{"id":938483,"date":"2021-10-29T17:14:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T21:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=938483"},"modified":"2021-10-29T17:14:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T21:14:15","slug":"mcauliffe-skips-pair-of-north-virginia-campaign-events-without-explanation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcauliffe-skips-pair-of-north-virginia-campaign-events-without-explanation\/","title":{"rendered":"McAuliffe Skips Pair Of North Virginia Campaign Events Without Explanation"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fmcauliffe-skips-pair-of-north-virginia-campaign-events-without-explanation%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=938483&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><\/div>\n<p>Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe skipped campaign events in northern Virginia two days in a row without providing a public explanation of his absences.<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe, who is running neck-and-neck with Republican Glenn Youngkin, had scheduled bus tour events in Woodbridge, Prince William County on Thursday evening, and at the Port City Brewing Co. in Alexandria on Friday afternoon. McAuliffe has appeared at or scheduled at least seven events in Virginia\u2019s three most northern counties, Prince William, Fairfax, and Loudoun, in the last month of his campaign in an effort to combat Youngkin\u2019s recent polling <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/29\/glenn-youngkin-leads-ties-terry-mcauliffe-polling-trackers-virginias-next-governor\/\">rise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As part of his campaign\u2019s promotion of the Woodbridge event, voters were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilize.us\/terryforvirginia\/event\/424468\/\">offered<\/a> the chance to \u201c<span class=\"mbz-typography-inner-wrapper css-c52rmb e1spt5vp1\">join Terry McAuliffe as he takes a bus tour across the commonwealth to get out the vote!<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, footage posted to Twitter by Lt. Gov. candidate Hala Ayala from Woodbridge, where she also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilize.us\/halaforlg\/event\/424553\/?fbclid=IwAR20LCnbyoxOoDNWchc2CWP5ftyO34I6MabG0ZlQftpt3j5jkYwnLRWkG3Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scheduled<\/a> an event at the same address, does not show McAuliffe. Instead, Ayala declared that she was \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">surrounded by friends, mentors &amp; fellow activists in Prince William County.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.161616161616\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I started my day by voting for Democrats up and down the ballot and ended my day surrounded by friends, mentors &amp; fellow activists in Prince William County.<\/p>\n<p>PWC, you are my family. Thank you for always showing up for me. \ud83d\udc99 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SN6rblKlNM\">pic.twitter.com\/SN6rblKlNM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hala Ayala (@HalaAyala) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HalaAyala\/status\/1453891424492171264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Friday, McAuliffe planned to attend an event at Port City Brewing Co. in Alexandria, the brewery confirmed to the Daily Caller. However, McAuliffe skipped the event, reportedly due to inclement weather, according to Axios\u2019 Cuneyt Dil. Democratic Rep. Don Beyer and union and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta appeared in his place.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.1666666666667\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No Terry McAuliffe in Northern Virginia today due to rainstorms, instead in Virginia Beach. Event at Alexandria brewery features civil rights icon Dolores Huerta and Rep Don Beyer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/on90Lop9Ac\">pic.twitter.com\/on90Lop9Ac<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cuneyt Dil (@cuneytdil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cuneytdil\/status\/1454125303035572238?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The McAuliffe campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment from the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe initially led Youngkin in <a href=\"https:\/\/cnu.edu\/wasoncenter\/surveys\/archive\/2021-08-26.html\">polls<\/a> by as many as nine points. However, a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/29\/mcauliffe-spokesperson-fox-reporter-email\/\">gaffes<\/a> and missteps, punctuated by debate remarks in which McAuliffe <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/28\/terry-mcauliffe-glenn-youngkin-parents-schools\/\">explained<\/a> that he does not \u201cthink parents should be telling schools what they should teach,\u201d have given the Republican an opening. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/27\/mcauliffe-dismisses-parents-concern-for-education-as-campaign-tactic-generated-by-glenn-youngkin\/\">(RELATED: McAuliffe Dismisses Parents\u2019 Concern For Education As Campaign Tactic \u2018Generated By Glenn Youngkin\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Youngkin has aggressively courted northern Virginia voters with <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/16\/republicans-take-education-fight-to-voters-with-congress-slow-to-act\/\">messaging<\/a> on education. He has <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/577504-youngkin-calls-for-investigation-into-loudoun-county-school-board-amid\">called<\/a> for an investigation into a pair of sexual assaults at Loudoun County high schools and promised to ban Critical Race Theory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe skipped campaign events in northern Virginia two days in a row without providing a public explanation of his absences.McAuliffe, who is running neck-and-neck with Republican &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"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-938483","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\/938483","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\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938483\/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=938483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}