Wow. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is not in good shape because he endorsed Republican culture war populist Donald Trump on Labor Day, but was drowned out by boos and 2024 Democratic slogans like “We’re not going back!”
“Buena Vista, Virginia, has not always been a Democratic stronghold during election season, but today’s Labor Day parade was different. Watch Trump supporter Glenn Youngkin.Aaron Fritzner of Virginia for Harris Communications shared on Twitter that he was “booed and drowned out by chants of ‘We’re not going back!'”
(Note: Watch all 3 videos. The first video provides background for what’s to come.)
Buena Vista, Virginia, hasn’t always been a strong Democratic stronghold during election season, but today’s Labor Day parade was different.
Watch Trump supporter Glenn Youngkin get booed and drowned out by chants of “We’re not going back!” pic.twitter.com/g8muocZRpk
— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) September 2, 2024
Governor Youngkin was excited and told the protesters to move to the other side because this was the “right” side. They responded by chanting, “USA! USA! USA!”
I can’t think of a better way to celebrate Labor Day than to see Glenn Youngkin, the great Republican hope turned lukewarm, build a post-Trump dream only to have it buried under the slogans of “We’re not going back!” and “USA! USA! USA!”
The Democratic Party has become a loudly patriotic party, based on serious national security policies (as opposed to nationalism) and an insistence on individual liberty. This change means that the Republican Party has been out of the game. The Republican Party is used to crushing the Democrats by simply owning the flag, being the loudest person in the room, and putting a tea bag on their head.
No longer, it seems, the Republican Party has been pushed into a smaller, more authoritarian, anti-freedom tent by the exuberant joy that has emerged from the other side at almost every turning point in the past month.
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