{"id":963167,"date":"2021-11-03T15:58:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T19:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=963167"},"modified":"2021-11-03T15:58:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T19:58:56","slug":"democrat-donor-disaster-pro-2a-candidates-sweep-virginia-despite-1-8m-from-bloomberg-backed-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-donor-disaster-pro-2a-candidates-sweep-virginia-despite-1-8m-from-bloomberg-backed-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Donor Disaster: Pro-2A Candidates Sweep Virginia Despite $1.8M from Bloomberg-Backed Group"},"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%2Fdemocrat-donor-disaster-pro-2a-candidates-sweep-virginia-despite-1-8m-from-bloomberg-backed-group%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=963167&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\/Pro-2A-Candidates-640x335-1.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">On November 3, 2021\u2013the day after statewide Virginia elections\u2013it was clear that the Bloomberg-backed Everytown for Gun Safety spent a lot of money for naught.<\/p>\n<p>Guns.com <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guns.com\/news\/2021\/11\/03\/bloombergs-18-million-falls-flat-in-virginia\">reports<\/a> that \u201cEverytown pledged nearly $2 million\u201d in hopes of helping pro-gun control candidates defeat pro-2A candidates at the highest levels of state government.<\/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>Everytown endorsed prominent pro-gun control gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe (D), Lt. Gov. candidate&nbsp;Hala Ayala (D), and Attorney General Mark Herring (D).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Everytown President John Feinblatt said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p>Virginia\u2019s elections have always been a national bellwether, so it says a lot about the strength of the gun safety movement that three gun sense candidates are running at the top of the Democratic ticket. These candidates know that gun violence prevention is a winning issue in the Commonwealth, and they also know that Moms Demand Action volunteers will go all out to elect gun sense champions up and down the ballot in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bloomberg-affiliated Moms Demand Action also endorsed McAuliffe, Ayala, and Herring.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/18\/terry-mcauliffe-bloomberg-gun-control\/\">pointed out<\/a> that McAuliffe received nearly $500,000 from Everytown in September alone.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-2A Glenn Youngkin (R) defeated McAuliffe in Virginia\u2019s gubernatorial contest, pro-2A Winsome Sears (R) defeated Ayala, and Yahoo News <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/results-mark-herring-seeks-3rd-133755096.html\">noted<\/a> that Jason Miyares (R) defeated Herring.<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin, Sears, and Miyares all oppose increased gun control.<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 3, 2021\u2013the day after statewide Virginia elections\u2013it was clear that the Bloomberg-backed Everytown for Gun Safety spent a lot of money for naught. 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