{"id":2027209,"date":"2023-09-10T12:18:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T16:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-deflects-talks-of-2024-presidential-run-while-touting-virginia-job-growth\/"},"modified":"2023-09-10T12:19:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T16:19:21","slug":"youngkin-deflects-talks-of-2024-presidential-run-while-touting-virginia-job-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-deflects-talks-of-2024-presidential-run-while-touting-virginia-job-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngkin denies plans for 2024 presidential bid, highlights Virginia job growth."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fyoungkin-deflects-talks-of-2024-presidential-run-while-touting-virginia-job-growth%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=2027209&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--><h2>Gov. Glenn Youngkin Focused on 2023, but Presidential Buzz Persists<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), who has been floated by Republican donors and voters as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leavitt-blasts-bidens-economic-record-ahead-of-trump-tucker-interview\/\" title=\"Leavitt criticizes Biden's economic record before Trump-Tucker interview.\">potential presidential\u2062 candidate<\/a>, declined to talk about a 2024 bid, saying he is\u2063 focusing on 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin has consistently declined\u2062 to rule out a 2024 run for the GOP presidential nomination and has said he is focused on winning Virginia\u2019s November elections, as he hopes Republicans can score\u2062 a trifecta by flipping the Senate.<\/p>\n<h3>Pence Tests Appetite for Old-School Conservatism in Trump-Era\u200c Populist GOP<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve been really clear. I am so focused \u200con 2023,\u201d Youngkin \u200bsaid\u2063 on <em>Fox News\u200b Sunday<\/em>. \u201cIt&#8217;s the most important election in the nation. In my view, we have a chance to demonstrate that common sense, conservative policies can, in fact, result in great outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin fueled presidential buzz in May when he released a campaign-style video paid for by the governor\u2019s Spirit of\u2063 Virginia PAC, talking about wanting to \u201cusher \u200bin a new era of American values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When played the video, Youngkin deflected by talking about the economic and employment growth in Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen\u2064 I look at what&#8217;s happened in Virginia over the last 19\u200b months \u2062since we had \u2062the great privilege of being hired \u2063\u2014 I am so encouraged because we have all of a sudden gone from near the bottom of job growth to near the top in job\u2064 growth,\u201d Youngkin said.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Youngkin has praised Virginia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-countries-that-escaped-poverty-by-promoting-capitalism\/\" title=\"5 Countries That Escaped Poverty By Promoting Capitalism\">low unemployment rate<\/a> and strong employment growth,\u200b touting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-deflects-talks-of-2024-presidential-run-while-touting-virginia-job-growth\/\" title=\"Youngkin denies plans for 2024 presidential bid, highlights Virginia job growth.\">highest labor force\u200d participation rate<\/a> since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve seen the\u200c largest workforce in Virginia&#8217;s history,\u201d Youngkin said. \u201cMore of \u200cVirginia is working than ever. We&#8217;ve reduced taxes. We&#8217;ve backed law enforcement,\u2063 we&#8217;ve reestablished expectations of excellence in school and empower parents, and what gets me most excited is that yes, people around the country \u200dare noticing, and they think it&#8217;s good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republicans could be seeking a backup option in 2024 as Gov.\u200d Ron DeSantis&#8217;s (R-FL) campaign falters amid a reset and\u2064 as former President Donald Trump faces multiple legal battles.<\/p>\n<p>While speculation over\u2063 his political ambitions continues, 51% of Virginia voters approve of Youngkin\u2019s job performance, according to the latest\u200b poll from Roanoke College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), a potential presidential candidate, refrained from discussing a 2024 bid, emphasizing his focus on 2023. While he hasn&#8217;t ruled out a GOP presidential nomination run, Youngkin&#8217;s primary goal is to secure victory in Virginia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2027210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2027209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027209","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2027209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2027209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2027210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2027209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2027209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2027209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}