On Wednesday morning, there was night time a day distinction in the best way MSNBC and Fox Information coated the gubernatorial race in Virginia as Morning Joe bolstered Democratic candidate and ex-Governor Terry McAuliffe as he attacked Republican Glenn Youngkin. Joe Scarborough even went as far as to check the GOP nominee to an “intolerant tyrant” who’s utilizing “anti-Semitism” in his marketing campaign.
In contrast, whereas faux-conservative Scarborough ignored latest embarrassments hitting the McAuliffe marketing campaign, the identical day’s Fox & Pals coated the Democratic candidate storming out of an interview, his poor report on crime as governor, and the presumably unlawful campaigning in a Virginia church by Vice President Kamala Harris.
Scarborough started the interview by taunting Youngkin for not approaching the present. The liberal host even performed up his allegedly “conservative” credentials to dubiously recommend he would give the Republican an pleasant interview:
We hold asking your opponent to come back on the present. He will not come on the present — form of unusual to me. As you recognize — you watch this present on occasion — I am a small authorities conservative, I am a Second Modification man, I am frightened about inflation. I am frightened about these massive payments in Washington, D.C. You’d assume, if he is an actual conservative, he’d wish to come on and discuss that. Has he been dodging you in Virginia? Is he simply scared to talk publicly proper now? What is going on on with him?
McAuliffe simply hit the softball served to him by accusing his opponent of being afraid to take questions, and went on about Youngkin being reluctant to debate earlier than ultimately admitting that Youngkin did, the truth is, debate him. After McAuliffe accused Youngkin of getting a “tinfoil hat” for invoking rich liberal activist George Soros, it was Scarborough who went even additional than his Democratic visitor in accusing the Virginia Republican of anti-Semitism:
If he is speaking about George Soros, that is the kind of anti-Semitism we see in the USA and internationally. That is what — that is what intolerant tyrants like (Viktor) Orban do in Hungary. They only lie a few Jew — they decide a Jew out — George Soros is that Jew — and so he is — he is — he is enjoying that outdated anti-Semitic trope as properly.
The 2 continued passing the Youngkin-bashing baton backwards and forwards to 1 one other as McAuliffe accused his Republican opponent of “racist dog-whistling” for making a difficulty of Vital Race Principle being taught in colleges. Bolstering his liberal visitor, Scarborough responded: “You stated Vital Race Principle shouldn’t be taught in Virginia public colleges. If that is the case, why on the planet would he carry up Vital Race Principle? I do not perceive. If it isn’t even taught in Virginia colleges, that would appear really to appear nefarious.”
And, though homicides elevated 43 % below McAuliffe’s earlier time period as governor, his declare that he presided over one of many lowest crime charges within the nation went unanswered. In 2013, the 12 months earlier than he took workplace, the per capita murder charge was earlier than the national average, however had increased above the nationwide common by 2017. Nationally, homicides had elevated 18 %.
Additionally it is noteworthy that Fox Information host Bret Baier has beforehand said that he has invited McAuliffe to look on his Particular Report present many instances unsuccessfully, demonstrating that the Democrat additionally turns down powerful questioning.
The interview ended with Scarborough difficult Youngkin to let him average a debate with McAuliffe that he promised could be “straight down the center” despite the destructive tone he had simply proven the Republican candidate all through the section.
However MSNBC’s rivals on Fox New Channel really confirmed video of McAuliffe walking off an interview on Tuesday when he did not just like the questions he was being requested. Additionally they addressed the crime concern, and Vice President Harris’s improper campaigning in a church.
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Transcript follows:
MSNBC’s Morning Joe
October 20, 2021
8:37 a.m. Jap
JOE SCARBOROUGH: So we hold asking your opponent to come back —
TERRY McAULIFFE, GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE (D-VA): Hello, Joe.
SCARBOROUGH: We hold asking your opponent to come back on the present.
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: He will not.
SCARBOROUGH: He will not come on the present — form of unusual to me. As you recognize — you watch this present on occasion — I am a small authorities conservative, I am a Second Modification man, I am frightened about inflation. I am frightened about these massive payments in Washington, D.C. You’d assume, if he is an actual conservative, he’d wish to come on and discuss that. Has he been dodging you in Virginia? Is he simply scared to talk publicly proper now? What is going on on with him?
McAULIFFE: Yeah, the man’s scared. To start with, he dodged out on the debates — the well-known debate we have had for 36 years — he would not debate me. He jumped out of all of the debates. And the reason being he does not wish to get requested powerful questions.
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Final night time he had a rally. I am doing conferences with small enterprise to speak about minimal wage, household and medical go away, what we have to do on paid sick go away. He has a rally yesterday — George Soros who after all is the Trump boogeyman. George Soros and I are by some means working this — I imply, they’re all carrying their tinfoil hats — it is getting nuttier by the day — however he is an anti-vaxxer — he does not consider in a girl’s proper to decide on — and he is harmful for Virginia.
SCARBOROUGH: Effectively, he additionally — if he is speaking about George Soros, that is the kind of anti-Semitism we see in the USA and internationally. That is what — that is what intolerant tyrants like Orban do in Hungary. They only lie a few Jew — they decide a Jew out — George Soros is that Jew — and so he is — he is — he is enjoying that outdated anti-Semitic trope as properly.
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McAULIFFE: And Glenn Youngkin’s marketing campaign has been nothing however canine whistles — racist canine whistles from day one. He talks about Vital Race Principle. It isn’t taught right here in Virginia. It’s a racist canine whistle. I’m sick and uninterested in it.
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SCARBOROUGH: That is fascinating. You stated Vital Race Principle shouldn’t be taught in Virginia public colleges. If that is the case, why on the planet would he carry up Vital Race Principle? I do not perceive. If it isn’t even taught in Virginia colleges, that would appear really to appear nefarious.
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McAULIFFE: And it is a racist canine whistle. We have to name issues out for what they’re. And it is sick — it is unhappy.
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McAULIFFE: I am going to hold you protected. I had the bottom crime charge of any main state in America once I was governor.
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SCARBOROUGH: Your opponent — once more, he is avoiding us — he is scared to come back on the present. I am not likely positive. I wish to ask you proper now if — we will ask you once more if he would debate you. We’ll query straight down the center for each of you guys, If he’ll settle for a debate on Morning Joe, will you come on the present and debate him right here?
McAULIFFE: Anytime, wherever you wish to do it, 24/7 particular, I am going to do it. He is been invited on — I feel I’ve performed six, 10 exhibits within the final week. Each single present says the identical factor in the long run. “We invited Glenn Youngkin, however he refused to come back on.” You might be working for governor. He is acquired to stop hiding. He would not debate me for months. I imply, it’s simply insane should you’re working for governor. How may you not reply a troublesome query?