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Virginia Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate Falsely Claims Republican Rival Doesn’t Accept 2020 Election, Ignores Own Actual Denial Of 2000 Election

Ashe Schow
Virginia Democrat Gubernatorial Candidate Falsely Claims Republican Rival Doesn’t Accept 2020 Election, Ignores Own Actual Denial Of 2000 Election
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Terry McAuliffe, the former Democrat governor of Virginia who is running for the office again, falsely claims on his campaign website that his opponent, Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin, didn’t accept the results of the 2020 election. The allegation is ironic, given McAuliffe’s own documented history of denying the election results of 2000.

McAuliffe on his campaign website accuses Youngkin of “parroting Trump’s conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.”

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