the january 6th attack have seeped into virginia s race for governor. republican glenn youngkin is calling for an audit of the voting machines used in the election. and as cnn s jeff zeleny reports, the democrat in the race, former governor terry mccullagh, may be trying to distance himself from joe biden. reporter: he s long been a joe biden kind of democrat. you re not going to find anyone, i mean anyone, who knows how to get more done for virginia than terry. that s a fact. reporter: and in virginia where mccull he s running again always been a plus. but the lackluster september jobs report friday the jobs numbers remind us that we have important work ahead of us.
terry mccullagh. the critical race was in 2009, a year after barack obama became president. chris christie won in new jersey and scott brown in massachusetts, you are right this will set the tone for 2022 and 24. trey: you raise fascinating points, i wonder about the battle among the left, we have seen it play out on republican side it may have cost two say thes in georgia, but the battle between progressives and the manchin wing of the party, will that impact virginia midterm. it will impact
intention to alter those, but that the science will really be the driver. so last night when he spoke in virginia the president did start by touting the success of vaccinations in the earlier part of this year, and he did highlight virginia as an example and one state that really has done a good job of driving hospitalizations and deaths down. but he really did acknowledge that elsewhere in the country it s become a huge problem, particularly because of the delta variant. take a listen to how he framed it. here s the point. all the covid-19 deaths and hospitalizations are today among young vaccinated people. and i know this has gotten a bit politicized, but i hope it s starting to change. it s not about red states or blue states, it s about life and it s about death. reporter: the president was met with some protesters which you may have heard in the background, as he was stumping for former governor terry
in addition to that, president biden yesterday mentioned the january 6th committee when he was across the river in virginia campaigning for the democratic candidate for governor. take a listen to what he had to say. listen, i mean, think about it. turn on the television every day and seeing a replay of what happened on january 6th, and saying, i was told there were a lot of peaceful, wonderful people. god, no, i really mean it. think about it. it is bizarre. we have to keep cutting through the republican fog and show that we, the people, are the solution. reporter: now, a little bit of a dig there at his former rival, donald trump, who has not yet accepted that he lost the 2020 election, and the part about the fog at the end, making government work and conveying that government can work, that ties into everything democrats are trying to do here on capitol
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