Beto O’Rourke, in Virginia, urges Democrats to move beyond Richmond scandals
By Antonio Olivo Antonio Olivo Reporter covering government, politics and demographics in Northern Virginia Email Bio Follow April 17 at 9:40 PM Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke came to Northern Virginia on Wednesday to whip up enthusiasm for Virginia’s General Assembly elections, hoping to re-energize blue voters buffeted by scandals in Richmond.
Campaign finance disclosures this week revealed lackluster fundraising by those three officials. And former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe on Wednesday cited the need to help candidates campaign at home as one reason he is forgoing a White House run. “These two men hold positions of public trust,” he said during a morning stop with Joshua Cole, a Democrat seeking to unseat Del. Robert M. Thomas Jr. in November. “They have both made their statements to the citizens of Virginia, and I think it should be up to the citizens of Virginia to make that decision.”
In answer to a question about police shootings of unarmed African Americans, O’Rourke laid part of the blame on Trump, citing his rhetoric demonizing African Americans and immigrants and his recent retweeting of an inflammatory video suggesting that Rep. Ilhan Omar condoned the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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