President Joe Biden appeared on Tuesday to deny that Republican Glenn Youngkin is the legitimate governor of Virginia.
At a campaign rally promoting abortion in the commonwealth, Mr. Biden took to the podium and said, “Hello, Virginia, and this is the real governor, Terry McAuliffe!”
Youngkin is the “real governor” of Virginia. He was officially elected in November 2021 and assumed office in January 2022. Meanwhile, Democrat Terry McAuliffe served as governor from 2014 to 2018.
The comments quickly went viral, with Biden accused of engaging in “election denialism,” an accusation Democrats have repeatedly made against Republicans. What made Biden's comments stand out was not only the fact that he called McAuliffe a “real governor,” thereby denying that Youngkin is a “real governor,” but that Biden The fact is that he chose to declare that. loser The rightful winner of the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election.
A mass email from Youngkin's political team said, “Joe Biden, who has a 17-point lead in Virginia according to recent polls, visited the Commonwealth today and spewed election denialism.'' ” was written.
A spokesperson for Mr. Youngkin suggested that there are two interpretations of Mr. Biden's comments, neither of which are good for him.
“There are only two options: Either the president does not know who is currently the governor of Virginia, or he rejects the results of the 2021 Virginia election,” said press secretary Rob Damschen. Said.
As Mr. Yongkin, answered“Boss, I'm here.”
“I thought it was pretty shocking,” Yonkin later said Wednesday. [Biden] It may have suggested that there may have been some doubt as to who would win in 2021. Virginia spoke loudly. …I hope next time he learns that the governor of Virginia is Glenn Youngkin and not someone else. ”
Meanwhile, the White House tried to excuse the comment from a strange angle.
“The president joked about Mr. McAuliffe's previous term,” a White House spokesperson said. Said. “He congratulated Governor Yonkin on his election at the door, and we've been working together across the aisle ever since.”
But the full context of the remarks does not suggest that Biden was referring to McAuliffe's tenure as governor. Mr. Biden had just begun his speech, and as he made his comments, he gestured to someone at the front of the crowd.
It turned out that Mr. McAuliffe was sitting in the front. of the crowd.
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