Speaking from Glasgow on Tuesday, President Biden offered a succinct take on the gubernatorial race in Virginia.
WASHINGTON —
“We’re gonna win,” he said during a press conference from the Scottish city where an international climate change conference known as COP26 is being held. “I think we’re gonna win in Virginia,” he repeated, even as he conceded that the race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin was “very close,” far closer than anyone had expected.
President Biden at a press conference at COP26, the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Tuesday. has already served as Virginia’s governor once, while Youngkin is a former finance executive who has been harnessing discontent over cultural issues to come within striking distance of the gubernatorial mansion in Richmond. Some polls show Youngkin ahead.
“We all knew from the beginning this could be a tight race,” Biden said, adding that off-year elections like this one are inherently “unpredictable.” He rejected the notion that McAuliffe’s struggles were deepened by Biden’s inability to have his multitrillion-dollar domestic agenda passed by Congress, where Democrats control both chambers.with McAuliffe last week. “Today’s Republican Party nationally is for nothing,” he told prospective voters.
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