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White supremacist chokes up in new video. Biden won Virginia by 10 points in He won California by nearly It will attract attention from Democratic voters and galvanize some number of them to the polls. It will likely appeal to Black voters in Virginia, who are a crucial voting bloc for Democrats in the commonwealth.

Some voters of color were disappointed that McAuliffe was the Democratic nominee, beating out three Black candidates. But on Tuesday, Youngkin did have praise for Trump and in fact compared himself to him. Obama previewed his message to voters in a second TV ad released by the McAuliffe campaign on Wednesday.

It was as much about the national stakes as anything else. In other words, a Republican win increases the chances that the GOP retakes control of Congress a year from now and that Trump runs for president again in A number of Republican-controlled state legislatures have changed their laws this year to make it easier to change election results after voters have cast their ballots.

Obama is appearing in Richmond for a reason. It is home to one of the biggest concentrations of Black voters in the state, along with portions of Norfolk and areas of northern Virginia.

But Democrats in Richmond are less engaged in politics than those in northern Virginia, where proximity to Washington, D. It is designed to tap into issues that matter at the national level to distinct Democratic constituencies. Talking about threats to abortion access — as in Texas, where the state Legislature has restricted it after six weeks of pregnancy — attracts interest from suburban Democratic voters.

And McAuliffe is tying Youngkin to Trump at every chance he can get, as he has all through the campaign. But Trump's call-in to the Bannon event last week was a gift to McAuliffe, in part because it featured a bizarre moment when attendees said the Pledge of Allegiance to an American flag that an event organizer said had been carried in Washington, D.

Capitol by Trump supporters. Youngkin did say this show of devotion to an artifact associated with Jan. And Youngkin has called for an audit of voting machines, something that already happens. The former governor, who was in office from to and was limited to one term at a time by the state constitution, released an ad this week saying that Youngkin has been taking his comment about parents out of context.

CRT had become a hot-button issue on right-wing media over the summer, and Youngkin has harnessed the fears of mostly white parents about how race is discussed in school, connecting it to larger concerns about the education system, such as school policies concerning transgender students.

He spent several minutes Tuesday evening in a prepared speech to supporters talking about a student, identified by authorities as a year-old male, who has been accused of sexually assaulting two female students in different high schools, and was arrested in July for two counts of assault. In introducing Obama, McAuliffe — who won the governor's race in and is seeking to win the office again — told the crowd that they have to turn out: "You all know what's at stake.

The Virginia governor's race, coming less than one year into Joe Biden's presidency, is being viewed by many as a sort of referendum of the president's term so far, as Biden has struggled to push his ambitious domestic agenda through a Democratic-controlled by still fractious Congress.

And because Democrats' control of Congress is so slim, the results of the midterm elections will have an outsized influence on Biden's ability to get anything done in the second half of his term. Supporters who gathered on the outdoor patio at the VCU library said they understand Obama's warnings about low turnout.

Katherine Lutge, 21, who drove three hours with Pullen for the rally, especially praised McAuliffe's ticket mate Hala Ayala, who is vying to become the first woman of color to be the state's lieutenant governor.

The year-old friends attend VCU and said they were inspired to vote after hearing Obama speak. Obama's appearance at a get-out-the-vote rally in downtown Richmond comes at a crucial moment for McAuliffe's neck-and-neck race in Virginia with Republican Glenn Youngkin.

Want a politics roundup every night? Now, the former Virginia governor is bringing in popular Black politicians to encourage Black voters — a critical base for Democrats — to vote early or show up to the polls on Nov. Obama spent most of his speech promoting McAuliffe but reserved some time to criticize his opponent and other Republicans for extreme partisanship, as well as GOP opposition to abortion and expanded voting rights.

The former president did not cite Youngkin by name, nor did he mention the name of another prominent Republican: former president Donald Trump. He did attack "the lies and conspiracy theories" that Trump continues to advance about his loss to President Joe Biden. At one point, Obama mocked Youngkin, a businessman making his first political race, for campaign events at grocery stores and for his support from Trump: "You can't run ads telling me you're a regular old hoops-playing, dishwashing, fleece-wearing guy but quietly cultivate support from those who seek to tear down our democracy.

When the crowd booed at a reference at Youngkin, Obama re-upped a refrain he used during his days on the campaign trail: "Don't boo — vote!