The Laborers’ International Union of North America asked the Northam campaign last month to print fliers that omitted Fairfax, who is African American, so they could be distributed to members. As a result, some unions have declined to support him. Fairfax, who is on the ballot separately from Northam, is an outspoken critic of the projects. Wilder,” said Northam, “and he’ll make that decision at the appropriate time.”Īt an event Thursday evening in Richmond, Wilder criticized the Northam campaign for not including the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax, on some of its literature.Environmental groups are angry at Northam for declining to condemn two natural gas pipelines planned in rural parts of the state, but trade unions like these pipelines because they mean jobs.
I have fire in the belly.”īut, Tur replied, former Democratic Gov. “Are you concerned that you could be the first potential victim of that rift?” “The Democratic Party is not very popular, and there is concern that the progressive wing is going to rip apart from the establishment wing,” she said. VA votes in 3 days with huge stakes for schools, env, rights.”During a live interview on MSNBC, anchor Katy Tur repeatedly pressed Northam, the Democratic candidate, about Brazile’s book. Perriello tweeted: “Hey pundits, instead of reliving 2016 how about applying lessons to 2017. Former congressman Tom Perriello, D-Va., who lost to Northam in the June primary and has campaigned for him this fall, pleaded for unity on social media – which was dominated for much of the weekend by buzz about Brazile’s book: The book may not actually keep anyone home, but it underscores the tensions and mistrust that exist between the party establishment and the progressive wing of the party that Bernie Sanders appealed to last year. Terry McAuliffe, who can serve only one term under Virginia law, called the publication date of Brazile’s book “very bad timing.” “It’s regrettable that Donna thought this was the time she should come out with this complaint,” the former DNC chair said Friday night on MSNBC. The senator left swiftly after his speech, and his spokesman didn’t respond to a request for comment on Sunday about Brazile’s book. Cory Booker, N.J.Īround the time Kaine spoke in Fairfax, more than 100 former senior Clinton aides issued an open letter decrying the book. Complaining that the “anemic” campaign had taken on “the odor of failure,” Brazile also writes that she wanted to replace Kaine with Sen. The Washington Post’s Phil Rucker reported Saturday afternoon that Brazile seriously contemplated setting in motion a process to replace Hillary Clinton as the party’s nominee with then-Vice President Joe Biden after she fainted during a Sept.
But nuggets have been trickling out ahead of time. Donna Brazile’s scorched-earth tell-all comes out on Tuesday, the same day as the election. Just hours before he took the stage, news broke that the former interim chair of the Democratic National Committee wanted to drop him from the ticket last fall. Tim Kaine, who could have been elected vice president one year ago but now faces a potentially competitive race to stay in the Senate next year, said that Virginia needs to elect “a healer, not a divider in chief.” While they waited, speakers blasted the song “I’ve got stamina.” Rather than a normal program, because of the rain, the politicians simply spoke as they got there – regardless of their rank. Only about 100 braved the elements.Īt the end of a day with surrogate events around the state, the crowd waited patiently for speakers to arrive from other engagements. They hoped a crowd of 500 would fill the parking lot. Organizers set up a beautiful backdrop outside the Fairfax County Democratic headquarters. Several events in the homestretch have highlighted Democratic divisions and foreshadowed some of the challenges that candidates are likely to face in next year’s midterms – even if Lt. Virginians finally head to the polls on Tuesday in what’s become a neck-and-neck governor’s race. A rainy get-out-the-vote rally in Fairfax on Saturday night was a fitting coda to a rough week for Virginia Democrats.
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