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If former Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe is defeated by Republican challenger Glenn Youngkin in the upcoming election for Virginia Governor, it will be for a variety of reasons.
The Republican Party crowing will be almost as loud as the Democratic Party finger-pointing.
Progressives in the Democratic Party will undoubtably blame Sen. Joe Manchin, who is apparently so evil now, after his many uncontroversial years in office, “evil” doesn’t even cover it.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema might come in for her fair share of abuse as well, not that she hasn’t already. Both moderate Democratic Party Senators stand accused by more progressive members of the party of stalling the Biden agenda.
The moderates, for their part, will blame Democratic Party progressives for pushing astronomically-high spending packages during a period of rapid inflation and soaring energy costs which has low and moderate income families understandably worried. AOC and her ilk, according to these authorities are poison pills in the Democratic Party, the left’s answer to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green or former Congressman Steve King.
Terry McAuliffe will blame President Joe Biden if he loses; Biden will blame Terry McAuliffe. Everyone will blame…