{"id":1547516,"date":"2022-07-10T17:19:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T21:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1547516"},"modified":"2022-07-10T17:19:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T21:19:58","slug":"virginia-gov-youngkin-responds-to-speculation-hes-running-for-president-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-gov-youngkin-responds-to-speculation-hes-running-for-president-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Gov. Youngkin Responds to Speculation He\u2019s Running for President in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirginia-gov-youngkin-responds-to-speculation-hes-running-for-president-in-2024%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1547516&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Virginia Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-glenn-youngkin\">Glenn Youngkin<\/a> responded to recent speculation that he may throw his hat into the 2024 presidential race just months after he scored an upset victory during last November\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not a decision that we have even begun to undertake,\u201d Youngkin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/glenn-youngkin-face-the-nation-transcript-07-10-2022\/\">told<\/a> CBS News on Sunday morning in response to questions about the move.<\/p>\n<p>He also responded to a report from The Washington Post, which cited unnamed sources, claiming he met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-republican\">Republican<\/a> donors in Manhattan in June. The newspaper alleged that it was a sign he is possibly exploring a GOP presidential bid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am hugely humbled by this discussion that\u2019s going on,\u201d Youngkin told the outlet on Sunday. \u201cAnd the reality, of course, is I think it\u2019s based on the fact that I was in a state that was blue, and we turned it red. I ran on a platform that we\u2019re delivering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Republican governor also noted that he formed\u00a0a political action committee, the Spirit of Virginia, to provide support in other races, including in other states ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Meanwhile, he spoke at the Nebraska Republican convention on Saturday after being invited there by Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/07\/09\/virginia-gov-glenn-youngkin-stirs-2024-rumors-with-nebraska-speech\/\">triggering<\/a> even more media speculation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the road to the majority in our House of Representatives comes through Virginia, and I\u2019m going to spend real time there making sure that we win these elections,\u201d Youngkin said.<\/p>\n<p>The governor drew national headlines last year when he defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia, a state that has increasingly trended toward Democrats in statewide elections in recent years, partially due to its proximity to Washington. Youngkin cannot run for reelection under Virginia state law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got an interesting message that could resonate with voters, especially those looking for a fresh face,\u201d said Brendan Steinhauser, a Republican<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin responded to recent speculation that he may throw his hat into the 2024 presidential race just months after he scored an upset victory during last November\u2019s elections. \u201cThat\u2019s not a decision that we have even begun to undertake,\u201d Youngkin told CBS News on Sunday morning in response to questions about the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1547516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1547516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1547516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1547516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1547516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1547516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}