{"id":951458,"date":"2021-11-01T21:43:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T01:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=951458"},"modified":"2021-11-01T21:43:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T01:43:56","slug":"charles-hurt-americas-first-elected-black-governor-warns-democrats-ahead-of-election-day-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charles-hurt-americas-first-elected-black-governor-warns-democrats-ahead-of-election-day-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Hurt: America&#039;s First Elected Black Governor Warns Democrats Ahead of Election Day in Virginia"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fcharles-hurt-americas-first-elected-black-governor-warns-democrats-ahead-of-election-day-in-virginia%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=951458&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/former-governor-virginia-doug-wilder-file-ap.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Former Virginia Gov.&nbsp;L. Douglas Wilder&nbsp;answers to no one.&nbsp;He&nbsp;has always been truly independent, which makes&nbsp;him&nbsp;a problem inside the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Long before Barack Obama was spinning fairy tales about \u201chope\u201d and \u201cchange,\u201d Mr.&nbsp;Wilder&nbsp;was making history.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The grandson of slaves, Mr.&nbsp;Wilder, became the first African American elected governor in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>He ran on typical Democrat issues of the day in what was then a solidly Republican state yet governed as a pragmatist.&nbsp;His&nbsp;fidelity to the constitution never wavered. And&nbsp;he&nbsp;never surrendered&nbsp;his&nbsp;independence.<\/p>\n<p>Again, therein lies the problem with Doug Wilder for the Democratic Party. Democrats cannot tolerate people like Doug Wilder being independent and thinking for themselves.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>So, perhaps, it did not come as the biggest surprise back in the summer when Mr. Wilder turned his stiletto of independence on Democrats\u2019 retread nominee for governor, Terry McAuliffe.<\/p>\n<p>Why Mr. Wilder wondered, did Mr. McAuliffe insist upon violating \u201cVirginia\u2019s long-standing precedent\u201d by seeking a second term as Virginia governor?<\/p>\n<p>But even more uncomfortable for Virginia Democrats were Mr. Wilder\u2019s comments in July dredging up the party\u2019s horrifying and widespread scandal involving top white Democrat politicians dressing up in \u201cblackface.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sitting Democrat Gov. Ralph Northam acknowledged wearing \u201cblackface\u201d after his college yearbook page surfaced, showing him either in blackface or wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood. Either way, it appeared at the time that the Democrat\u2019s political career was over.<\/p>\n<p>Among the first bloodthirsty pols on the scene was sitting Democrat Attorney General Mark Herring, who was second in line to succeed the governor if Mr. Northam resigned. Mr. Herring demanded that Mr. Northam resign for wearing blackface.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Just days later, however, Mr. Herring admitted that he, too, had worn blackface.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a one-time occurrence, and I accept full responsibility for my conduct,\u201d the Democrat said after his own shocking admission. Mr. Herring did not, however, \u201caccept full responsibility\u201d by resigning his post. Astonishingly, Mr. Herring is presently running for reelection.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Also, calling for the resignation of Mr. Northam and Mr. Herring at the time when the scandal was burning hottest was none other than Mr. McAuliffe himself.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr. McAuliffe has had a dramatic change of heart now that he is shimmying back up that greasy pole to the governor\u2019s mansion. Today, Mr. McAuliffe wants Mr. \u201cblackface\u201d Northam\u2019s support. And he is running alongside Mr. \u201cblackface\u201d Herring!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou called on Ralph Northam to resign,\u201d Mr. Wilder fumed to radio host Jeff Katz.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNow, he didn\u2019t resign. Why do you now seek his support and sought his support for your candidacy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Wilder\u2019s distaste for his party\u2019s retread nominee goes well beyond hypocrisy and blackface. Just last week, Mr. Wilder blew up Mr. McAuliffe, Mr. Northam and the rest of Virginia Democrat leaders over their long-standing refusal to fully fund the state\u2019s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).<\/p>\n<p>Even worse for Virginia Democrats, Mr. Wilder applauded the platform of Glenn Youngkin, the Republican running against Mr. McAuliffe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I watched Glenn Youngkin last evening commit to providing funding for all five of our HBCUs in any budget he submitted to the legislature if he were governor, it was historical,\u201d Mr. Wilder said. \u201cThis is the first time any candidate for governor has made this public commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even more pointed, Mr. Wilder noted that Democrats in Virginia cannot win \u201cwithout massive support from the Black community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, he said, \u201ctheir needs continue to be ignored by those who purport to represent them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brutal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people are not stupid,\u201d Mr. Wilder warned Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe Northam and McAuliffe will tell us why they have not supported our HBCUs,\u201d he taunted. \u201cStay tuned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>Election Day in Virginia is next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2022 Charles Hurt is the opinion editor at the Washington Times.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Virginia Gov.\u00a0L. Douglas Wilder\u00a0answers to no one.\u00a0He\u00a0has always been truly independent, which makes\u00a0him\u00a0a problem inside the Democratic Party. Long before Barack Obama was spinning fairy tales about \u201chope\u201d and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"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-951458","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\/951458","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\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951458\/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=951458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}