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Meet the Democrats' Answer to James O'Keefe
Daily Beast
Lauren Windsor’s group has caught Republicans like GOP Senators Ron Johnson and Tommy Tuberville saying the quiet part out loud on camera.
Will Sommer
Politics Reporter
Published Sep. 12, 2021 10:09PM ET
Glenn Youngkin thought he was talking to two fellow Republicans at a campaign stop last June when he laid out what he really wanted to do about abortion. Convinced he was talking to anti-abortion voters, the Republican pick for Virginia governor started laying out ideas that he said he couldn’t campaign on for fear of alienating independent voters.
As two anti-abortion voters at the event pressed him on why his campaign wasn’t taking a stronger stance against abortion, Youngkin praised their ideas for anti-abortion measures like a heartbeat bill and defunding Planned Parenthood as “on the right track.”
“Can we take it to the abortionists, though?” an unidentified man asked Youngkin.
“Yeah, I’m gonna be really honest with you, the short answer is in this campaign, I can’t,” Youngkin said. “When I’m governor and I have a majority in the House, we can start going on offense.”
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Lauren Windsor’s group has caught Republicans like GOP Senators Ron Johnson and Tommy Tuberville saying the quiet part out loud on camera.
Will Sommer
Politics Reporter
Published Sep. 12, 2021 10:09PM ET
Glenn Youngkin thought he was talking to two fellow Republicans at a campaign stop last June when he laid out what he really wanted to do about abortion. Convinced he was talking to anti-abortion voters, the Republican pick for Virginia governor started laying out ideas that he said he couldn’t campaign on for fear of alienating independent voters.
As two anti-abortion voters at the event pressed him on why his campaign wasn’t taking a stronger stance against abortion, Youngkin praised their ideas for anti-abortion measures like a heartbeat bill and defunding Planned Parenthood as “on the right track.”
“Can we take it to the abortionists, though?” an unidentified man asked Youngkin.
“Yeah, I’m gonna be really honest with you, the short answer is in this campaign, I can’t,” Youngkin said. “When I’m governor and I have a majority in the House, we can start going on offense.”
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