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McAuliffe and Youngkin provide new comment on debates
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe called out his Republican opponent Glenn Youngkin Thursday in an interview with Virginia Scope. Watch McAuliffe’s comments and the video Youngkin’s campaign provided as a response, below:
Youngkin’s response:
Virginia Scope has full coverage of what is happening with debate negotiations.
McAuliffe releases new ad aimed at Youngkin and his comments about the Virginia economy
McAuliffe bashes Youngkin on private equity despite his own investment history - Axios
by Dan Primack
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe has begun to bash the private equity background of his Republican opponent, former Carlyle Group co-CEO Glenn Youngkin, as was expected.
Yes, but: McAuliffe has a history of investing in private equity funds, including from the Carlyle Group.
Financial disclosure forms show that McAuliffe personally invested in co-investment vehicles tied to Carlyle Group's third and fourth buyout funds, plus an energy fund. His wife also invested alongside Carlyle Partners IV.
After Trump, Youngkin Offers Fresh Challenge to Virginia Democrats’ Gubernatorial Hopes - Courthouse News
by Brad Kutner
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,
Nikki Haley stumps for Youngkin in McLean, makes pitch to women voters - Washington Times
Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin got a boost Wednesday from Nikki Haley, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, who joined him on the campaign trail and urged women to “fight back” by voting Republican.
Mrs. Haley, who served in U.N. for President Trump, credited the COVID-19 pandemic with energizing women voters, and she predicted that issues of crime and education will further help drive women to the polls this year in Virginia.
Spanberger and W.Va. lawmaker defend affordable medicines - Culpeper Star-Exponent
by Clint Schemmer
A Virginia Democrat and a West Virginia Republican are pushing back against insurance companies and prescription-drug middlemen to help clinics, hospitals and consumers.
On Tuesday, U.S. Reps. Abigail Spanberger and David B. McKinley introduced a bipartisan bill to bar insurers and pharmacy-benefit managers from hurting health-care institutions that use the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program to lower costs to their customers. They call it the Preserving Rules Ordered for the Entities Covered Through (PROTECT) 340B Act.
School Board plans to review equity training for teachers, citing concern over critical race theory - Chesterfield Observer
by Jim McConnell
Where we draw the line is the part of the training that deals with critical race theory.” - School Board Chairman Ryan Harter
On June 9, 2020, about two weeks after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, the Chesterfield School Board unanimously approved a resolution condemning racism and affirming the school system’s commitment to an inclusive school environment for all.
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