Virginia is a place for lovers of close elections. At least, they’ve got one on their hands right now. The gubernatorial race is at a statistical tie, with Terry McAuliffe polling at two points above Glenn Youngkin. Youngkin is doing a high wire act. He’s pushing a Trumpian agenda without Trump. And if Trump will just stay away from him from now until election day, Youngkin might have a chance. But if Trump won’t, he could tank Youngkin.

To that end, everybody from Joe Biden to the Lincoln Project has been baiting Trump to go to Virginia.

It’s amazing that our politics has degenerated to this. Emotional political ads are common fare in politics but ones targeting one individual megalomanical narcissist are not that common. Or they weren’t.

And Joe Biden is right there on the same page. “Is there a problem with Trump being here? Is he [Youngkin] embarrassed?”

Apparently Trump took the bait because today he issued one of his emailed statements:

Chanting, “We love Trump” in Arlington, Va. Thank you, Arlington, see you soon!

We hope so. We devoutly hope so.

What is comical about Trump is that yes, he rose to the highest ticket item in politics but he actually knows nothing about the real world of politics, tactics, strategy. He would be doing McAuliffe and the GOP a favor by just staying home. But his ego won’t allow that. So it seems like he’s headed to Arlington and that spells doom for Youngkin.

This is the prize to keep your eyes on. Can Trump be talked out of massaging his ego and helping a candidate? So far the smart money says no. If I was Youngkin I would see about putting through a call to Ivanka and begging her to tell Daddy to stay away.

 

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  2. Someone needs to rent one of those planes that tows banners and fly it back and forth, over and over again for as long as the fuel allows. It would read – Hey Trump? Why is Youngkin afraid to say out loud he wants you to come to Virginia? (If someone can come up with something shorter/catchier then have at it)

  3. One of my favorite Bratt Pitt roles is Aldo the apache in a tarrintino movie about a guerilla group of allies operating behind the German lines. Everytime they capture a German, he asks them, “what are u going to do with ur nazi uniform after the war?” Of course, in that moment, they disavow their nazi vows & say they will destroy it. Aldo says, “we don’t like that. If it were up to me, you wear that goddamn uniform the rest of your life. But that ain’t practical, so I’m going give you something you can’t take off.” He then pulls out a huge bowie knife and carves a swastika into their forehead. Seems a small price to pay. There are members of congress that Aldo would love to get his hands on. Some people say.

    • Oh. & a former fake president & all those carrying his evil traitorous messages, including the lying coward running for governor in Virginia.

  4. OK, I may be a bad person. But when I saw this title, I thought, “As a former President, he may indeed have the right to be buried in Arlington. Oh, I hope so! Soon!”

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