Glenn Youngkin is 'facing a crossroads' after a 'devastating electoral loss': report
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin had high hopes for Election Night 2023, investing considerable time and energy in state legislature races.
The conservative GOP governor reportedly hoped that if Republicans took over the Virginia State Legislature in a big way, he would be able to take credit for it, jump in the 2024 GOP presidential primary and overtake Donald Trump as the frontrunner. But it didn't work out that way: Democrats flipped the Virginia House of Delegates while keeping their majority in the Virginia Senate.
In an article published by Politico on November 10, reporters Adam Wren, Zach Montellaro and Meridith McGraw stress that following a "devastating electoral loss, Youngkin finds himself "facing a crossroads." And the big question is: Where does he go from here?
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One option for reporters, according to the reporters, is making maximum use of his veto power when Democrats control both branches of the Virginia State Legislature in 2024.
Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told Politico, "He's going to be basically Mr. Veto, vetoing the outrageous, obnoxious things that the extreme legislature is going to be pushing him on. But in some ways, that might actually help him."
Youngkin donor and ally Brad Hobbs, however, doesn't think that the Republican governor will go negative in 2024.
Hobbs told Politico, "He's not a veto guy. He's not a negative guy. A veto sounds wrong. He will get together with them and say, 'Here’s what we can do together.'"
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Read Politico's full report at this link.
