All Terry McAuliffe had to do was sit on a stool, clap, and nod. Barack Obama strode to the podium, slim still, hair gray, smiling for days in his go-to uniform: black pants, white button-down shirt, open collar. Out stumping for McAuliffe with one week to go before Virginia’s Election Day, the 44th president aimed to persuade Virginia Commonwealth University students and those Richmond residents who managed to get tickets to get their friends and family to vote.
After a “You’ll feel good about exercising the franchise” plea, Obama went for the jugular: “You can’t run ads telling me you’re a regular old hoops-playing, dishwashing, fleece-wearing guy but quietly cultivate support from those who seek to tear down our democracy,” he said, referring to Glenn Youngkin, the Republican gubernatorial nominee. “Either he actually believes in the same conspiracy theories that resulted in a mob, or he doesn’t.”
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