Virginia G.O.P.âs Choices for Governor: âTrumpy, Trumpier, Trumpiestâ
As the party prepares to pick its nominee this weekend, the race embodies the collapse of Republican power in a state that has tilted more sharply to Democrats than perhaps any other.
State Senator Amanda Chase, a conservative firebrand, was censured by fellow Virginia lawmakers in January.Credit.Carlos Bernate for The New York Times
May 7, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
MIDLOTHIAN, Va. â One candidate brands himself a âconservative outlaw.â Another boasts of her bipartisan censure by the State Senate for calling the Capitol rioters âpatriots.â A third, asked about Dominion voting machines â the subject of egregious conspiracy theories on the right â called them âthe most important issueâ of the campaign.
In a sign of the Trump era’s lingering alternate realities, Republicans in the struggling state party are refusing to move forward with a new system for choosing nominees.