{"id":858920,"date":"2021-10-08T05:14:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T09:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=858920"},"modified":"2021-10-08T05:14:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-08T09:14:09","slug":"terry-mcauliffe-taps-election-denier-stacey-abrams-to-lecture-opponent-on-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terry-mcauliffe-taps-election-denier-stacey-abrams-to-lecture-opponent-on-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry McAuliffe Taps Election Denier Stacey Abrams to Lecture Opponent on \u2018Democracy\u2019"},"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%2Fterry-mcauliffe-taps-election-denier-stacey-abrams-to-lecture-opponent-on-democracy%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=858920&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=\"28.493150684932\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/\">Elections<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">McAuliffe and Abrams have both said elections were &#8216;stolen&#8217; from them<\/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\/10\/pjimage-6-1.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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pjimage-6.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pjimage-6-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pjimage-6-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/>\t\t\t<\/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 October 8, 2021 4:59 am<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"98.002985543683\">\n<p><span>Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe, who repeatedly claimed Republicans &#8220;stole&#8221; the White House in 2000, tapped fellow election denier Stacey Abrams to accuse his opponent of working to overthrow American democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe on Thursday used Abrams, a failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate, to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerryMcAuliffe\/status\/1446156869085667333\"><span>accuse<\/span><\/a><span> Glenn Youngkin of &#8220;willfully participating in the subversion of our democracy&#8221; after the Republican called for voting machine audits. Both McAuliffe and Abrams, however, pushed &#8220;stolen&#8221; election rhetoric in the absence of evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As Democratic National Committee chair, McAuliffe <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/terry-mcauliffe-championed-stolen-election-conspiracy-theory-for-years\/\"><span>spent years<\/span><\/a><span> accusing both Republicans and the Supreme Court of stealing the 2000 election. During a 2004 campaign event, he said Democrats &#8220;actually won the last presidential election,&#8221; as Republicans &#8220;stole&#8221; it. Abrams, meanwhile, refused to concede after her 2018 loss to Georgia governor Brian Kemp (R.) and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1384550595462320131\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> just months ago the race &#8220;was stolen from the voters of Georgia.&#8221; The Democrat&#8217;s PAC, Fair Fight Action, also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fairfightaction\/status\/1105557541449355264?s=20\"><span>claimed<\/span><\/a><span> without evidence that Georgia&#8217;s voting machines &#8220;erased 100,000 votes in &#8217;18.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The conspiratorial rhetoric of McAuliffe and Abrams stands in contrast to Youngkin, who has repeatedly called President Joe Biden&#8217;s election &#8220;legitimate&#8221; and said he would have voted to certify the 2020 election. Still, McAuliffe has attacked Youngkin&#8217;s push to achieve &#8220;election integrity&#8221; as &#8220;disqualifying,&#8221; accusing the Republican of &#8220;promoting Trump&#8217;s dangerous lies.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Neither McAuliffe nor Abrams returned requests for comment.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While Democrats have looked to use Youngkin&#8217;s &#8220;Election Integrity Task Force&#8221; to tie the Republican to Donald Trump, Abrams and her allies&#8217; election conspiracies closely resemble the former president&#8217;s claims of voter fraud.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>An <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/stacey-abrams-voting-rights-pac-helped-group-that-pushed-voter-fraud-conspiracy-theories?fbclid=IwAR14pQetxo1UKbQhfNu6iDecJyh8JgR-y51WuSfWCVHt-8iSEZmhpzdzgcY\"><span>Abrams-backed<\/span><\/a><span> &#8220;government transparency&#8221; group, for example, called Georgia&#8217;s Dominion Voting Systems machines &#8220;unauditable and unconstitutional&#8221; in 2019. The group, Coalition for Good Governance, has since claimed in legal filings that there were &#8220;serious problems with the Dominion voting system&#8221; in the 2020 election. Dominion has sued a number of prominent Trump supporters for making similar claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite McAuliffe&#8217;s 2000 &#8220;stolen election&#8221; rhetoric, the Democrat has since <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/terry-mcauliffe-championed-stolen-election-conspiracy-theory-for-years\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> he is &#8220;so tired&#8221; of those who question Biden&#8217;s win, adding that the claims &#8220;make our democracy look bad around the globe&#8221; and hurt &#8220;those young men and women in uniform.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe&#8217;s claim that Youngkin is working to &#8220;subvert democracy&#8221; stems from a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerryMcAuliffe\"><span>video<\/span><\/a><span> produced by American Bridge 21st Century, a liberal super PAC founded by left-wing hitman David Brock. Brock in September used his &#8220;pseudo-news outlet&#8221; to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/dark-money-dems-fake-newspaper-virginia-election\/\"><span>bombard voters<\/span><\/a><span> with unsolicited mailers that employ debunked claims to attack Youngkin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While Biden won Virginia by double digits in November, McAuliffe has struggled to pull away from Youngkin in his bid to secure a second term in the Governor&#8217;s Mansion. An October <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emersonpolling.reportablenews.com\/pr\/virginia-2021-dead-heat-in-governor-and-attorney-general-race\"><span>Emerson poll<\/span><\/a><span> found Youngkin trails McAuliffe by just 1 point and leads the Democrat among Hispanic voters. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elections McAuliffe and Abrams have both said elections were &#8216;stolen&#8217; from them  Collin Anderson \u2022 October 8, 2021 4:59 am Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"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-858920","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\/858920","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=858920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858920\/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=858920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}