we heard it again today. but he really went after glenn youngkin there describing him as sort a wolf in sheep s clothing at times, maybe in a sheep s vest. playing footsy in the far right, with donald trump, to sell himself differently to virginia voters. what did you pick up on? you d be forgiven to think this was a 2012 rally that you would have been at, but this was a chance for obama to shake off some political rest and he made it clear he was happy to go after republicans and it s a preview of likely what s to come in 2022. you re right. he really went after glenn youngkin, the republican opponent. sitting behind him was the democrat, terry mcauliffe, but much of obama s speech focused on youngkin. taking him apart. really going after his public persona. questioning his rallies, his ads. the way he casts himself. even mocking the fact he plays basketball in his ads.
probably say every democrat in the senate. support a bill that would protect the right to vote and ban partisan gerrymandering and reduce the influence of dark money in your politics. every democrat voted for it. every republican voted against it. which by the way, it s a little bit of an aside, you have to ask yourself, why is it republicans don t want you to vote? i would assume if they think they ve got better ideas they should make the case. tell us your ideas, tell us why you think they re going to be better. tell us how it s going to help that man get a job or help that young person go to college or help that person get a trade. just explain it and if you ve got good ideas, people will flock to your ideas, but that s
you know virginia. it almost always votes against the president s party the year after the presidential election. so joe biden, a democrat, just won. i think virginia would want it to swing back, but there s something really noteworthy as an old guy who s done this all my life. it used to be, especially in the south, democrats ran away from their national leaders. i can t tell you how many clients i had, i m not a dukakis democrat. you have mcauliffe welcoming him and you see the campaign trying to smoke out trump. they want trump to i don t think trump has the guts. every bully is a coward inside and he had had the guts to come into virginia and not campaign. there s just no way. and kirsten, how much of a bellwether is this?