{"id":762520,"date":"2021-09-16T13:14:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T17:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=762520"},"modified":"2021-09-16T13:14:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T17:14:05","slug":"terry-mcauliffe-employs-debunked-attacks-against-gop-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terry-mcauliffe-employs-debunked-attacks-against-gop-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry McAuliffe Employs Debunked Attacks Against GOP Opponent"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fterry-mcauliffe-employs-debunked-attacks-against-gop-opponent%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=762520&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=\"30.296928327645\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/\">Elections<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Criticism from Washington Post, PolitiFact has not stopped Virginia Dem from repeating false claims<\/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=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-736x491-1.jpeg\" 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:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-scaled-e1624913238470.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/s1.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-1400x933.jpeg 1400w\" 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\tVirginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D.) \/ 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 September 16, 2021 1:02 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"92.815440289505\">\n<p>Scathing media fact checks have not stopped Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe from employing debunked attacks against GOP opponent Glenn Youngkin.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Post<\/em>, whose editorial board has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/terry-mcauliffe-was-a-first-rate-governor-he-makes-a-compelling-case-that-he-would-be-again\/2021\/04\/26\/5c6012d4-a448-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsed<\/a> McAuliffe, in June&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/14\/fact-checked-three-times-before-mcauliffe-doubles-down-false-budget-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admonished<\/a> the Democrat for his false claim that he &#8220;inherited the largest budget deficit in the history of the state from the Republicans.&#8221; PolitiFact, a fact-checking website that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/who-pays-for-politifact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">receives funds<\/a> from liberal sources, also dinged McAuliffe in both 2015 and 2019&nbsp;for the bogus assertion. Still, the Democrat in September <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamYoungkin\/status\/1436163301529030664\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> he &#8220;inherited a $2.4 billion deficit from the Republicans&#8221; and told a local reporter who pushed back on the claim to &#8220;do your research.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Post<\/em> on Tuesday also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/14\/mcauliffes-claim-that-glenn-youngkin-wants-ban-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticized<\/a> McAuliffe for his false claim that Youngkin &#8220;wants to ban abortion,&#8221; noting that the Republican supports abortion legislation that is &#8220;more restrictive than current Virginia law&#8221; but has not backed an outright ban. McAuliffe hours later&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5q1ePHT6Vo4&amp;t=2382s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> members of powerful abortion group NARAL that Youngkin &#8220;is extreme and he will ban abortions.&#8221; The Democrat has also pushed forward with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ads\/library\/?active_status=all&amp;ad_type=political_and_issue_ads&amp;country=US&amp;view_all_page_id=82778945149&amp;search_type=page&amp;media_type=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook ads<\/a> that call Youngkin &#8220;a right-wing culture warrior who wants to ban abortion in the Commonwealth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Virginia GOP has responded to McAuliffe&#8217;s &#8220;repeated lies&#8221; by labeling the Democrat &#8220;Two-Faced Terry,&#8221; a moniker that could stick if McAuliffe repeats the debunked attacks during the campaign&#8217;s first general election debate, which will take place Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>The McAuliffe campaign did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>While McAuliffe often says he inherited a budget deficit from Republicans when he became governor in 2014, Virginia&#8217;s constitution calls for a balanced budget, a requirement former GOP governor Bob McDonnell fulfilled before he left office. The <em>Post<\/em>&nbsp;rated McAuliffe&#8217;s claim &#8220;Four Pinocchios.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But that was not the first time McAuliffe faced pushback on his deficit rhetoric. PolitiFact has repeatedly criticized the claim, including in 2019, when the fact-checking site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2019\/jun\/25\/terry-mcauliffe\/mcauliffe-falsely-claims-he-inherited-24-billion-d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> it &#8220;just wrong.&#8221; Four years earlier, McAuliffe&#8217;s spokesman acknowledged that his boss lied about the &#8220;inherited deficit,&#8221; saying the Democrat had a &#8220;slip of the tongue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, McAuliffe&#8217;s tongue has been slipping a lot lately,&#8221; the <em>Post<\/em> wrote in June. &#8220;He has ventured into recidivism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe&#8217;s false abortion claim stems from a secretly recorded conversation in which Youngkin pledged to &#8220;start going on offense&#8221; on the issue if he is elected governor. McAuliffe&#8217;s campaign ran ads that use the recording to say Youngkin would ban abortion. While the ads cite a <em>Post<\/em> article as their source, the article does not state that Youngkin would ban abortion.<\/p>\n<p>A <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> review of McAuliffe&#8217;s Facebook spending shows that the Democrat is still running five ads that accuse Youngkin of supporting an abortion ban. According to Facebook&#8217;s summary data, more Californians have viewed the ads than Virginians, suggesting that McAuliffe is using the debunked claim to attract donations from national liberals.<\/p>\n<p>While President Joe Biden won Virginia by more than 10 points, a September Emerson poll found that McAuliffe leads Youngkin by just 4 points. The pair will participate in the debate Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elections Criticism from Washington Post, PolitiFact has not stopped Virginia Dem from repeating false claims  Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D.) \/ Getty Images &#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-762520","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\/762520","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=762520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762520\/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=762520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}