kind of turn back the clock a little, they nominated a very bush era style candidate. glenn youngkin, is a private equity barren. in a vest. he talks about economic issues, and when he pushes talking points that are meant to flirt with and stoke backlash, he does so in a coated, way with dog whistles on education, i think that kind of coated top is intended to appeal to, it s bad obviously, but there is no denying it s successful and it s been successful for decades. dating back to richard nixon, talk about law and order, and ronald reagan speech on welfare, and states rights, in mississippi. that s different, appreciably. then the much more explicit racism that we saw from republican candidates under donald trump s leadership, like this guy name cory, stewart also in virginia, he narrowly lost the republican primary for governor in 2017, and was the
even he suffered the same kind of backlash to his presidency that we re seeing last night. anyway, it s just an unavoidable part of our political reality in a divided country. there s another interesting angle in virginia, which is that in many ways republicans kinda turned back the clock a little bit. they nominated a very bush-era style candidate, circa 2003. glenn youngkin is a private equity baron in a vest. he talks about economic issues. when he pushes talking points that are meant to flirt with and stoke white backlash, he does so in a coded way with dog whistles about education. while i think that coded talk and who it is intended to appeal to is bad, obviously, there s no denying it has been successful for republican candidates for decades, dating back to richard nixon s talk about law and order or ronald reagan s speech on welfare and states rights in