and what happens to candidates who either distance themselves, kind of publicly from him, but still run on the issues that trump ran on before. so this plays, curt, right into terry mcauliffe s anti-trump message, but even though campaigns against donald trump was an overall strategy, it was a winning one during the trump presidency. now that trump s out of office, do you think it s going to be as effective? i do, alex. i look at the effect that just the overall trumpism had in, for instance, the california recall where there was a moment there where it looked like it was a very close situation, and democrats got alarmed, and then they got involved and so did donald trump, and we all saw how that turned out in california. what donald trump doesn t seem to understand, is while he may be incredibly popular within the republican party, he is completely unpopular with the rest of the country. this is a person whose approval
think he s going to end up winning this thing, and i think he s going to win it comfortably. do you agree with that? i ll give you the last word. oh, absolutely, and what we also have going for us in this case, in addition to this antitrust conversation, there s a lot of progress to be built upon. terry mcauliffe was a very popular governor here in virginia. governor northam built upon o that progress. we have so much to vote for and not just against. these two messages coupled together with all the star power coming in the next two weeks, honestly, i think it s going to be a close election, but i do think we can pull it off. he s trying to make a comeback there. curt, alencia, thank you both so much. new trouble could be on the rise for steve bannon. the january 6th committee could recommend criminal charges for the former trump adviser. on tuesday the panel will vote to hold bannon in contempt of congress for not complying with its subpoena. president biden weighed in on the
race, donald trump is inserting himself right in the middle of it. this week the former president calling in to a rally for republican candidate glen youngkin, an event now making headlines for this odd moment. i also want to invite kim from chesapeake. she s carrying an american flag that was carried at the peaceful rally with donald j. trump on january 6th. i ask you all, i ask you all to rise and join us as mark lloyd leads us in the pledge. face the flag. i pledge allegiance, to the flag joins me now, alens ya johnson, democratic strategist and biden campaign consultant. and curt ban della, who s actually on the ground in virginia right now at an event for democrats. welcome to you both.
curt, you first on this. what do you make on this, besides kind of the bizarreness of the video. why is donald trump doing this, and who is this helping in this race? well, alex, it s another remarkable act of self-sabotage by the republicans in virginia. anytime donald trump makes it solely about himself, democrats win, republicans lose. we saw it in 2018, we saw it in 2020, we saw it in the georgia special elections earlier this year in january. the last thing that republicans in virginia need is for this race to become a referendum on donald trump, on people like steve bannon, on the white nationalist elements that have overrun the republican party. glenn youngkin is on the air with adds trying to make himself look like the every man. it s a nice neat veneer for trumpism, when you align yourself with donald trump and steve bannon, you re not fooling anyone. the reality is you are being supported and you are rallying with people who are pledging