{"id":962548,"date":"2021-11-03T13:28:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=962548"},"modified":"2021-11-03T13:28:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:28:50","slug":"watch-kamala-harris-warned-terry-mcauliffe-loss-would-doom-dems-in-2022-2024-who-we-are-as-a-nation-at-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kamala-harris-warned-terry-mcauliffe-loss-would-doom-dems-in-2022-2024-who-we-are-as-a-nation-at-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Kamala Harris Warned Terry McAuliffe Loss Would Doom Dems in 2022, 2024 \u2014 Who We Are As a Nation \u2018At Stake\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\">44<\/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%2Fwatch-kamala-harris-warned-terry-mcauliffe-loss-would-doom-dems-in-2022-2024-who-we-are-as-a-nation-at-stake%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=962548&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--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>An election loss by Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe would spell doom for Democrats in the 2022 congressional midterms as well as the 2024 general election, warned Vice President Kamala Harris Friday evening. She spoke just days before McAuliffe suffered a crushing defeat, as she stressed the election\u2019s crucial impact on \u201chow the country is gonna move.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Harris\u2019 warning was made last week as she joined McAuliffe campaigning at a \u201cget out the vote\u201d rally ahead of the Virginia governor election.<\/span><\/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><span>Calling the days leading up to Virginia\u2019s gubernatorial election \u201cvery important days,\u201d Harris said that Tuesday would be \u201ca critical day that will determine whether we either turn back the clock or move it forward,\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stating both President Biden and herself \u201ccare deeply about Terry McAuliffe, about the commonwealth of Virginia, and about the future of our nation,\u201d Harris repeatedly pushed the significance of the Virginia election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou all know that every four years when this election happens for governor of Virginia, it\u2019s a tight election, it\u2019s a close election, and it is a bellwether for what happens in the rest of the country,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VP Harris Campaigns With Terry McAuliffe With Less Than A Week To Go In Close Virginia Governor Race\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FuMrFeHZYRU?start=156&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>Commenting on signs she witnessed that read \u201cDon\u2019t Texas Virginia,\u201d Harris warned \u201cwhat happens in Virginia will, in large part, determine what happens in 2022, 2024, and on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Claiming voters had \u201cthe ability to determine, yes, who will be the next governor,\u201d she also said they could determine \u201cby extension \u2014 given the importance of this Virginia election \u2014 how the country is gonna move.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn that way, each of you has a power to impact the lives of people you may never meet, people who may never know your name, but because of what you do\u2026 Tuesday, their lives will forever be impacted by what you do in this election,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Repeating that \u201celections matter,\u201d Harris claimed her election to vice president in 2020 was proof.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cIf Virginia hadn\u2019t turned out, if you hadn\u2019t did what you did in 2020, I wouldn\u2019t be standing here,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Calling on participants \u201cto do everything in our power to reach out to everyone we see and know,\u201d Harris referred to the previous two presidential elections as proof of the significance of elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you want a reference point about how elections matter, yes, I would ask you, hopefully, with a smile to reflect on 2020,\u201d she said, \u201cbut I\u2019ll also ask you to reflect on what happened four years before when a lot of us thought the right thing will happen, it\u2019ll be alright.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOne of the lessons we learned among many [was that] we can take nothing for granted ever,\u201d she added, in reference to the 2016 election of President Donald Trump.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking to the crowd, Harris listed several issues \u201cat stake in this election.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cIf you care about the rights of women to make decisions about their own bodies\u2026 electing Terry McAuliffe will matter,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf, in the middle of a recovery from a pandemic, you believe that health care and health coverage matters, who is governor will matter,\u201d she added. \u201cIf you believe concerning oneself with the condition and wellbeing of our members of our military matter, who is governor will matter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18587418\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1350994974.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18587418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1350994974-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin speaks on the phone as he awaits results of the Virginia Gubernatorial race at the Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles on November 02, 2021 in Chantilly, Virginia. (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>She also stressed the \u201cseriousness of this climate crisis.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c[W]e care about the climate,\u201d she said. \u201cWe need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; we need to invest in renewable energies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Emphasizing the need for \u201cgovernors who stand up, stand tall, [and] stand strong on these issues,\u201d Harris lauded McAuliffe as \u201ca governor who stands up and says let\u2019s invest in an approach like [President Biden\u2019s] \u2018Build Back Better\u2019 [Framework].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On the subject of LGBTQ rights, Harris noted the gravity of McAuliffe\u2019s election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis election matters if you recognize that, yes, we\u2019ve come a long way but we still have a long way to go on LGBTQ rights and passing the equality act,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On \u201cthe right to vote,\u201d Harris said, \u201cif you believe that the right to vote and access to the polls matters, [then] who is governor matters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe will not make it more difficult for people to vote, we will make it easier for people to vote,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Harris also warned of allowing Virginia to become the next \u201cTexas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen we talk about \u2018Don\u2019t Texas Virginia,\u2019 that\u2019s one of the top things I have in mind,\u201d she said. \u201cWatch what\u2019s happening around this country, this is no joke.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1526315789474\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump celebrated the victory of Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin in the Virginia governor\u2019s race on Tuesday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HxbnX6M21V\">https:\/\/t.co\/HxbnX6M21V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1455741843711447046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cYou think they don\u2019t think and aren\u2019t watching this around the country to think if we can take Virginia, we can do this [in] a lot of other places?\u201d she asked. \u201cDon\u2019t let Virginia be an experiment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Referring to information from the classified President\u2019s Daily Brief (PDB), Harris claimed there is a \u201creal conversation\u201d taking place globally about the \u201cbattle between democracies and autocracies.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s a real battle happening where people are watching what we are doing in our country and making a decision about whether that is in fact a role model of how you can be strong and be a democracy or whether it doesn\u2019t work,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Harris concluded by highlighting the amount of power Virginians wield and how crucial the Virginia election is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere is so much power in the hands of the people including not only determining the outcome of this very, very important election but making a statement about who we are as a nation,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAll of that is at stake,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe, the former governor of Virginia, ran against Republican challenger Glenn Youngkin on Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the closing days of the race, Youngkin <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/02\/bloodbath-dems-analyze-glenn-youngkin-election-victory\/\"><span>made<\/span><\/a><span> incredible strides to overcome a Virginia electorate that voted by double digits to elect President Biden in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18587466\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1350990431.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18587466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1350990431-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Virginia Republican candidate for lieutenant governor Winsome Sears takes the stage during an election night rally at the Westfields Marriott Washington Dulles on November 02, 2021 in Chantilly, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>McAuliffe\u2019s shrinking advantage reflected his faltering campaign in the days leading up to Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last month, McAuliffe <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2021\/10\/14\/mcauliffe-youngkin-is-unfit-to-be-governor-hes-a-trump-wannabe\/\"><span>claimed<\/span><\/a><span> Youngkin was unfit to be governor, referring to his Republican opponent as \u201ca total Trump wannabe.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After making the race primarily about former President Donald Trump, McAuliffe changed his tune over the weekend and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/mcauliffe-about-face-on-how-much-of-a-role-trump-played-in-governors-race\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> the race was no longer about him, though later <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/politico-crushes-desperate-terry-mcauliffe-lie-fictional-trump-youngkin-event\"><span>falsely claiming<\/span><\/a><span> during a Monday campaign stop that Youngkin was holding an event with Trump as the race was coming to a close.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe\u2019s shrinking polling advantage was likely due to the campaign ignoring state issues, such as education and the parental right to direct their children\u2019s education, famously <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/29\/terry-mcauliffe-i-dont-think-parents-should-be-telling-schools-what-they-should-teach\/\"><span>suggesting<\/span><\/a><span> during a debate that parents should not be involved in school decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe even <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/01\/parents-matter-in-education-glenn-youngkin-makes-final-case-for-tuesday-victory\/\"><span>denied<\/span><\/a><span> critical race theory (CRT) was being taught to Virginia students.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s not taught here in Virginia,\u201d McAuliffe claimed about CRT. \u201cWe can ask about any topic. Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve said all along, and it really bothers me \u2014 this whole idea of stirring parents up to create divisions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Youngkin took the opposing position, calling out McAuliffe for cozying up to the teacher unions.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Monday, Youngkin <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/virginia-parents-student-schools-youngkin-glenn\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span> Virginians \u201cmust empower parents, and address their concerns about school safety, the school curriculum and the decline in standards and results in Virginia schools.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a><\/em><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An election loss by Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe would spell doom for Democrats in the 2022 congressional midterms as well as the 2024 general election, warned Vice President Kamala Harris &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"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-962548","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\/962548","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\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962548\/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=962548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}