On Sunday, Rep. Don Bayer (D-VA) praised the smooth transition meeting between Virginia Democratic Governor Ralph Northam and the elected governor Glenn Jankin, While making an obvious sarcasm against the former president Donald Trump.
“The Democratic candidates gave in to the Republican elected governor. The governor of Virginia, the Democrats, welcome him. They did not lie. They did not try to deceive. They did not try to overturn the result. They did not incite violence. This is how democracy should work. ,” Bayer tweeted about the Thursday meeting on Sunday.
Bayer seems to be criticizing the former president. For more than a year, he has been propagating that the 2020 election was stolen and full of voter fraud.
Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that votes were stolen fueled the rebellion in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, when a group of his supporters tried to prevent the president’s election certification Joe BidenTrump and his allies have conducted countless election audits and lawsuits in Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Florida, and have failed to prove his theory many times.
The Democratic candidate gave in to the Republican-elected governor.
The Democrat Governor of Virginia welcomed him.
They did not lie.
They did not try to cheat.
They did not try to overturn the result.
They did not incite violence.This is how democracy should work. https://t.co/eiNd1EqDzy
-Representative Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) November 7, 2021
On Sunday, Bayer shared a video of Northam and Yankin cordially discussing the upcoming power transfer in Virginia as a way of contrasting Trump’s refusal to accept defeat.
“We just had a delicious lunch, and I can’t describe it in any other way. It is incredibly humble for me to be welcomed to this home so gracefully,” Youngkin stood next to Northam in the video Said. “I just want to thank you for showing that you will help us in an incredibly cooperative way. This is very important. We have a lot of work to do… I am very grateful for your willingness to be our future in Virginia. It will be very helpful in the next phase.”
Youngkin defeats the Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe Tuesday, mark one A difficult week for the Democrats. In New Jersey, Republicans Also claimed that the state legislative district previously owned by it Democratic Party, And the current Democratic governor Phil Murphy was re-elected by a narrow margin.
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Trump, who lost to Biden in Virginia, said on Wednesday that Yankin’s victory Prove that there is an election fraud problem in the state During the presidential campaign.
In an interview with right-wing radio host John Fredericks, Trump said: “Our country’s election process is very corrupt, and I have exposed this.” “I don’t believe we lost there. I don’t believe it. We lost Virginia. How chaotic, how chaotic, this election process. Now I don’t believe it. They say Virginia is blue. I never believe it is blue.”
Weekly newspaper Trump’s representative was contacted for more comment, but did not respond to the announcement in time.
