After Trump, Youngkin Offers Fresh Challenge Against Virginia Democrats’ Gubernatorial Hopes
While embracing some of the base s wildest attacks, Virginia’s Republican gubernatorial candidate has avoided Trump despite earning the former president’s praises.
In this May 11, 2021, file photo Republican gubernatorial candidate, Glenn Youngkin, speaks during an event in Richmond, Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
RICHMOND, Va. (CN) Jim Wilson stood next to his white Chevy Silverado, covered in American flags and signs for Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin, and tapped out a wooden pipe.
He pointed to a faded sticker from Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign and said the Utah Senator gave him the truck after “union goons” burned down his old one as Wilson worked the failed campaign in Pennsylvania,
Utah Senator Mitt Romney sold his oceanfront home in La Jolla for $23.5million
The initial house was a three bedroom 3,000sqft property which was demolished to make way for 8,100sqft five-bedroom mansion
Mansion comes complete with four-car garage and a car elevator
Home was used as an example of him being out of touch during the 2012 election
Backlash arose through worries the property would affect access to the public beach but ultimately the Senator kept his word and the beach was unaffected
La Jolla locals were also upset with the mansion s design claiming it to be out of place with the neighborhood
Updated: 19:34 ET, Jun 27 2021
CHINA is on track to have the world s most powerful military and is a bigger threat to the US than Russia, Mitt Romney has warned.
The Utah Senator believes the country could present the greatest challenge to US foreign policy as Beijing builds its economy.
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Mitt Romney said the real challenge is the emergence of China Credit: CNN
Romney says he thinks Joe Biden is increasingly aware of the issues China, which is lead by President Xi Jinping, could pose in the future if its development continues at pace.
Speaking on CNN s State of Reunion, he said: The real challenge is the emergence of China, which is on track to become the most powerful economy in the world and the most powerful military in the world.
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GOP senator on creating commission: We owe it to the brave men and women who defended our lives that day
From CNN s Kristin Wilson
Republican Sen. Susan Collins spoke with reporters following her meeting with fallen US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick s girlfriend, Sandra Garza, and USCP Officer Harry Dunn and DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone. Sicknick s mother, Gladys Sicknick, did not join them for this meeting.
Collins spoke about her stance on the commission, saying they are the reason that I am fighting so hard for the creation of this commission, so that we can better understand the attack on our democracy, and the heroic actions that were taken that day to save our lives and the lives of everyone who worked in the camp.