they’ve got Trump over there. Glenn Youngkin is closing his event with Donald Trump here in Virginia..."
Surprisingly, on this morning's New Day, CNN reporter Sunlen Serfaty called out McAuliffe's lie:
SUNLEN SERFATY: Now we did see Democrat Terry McAuliffe last night in his closing pitch not deviate whatsoever from the central part of his campaign strategy, which is to tie Republican Glenn Youngkin to the former president. And he argued, falsely claimed last night in his campaign event, he said that Glenn Youngkin was doing an event with the former president....Now, notably, Terry McAuliffe was wrong with his claims there. The former president did call into this telerally in support of Youngkin, but that was a call that Youngkin himself did not participate in, the campaign confirmed to CNN last night."
Serfaty started her report by describing the race as "extremely, extremely tight." We shall see if that turns out to be true, but it doesn't augur well for mega-hack McAuliffe that he's been reduced to lying about his opponent, and waking up to find a normally-reliable liberal media outlet calling him on it!
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Here's the transcript.
CNN
New Day
11/2/21
6:04 am EDT
SUNLEN SERFATY: This is an extremely, extremely tight race, so every single vote today is going to have a real impact on the outcome. The candidates, the campaigns each know that, and that is why we have seen this frantic, last-minute dash, both candidates on the hunt for votes, trying to motivate people to come out today and cast their ballot in person. And that went late into the evening last night for both candidates.Now we did see Democrat Terry McAuliffe last night in his closing pitch not deviate whatsoever from the central part of his campaign strategy, which is to tie Republican Glenn Youngkin to the former president. And he argued, falsely claimed last night in his campaign event, he said that Glenn Youngkin was doing an event with the former president.
TERRY MCAULIFFE: Guess how Glenn Youngkin is finishing his campaign? He is doing an event with Donald Trump here in Virginia. [Crowd booing] . . .
I’m here with you, and they’ve got Trump over there. Glenn Youngkin is closing his event with Donald Trump here in Virginia, where he brought the hatred, the divisiveness, that Donald Trump brought to this country. Well we’re going to put an end to Donald Trump’s future plans, right here in Virginia.
SERFATY: Now, notably, Terry McAuliffe was wrong with his claims there. The former president did call into this telerally in support of Youngkin, but that was a call that Youngkin himself did not participate in, the campaign confirmed to CNN last night. The Republican candidate, instead, was out on the campaign trail, continuing to try to focus on local issues like education. And he appeared at a rally last night with former Republican governors from Virginia. Certainly to try to have a show of force, to remind Republican voters about Republican successes in this state.
