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Au Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Carrie Dann
WASHINGTON – Last week, the political situation in Virginia went from chaos and confusion. embarrassment to hot mess, up to now a real garbage dumpster fire.
To recap the past week:
- The incumbent Democratic governor, Ralph Northam, admitted to wearing a black face in the 1980s (while denying appearing on a racist photo in his medical record). school yearbook), Democrats in the country calling for his resignation
- A woman has publicly accused the then-democratic Lieutenant-Governor Justin Fairfax of sexual assault in 2004.
- And on Wednesday, the Democratic state in power Attorney General Mark Herring also admitted to being dressed in Blackface in the 1980s.
Here is the crazy thing: because of these revelations, it is possible that these Democratic politicians could to survive. , at least in the short term. Why? If Northam, Fairfax and Herring all resign at the same time, the next state governor would be the current president of Virginia's House of Representatives, Republican.
Of course, we have witnessed many scandals. Extremely re-elected Congressmen: Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., Chris Collins, RN.Y., and Steve King, R-Iowa.
(This reality contradicts President Trump's tweet as of this morning : "Democrats at the top kill the great state of Virginia If the three failed politicians were Republicans, far more energetic would be taken. ")
But the question is how is effective A governor in office, a lieutenant governor or a public prosecutor may be confronted with these problems. You can be a zombie MP and do not worry about anything, at least until the next election.
But can you be a zombie governor or a Attorney General?
This is the situation currently facing the Democrats of Virginia.
And can the GOP really take advantage of the situation in Virginia?
But let's not say either that the current Republican party in Virginia can take advantage of this demolition garbage dump. His Senate candidate in 2018 was Corey Stewart; his 2017 governor candidate campaigned to preserve Confederate monuments; and the current GOP chairman is Donald Trump.
As the Jamelle Bouie observed in the New York Times, "[T] the only asset that VA Dems has for the moment is: a) the unpopularity of Trump and) the fact that the last VA GOP candidate in the entire state was a direct neo-Confederate, difficult for them to make a moral contrast! "
Get this – Virginia has elected only one only woman in a position of state in her history
This woman? Mary Sue Terry, elected Attorney General of the State in 1985 and re-elected in 1989.
Let's compare now this story with the three women Congressional Democrats Elected Last November – Jennifer Wexton, Abigail Spanberger and Elaine Luria – As Women Winning House of Delegates the Year Before
Trump Defends Against Democratic Investigations
Ce morning, in a pair of tweets President Trump s high against democratic investigations concerning him, saying "No Republicans & # 39; have never done this to President Obama."
Congress, controlled by the GOP, "has never done that to President Obama"? Really? From Flash Memory:
- Fast & Furious / ATF
- Solyndra
- IRS / Lerner Laws
- Benghazi
- Obamacare website snafu
Report: How Klobuchar Treated Amy Klobuchar Staff As he prepares to announce his presidential decision on Sunday, HuffPost writes about his long-standing staffing issues.
"At least three people withdrew from the case to take the lead of Senator Amy Klobuchar. start of the 2020 presidential campaign – partly because of the Minnesota Democrat's track record of mistreating his staff … [S] Some former Klobuchar staff members, all of whom spoke to HuffPost in the guise of Anonymity, describe Klobuchar as being usually humiliating and prone to struggling with cruelty that makes it difficult to work long in his office. "
More:" Some people who have worked for Klobuchar say they appreciate the experience: Klobuchar has an unparalleled mastery of details, puts in long usual hours, and simply demands that his office meet these same high standards, have maintained several former staff members. These employees described his work as a challenge, but exhilarating.
But: "What is undisputed … is that Klobuchar's office consistently has one of the highest staff turnover rates in the Senate. From 2001 to 2016, she ranked first in the Senate for staff turnover, as measured by LegiStorm, a widely used database of congressional staff salaries. She is now third, behind Maryland Democrat Chris Van Hollen and Louisiana Republican John Kennedy. "
Warren continues to apologize for the Native American controversy
Alex Seitz-Wald of NBC:" Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Publicly apologized on Wednesday for any "harm caused" by her previous claims of Native American ancestry, again responding to the controversy that was dragging her into her fledgling presidential campaign. "It's about my family, my brothers, and an apology from the heart," she told reporters outside her Capitol Hill office. "
" Warren said that she had had a "good conversation" last week with the leader. Chief Chief Bill John Baker, of the Cherokee Nation, said in a statement Friday that he apologized for publishing the results of a DNA test showing that she had some ancient Native American ancestors.
Seitz-Wald adds: "The White House was hoping to end this affair a few months before heading into the 2020 presidential race, but it was revived this week after the Washington Post had discovered a form that she had completed in 1986 to become a member of the Texas Bar Association. writing, she classified her ethnicity as a Native American. Meet the Press – Season 67 – Chuc k Todd ” class=”headshot___3D_6B”/>
