{"id":495916,"date":"2021-05-11T11:05:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T15:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=495916"},"modified":"2021-05-11T11:05:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T15:05:31","slug":"trump-calls-democratic-va-candidate-terry-mcauliffe-bill-clintons-bagman-in-youngkin-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-democratic-va-candidate-terry-mcauliffe-bill-clintons-bagman-in-youngkin-endorsement\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Calls Democratic VA Candidate Terry McAuliffe Bill Clinton\u2019s \u2018Bagman\u2019 In Youngkin Endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Ftrump-calls-democratic-va-candidate-terry-mcauliffe-bill-clintons-bagman-in-youngkin-endorsement%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=495916&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--><ul>\n<li><strong>Former President Donald Trump endorsed Republican nominee for governor Glenn Youngkin in a Tuesday message that called Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe Bill Clinton\u2019s \u201cbagman.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>McAuliffe has formerly been described as \u201cthe Clinton-family crony\u201d and a \u201cpartisan warrior\u201d who carried the \u201cDemocratic Party banner on the Sunday talk shows\u201d and served as chair of Hillary Clinton\u2019s presidential campaign.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cTerry McAuliffe was the Clintons\u2019 bagman in more ways than one, from the cover-ups to the get-rich-quick schemes, and his deals with Communist China look suspicious,\u201d Trump said. \u201cHe was responsible for many of the problems Virginia currently has.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump endorsed Republican nominee for governor Glenn Youngkin in a Tuesday message that called Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe Bill Clinton\u2019s \u201cbagman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s endorsement comes after Youngkin, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carlyle.com\/media-room\/news-release-archive\/youngkin-lee-2020-ceo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">former CEO<\/a> of the private equity giant Carlyle Group, won the Republican nomination for Virginia governor Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/10\/us\/politics\/glenn-youngkin-virginia-governor-republicans.html\">the New York Times reported<\/a>. The Virginia election will be one of only two state elections choosing governors in 2021. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/26\/bill-clinton-silent-photos-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-visit-white-house\/\">(RELATED: Bill Clinton Silent On Photos Showing Epstein, Maxwell Visiting Him In The White House)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to Glenn Youngkin for winning the Republican nomination for Governor of Virginia,\u201d the former president said. \u201cGlenn is pro-Business, pro-Second Amendment, pro-Veterans, pro-America, he knows how to make Virginia\u2019s economy rip-roaring, and he has my Complete and Total Endorsement!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGlenn is running against Bill Clinton\u2019s longtime enabler, Terry McAuliffe,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cTerry McAuliffe was the Clintons\u2019 bagman in more ways than one, from the cover-ups to the get-rich-quick schemes, and his deals with Communist China look suspicious. He was responsible for many of the problems Virginia currently has. Virginia doesn\u2019t need the Clintons or the Communist Chinese running the state, so say no to Terry McAuliffe, and yes to Patriot Glenn Youngkin.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7189117\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7189117\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7189117 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-51547021.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-51547021.jpg 1492w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-51547021-103x120.jpg 103w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-51547021-535x620-1.jpg 535w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-51547021-768x891-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-51547021-1536x1781-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-51547021-2048x2374-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1492px) 100vw, 1492px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7189117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US President Bill Clinton (R), Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien (C) and Clinton associate Terry McAuliffe (L) share a laugh on the first tee at Army Navy Country Club 29 April 2000 in Arlington, VA. Chretien is in the United States on a private visit. (MARIO TAMA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A New York Times profile on McAuliffe and his bid for Virginia governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/09\/us\/politics\/terry-mcauliffe-virginia-governor.html\">noted<\/a> that \u201che is close enough to former President Bill Clinton that the two men speak daily, and he claims to make more than 100 phone calls every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Washingtonian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonian.com\/2016\/09\/05\/virginia-governor-terry-mcauliffe-politics-tim-kaine-hillary-clinton-presidential-election-2016\/\">described<\/a> him as \u201cthe Clinton-family crony\u201d and a \u201cpartisan warrior\u201d who carried the \u201cDemocratic Party banner on the Sunday talk shows\u201d and served as chair of Hillary Clinton\u2019s presidential campaign. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/glenn-youngkin-virginia-governor-gop-nomination\/\">(RELATED: Glenn Youngkin Wins GOP Nomination For Governor Of Virginia)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPure friendship at this point,\u201d McAuliffe told the Washingtonian of his relationship with Bill Clinton in 2016. \u201cI mean, he is SO jacked up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time I was down in my life when I was President, every single time, Terry was always there,\u201d Bill Clinton reportedly wrote in an epigraph in McAuliffe\u2019s 2007 memoir, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2bMG91I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What a Party! My Life Among Democrats: Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators, and Other Wild Animals<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The McAuliffe family and the Clintons are \u201cas close to family as it can be without being blood, and it may even be blood by osmosis after all the time they\u2019ve spent next to each other,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/the-mcauliffes-and-the-clintons-a-friendship-as-close-as-family\/2013\/10\/27\/aaaac252-3d7d-11e3-a94f-b58017bfee6c_story.html\">attorney John Morgan told<\/a> the Washington Post in 2013. \u201cIt has transcended friendship into love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love Terry McAuliffe \u2014 and his wife and his five kids,\u201d Bill Clinton said at a 2013 Hampton rally, according to WaPo. \u201cI\u2019d be here if he were 50 points behind instead of about to be your next governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The publication reported that McAuliffe has repeatedly lent the Clinton\u2019s money when they were in a tight spot and that he has risen through the ranks of politics largely due to his connections with the Clintons.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7189119\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7189119\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7189119 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-493947882-scaled-1.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-493947882-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-493947882-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-493947882-620x466-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-493947882-768x577-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-493947882-1536x1154-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-493947882-2048x1538-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-493947882-190x142.jpg 190w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-493947882-70x52.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7189119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Democratic Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton (R) arrives as Virginia gov Terry McAuliffe claps during a campaign rally in Alexandria, Virginia on October 23, 2015. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shortly after Clinton\u2019s affair with Monica Lewinsky became public in the summer of 1998, McAuliffe was scheduled to vacation with the Clintons. Hillary Clinton reportedly told McAuliffe he could not come, but he went with the Clintons a few months later to Park City, Utah, to celebrate Chelsea Clinton\u2019s 19th birthday, according to WaPo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just the four of us and this was still a difficult, tense time for the family,\u201d McAuliffe wrote about the trip, according to WaPo, adding that he was \u201ctrying to heal this family.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/18\/bill-clinton-dnc-me-too-sexual-assault\/\">(RELATED: \u2018You Better Get Some Ice For That\u2019: Here\u2019s What To Know About Bill Clinton And #METOO Allegations)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/clinton-ally-aids-campaign-of-fbi-officials-wife-1477266114\">reported in 2016<\/a> that McAuliffe\u2019s political organization gave almost $500,000 to the election campaign of the wife of an FBI official, Dr. Jill McCabe, who would later help oversee the investigation into Hillary Clinton\u2019s email scandal.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the governor told the WSJ at the time that he \u201csupported Jill McCabe because he believed she would be a good state senator. This is a customary practice for Virginia governors\u2026 Any insinuation that his support was tied to anything other than his desire to elect candidates who would help pass his agenda is ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump endorsed Republican nominee for governor Glenn Youngkin in a Tuesday message that called Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe Bill Clinton\u2019s \u201cbagman.\u201d\u00a0 McAuliffe has formerly been described as &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277780,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-51547021.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Trump Calls Democratic VA Candidate Terry McAuliffe Bill Clinton\u2019s \u2018Bagman\u2019 In Youngkin Endorsement","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-495916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-51547021.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Trump Calls Democratic VA Candidate Terry McAuliffe Bill Clinton\u2019s \u2018Bagman\u2019 In Youngkin Endorsement","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495916","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=495916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}