{"id":655430,"date":"2021-08-17T16:06:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T20:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=655430"},"modified":"2021-08-17T16:06:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T20:06:27","slug":"disabled-community-slams-mcauliffe-after-va-dem-left-forum-to-fundraise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disabled-community-slams-mcauliffe-after-va-dem-left-forum-to-fundraise\/","title":{"rendered":"Disabled Community Slams McAuliffe After VA Dem Left Forum To Fundraise"},"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%2Fdisabled-community-slams-mcauliffe-after-va-dem-left-forum-to-fundraise%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=655430&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--><div readability=\"29.586206896552\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Parents, organizers slam candidate&#8217;s &#8216;completely inexcusable&#8217; actions<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-831044368_736x514-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-831044368_736x514.jpg 736w, https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-831044368_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-831044368_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tTerry McAuliffe \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 August 17, 2021 3:50 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"110.90189405149\">\n<p><span>Members of Virginia&#8217;s disabled community are slamming Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe after he ditched a candidate forum hosted by a disabilities advocacy group to attend a swanky Las Vegas fundraiser.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mike Murphy, a Virginia father whose son has Down syndrome and autism, said that while he &#8220;leans Democrat,&#8221; he found McAuliffe&#8217;s decision to abandon the forum &#8220;completely inexcusable.&#8221; Murphy noted McAuliffe &#8220;has long said that he is a champion for those who are vulnerable&#8221; but &#8220;proved just the opposite.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Actions speak louder than words. It made him come across as disingenuous. It&#8217;s just very disappointing,&#8221; Murphy told the <\/span><i><span>Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/i><span>. &#8220;We were willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, thinking maybe he had another commitment as it relates to his family. He flew to Las Vegas, from what I&#8217;m told. That makes it completely inexcusable, and he owes us an apology.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe has yet to address his early exit from the forum and did not return a request for comment. The fiasco could create a political headache for the Democrat, who is embroiled in a closer-than-expected race against GOP challenger Glenn Youngkin. Murphy said that unlike McAuliffe, Youngkin &#8220;comes across as just an extremely sincere, caring individual.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;He was very kind to us. He is not a run-of-the-mill politician\u2014I can tell he comes from the heart when he speaks and when he makes decisions,&#8221; Murphy said of Youngkin. &#8220;So I&#8217;m very hopeful that he\u2014someone who is not a career politician\u2014can invoke some sort of change.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Arc of Northern Virginia, a local nonprofit that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, sponsored the Thursday night candidate forum. While McAuliffe made a short appearance at the event, he left abruptly to fundraise in Las Vegas alongside Nevada governor Steve Sisolak (D.). Guests paid at least $500 to attend, with the fundraiser&#8217;s &#8220;sponsors&#8221; contributing $5,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Arthur Talley, another Virginia parent whose son has autism, said he felt &#8220;horrified that Terry McAuliffe would leave us high and dry&#8221; in favor of a campaign fundraiser.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;That decision was disrespectful, reprehensible, and shows bad judgment not at all fitting of someone who wants to be governor,&#8221; Talley said in a statement. &#8220;A vote for [McAuliffe] represents a continued status quo of a system not working for our families and a worsening of services for families in Virginia.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other forum attendees criticized McAuliffe&#8217;s early exit before the event concluded. Arc of Virginia executive director Tonya Milling thanked &#8220;the candidates that made this event a priority. Unlike former [governor] McAuliffe, who made it known before we started that he would only take one question.&#8221; Another participant, Jacob Matthes, noted lieutenant governor hopeful Hala Ayala was &#8220;the only Democrat on this call.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With McAuliffe, Youngkin, and other statewide nominees set to square off in November, Murphy said he is focused on backing &#8220;sincere, empathetic candidates.&#8221; He added that his son is &#8220;literally non-verbal,&#8221; stressing the need to &#8220;ensure that when we have an opportunity to have a voice, someone doesn&#8217;t just get up and leave and fly to Las Vegas.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I still don&#8217;t know why [McAuliffe] went there,&#8221; Murphy said. &#8220;I guess what happens in Vegas really does stay in Vegas.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats Parents, organizers slam candidate&#8217;s &#8216;completely inexcusable&#8217; actions  Terry McAuliffe \/ Getty Images  Collin Anderson \u2022 August 17, 2021 3:50 pm Members of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655430","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\/655430","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655430\/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=655430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}