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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPFAW Virginia Campaign Kickoff Event with Terry McAuliffe, Dolores Huerta, Andrew Gillum, and more.
See below for video of a great event today in Fairfax Station with the People for the American Way (PFAW), former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, the man who SHOULD be governor of Florida (Andrew Gillum), civil rights icon Dolores Huerta, and a bunch of great Virginia Democratic candidates. In speaking order, those candidates are: 1) Del. Danica Roem (HD13), 2) Eric Stamps (HD14), 3) Joshua Cole (HD28), 4) Dan Helmer (HD40), 5) Del. Kathy Tran (HD42), 6) Del. Lee Carter (HD50), 7) Morgan Goodman (HD55), 8) Sally Hudson (HD57), 9) Del. Ibraheem Samirah (HD86), 10) Suhas Subramanyam (HD87), 11) Jess Foster (HD88), 12) Phil Hernandez (HD100), 13) Amanda Pohl (SD11), 14) Qasim Rashid (SD28), 15) Steve Descano (Fairfax Commonwealths Attorney), and 16) Sterling District (Loudoun County) Supervisor Koran Saines. Also, here are a few highlights:
McAuliffe argued: This is not a persuasion election, this is a base vote turnout election; weve got to get our folks out, there are no statewides on the ballot, there are no federal candidates, it is 140 members of the General Assembly We are very close in these races, Ive seen all the polls; today I think we win it, but the election is not today Virginias future for the next decade will be determined this November.
Gillum said: I know yall want to take this state back, and we need you to take this state back. But I also want you to know that Florida is watching, that the other 49 are watching, that what happens here, we believe will be a precursor to what will happen in the presidential election next year. So we need all of you to win bigly to borrow a term from someone I dont admire, and Im not certain its a word, but the point being is weve got to win in a very very big way, and I think that Virginia sits at the tip of the spear It matters that we flip this legislature from Republican to Democratic...This election is about the people who lose when they lose these elections So the consequences are huge, the stakes are high.
Huerta said: Its something we have to fight for to create a society of justice. And we have the people in this room who are definitely going to do that.
https://bluevirginia.us/2019/09/video-pfaw-virginia-campaign-kickoff-event-with-terry-mcauliffe-dolores-huerta-andrew-gillum-and-16-great-democratic-candidates
DURHAM D
(32,606 posts)I believe she lives in California so she traveled a long way to be there.
Love her.