Another fact that McAuliffe didn't run on: Virginia has its largest surplus in history

[onenote]

Virginia, under the leadership of a Democratic Governor and a Democratic legislature, has a $2.6 billion SURPLUS. For deficit shy voters, that's a pretty impressive accomplishment and one that puts the lie to scary talk about fiscally irresponsible Democrats. But did McAuliffe mention it? No. Just like he didn't mention any of the other accomplishments of the past couple of years.

[onecaliberal]

1. Watch that repuke piece of shit pocket it all.

[quakerboy]

2. Its tax cuts for the rich time...

[onecaliberal]

5. Yup

[FoxNewsSucks]

6. You beat me to it.

[Irish_Dem]

22. That was my first thought when I read the article.

The GOP sees a full piggy bank and it is their personal slush fund.

[Carlitos Brigante]

3. Sounds like someone should've shared McAuliffe's record with...... I guess McAuliffe. nt

[Lovie777]

4. Well that will be gone .. .

[relayerbob]

7. Sounds to me like McAuliffe beat McAuliffe

[Tribetime]

18. Give Joe manchin some credit

Maybe only a little bit but one or two per cent could have made a difference

[relayerbob]

19. Credit where credit is due

Manchin's not helping anyone but Manchin

[uponit7771]

23. DC Dems didn't help but McA didn't define Trumpkin early enough, didn't stoke democratic ...

... interest with a program for the state and his internal polling was horrible

[UTUSN]

8. Sometimes a cigar is just a bad candidate, I mean, a cigar.

[msongs]

9. surplus means taxes are too high right? hmmm nt

[Igel]

10. Dunno about VA.

But a lot of states predicted budget shortfalls because of COVID.

Then tax revenues came in at or above levels projected pre-COVID.

And they got the bail-out funds from the Federal government to make them whole against all the revenue shortfalls that had been predicted.

The projections were wrong.

And the bail-outs billed as essential were in hindsight both unnecessary and still billed as even more essential than anybody could have dreamed.

[msongs]

12. one suspects there is very little accountability with those bailout funds nt

[onenote]

20. Virginia held a special session to allocate those funds in August

$4.3 billion.

Some of the items in the appropriations:

$862 million to replenish the state’s unemployment trust fund, which has been depleted by the large number of claims filed during the pandemic (thus avoiding the need to raise taxes to do so).

More than $700 million for to expand broadband access to underserved communities and individuals.

Extension of the 12.5% Medicaid rate increase for providers of services to people with developmental and intellectual disabilities.

$411 million on clean-water projects, $353 million for small-business relief and $250 million for school ventilation systems

Finally, over $700 million kept in reserve to cover costs associated with pandemic relief going forward.

(Another $354 million is unappropriated with the plan that it would be used in the next biennial budget for mental health, small-business recovery and other programs ).

The legislation also included provisions that protect families impacted by the pandemic against evictions and utility disconnections, to require the re-opening of DMV walk-in service, direct the establishment of regulations to allow student athletes to receive compensation from outside parties for use of their name and likeness in sponsorships and ads.

I wouldn't expect you to know that this is how the funding is being spent -- after all McAuliffe never mentioned the good things the Democrats in Richmond have been doing the past two years -- a mistake of unimaginable proportions by his campaign.

[JI7]

11. Wouldn't have made any difference

They voted on their racism.

[onenote]

13. So why did Corey Stewart and Ken Cucinelli lose?

They were racist. They lost because they were called out on their racism. McAuliffe could and should have come out of the gate swinging, characterizing Youngkin as a clone of Stewart and Cucinelli who, like those guys, wanted to use race to divide people. But McAuliffe decided to run against Trump. And to ignore the great record compiled by Democrats in Virginia over the past two years.

[JI7]

16. Because this guy wasn't as openly racist as them

and they could all pretend it's about parents having a say in their kid's education instead of admitting they are uncomfortable facing our racist culture.

[uponit7771]

25. McA did NOT call Trumpkin out on that EARLY in the race. McA's internal polling was HORRIBLE ...

... and influenced him to sit back and let Trumpkin CONTINUE to define himself as the sane GQP at first.

Once Trumpkin started gaining in the external polling then McA got off his duff tying Trumpkin to Putin's Whore.

Dems need to five alarm fire on polling, OURS IS HORRIBLE

[uponit7771]

24. THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 McA did NOT define Trumpkin early enough

[catsudon]

14. how to you explain the first black women lt gov?

she also won from racism? as well as the the minority a. general?

[JI7]

17. What issues did she run on ?

[msongs]

21. party line repub, anti-dem nt

[bullwinkle428]

26. Tons of pictures posing with guns. The idiot 2A absolutists will roll naked

across a field of broken glass to vote for anyone who does this.

[womanofthehills]

15. Do you guys know McAuliffe wrote a book in 2007 that makes him look bad

Some are blaming Biden because he’s been slow in passing bills, but I disagree - governors races are more about what is happening locally. A person who has a book out there with passages like this is not a good candidate. I doubt his wife Dorothy ever forgot this incident. I think because Terry was such a good fundraiser for the DNC - people went along with his running.


9 Passages From Terry McAuliffe's Book That Might Make Virginia Voters Cringe


4. Leaving his wife in tears in the car with his newborn baby while he went to a fundraiser.

"Dorothy was starting to well up in the backseat. She was having trouble understanding how I could be taking my wife and newborn baby to a fund-raiser on our way home from the hospital. We got to the dinner and by then Dorothy was in tears, and I left her with Justin and went inside. Little Peter was sleeping peacefully and Dorothy just sat there and poor Justin didn't say a word. He was mortified. I was inside maybe fifteen minutes, said a few nice things about Marty, and hurried back out to the car. I felt bad for Dorothy, but it was a million bucks for the Democratic Party and by the time we got home and the kids had their new little brother in their arms, Dorothy was all smiles and we were one big happy family again. Nobody ever said life with me was easy." https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/lines-from-terry-mcauliffes-book-that-will-make-virginia-v