On March 20, 2018, Senator Mark Warner (Democrat of Virginia), vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)
Senator Mark Warner (Democrat of Virginia) claimed on Sunday that if Congress passed the Biden administration’s infrastructure bill soon, former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe could have defeated the Republican governor candidate Glen Yankin.
Senator Mark Warner said that if Congress passed Biden’s infrastructure plan before the Virginia governor’s campaign, the outcome could be different. “Voters in Virginia and voters in the United States have given us the positions of President, Senate, and House of Representatives. They want us to make a difference.” #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/gIU4wryVAF
-State of the Union Address (@CNNSotu) November 7, 2021
“What’s different in a week,” Warner told host Dana Bash on CNN Union state. “I think if we can talk about that victory and show the jobs actually being created, things might be different.”
Bash asked: “The difference is that you think Terry McAuliffe could have won?”
Warner replied: “Of course. Absolutely. The voters of Virginia and the voters of the United States gave us the president, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. They want us to produce.”
A few months after the Senate passed legislation, and days after McAuliffe was defeated in Tuesday’s governor election, the House of Representatives passed a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill late Friday. McAuliffe had previously criticized Congress for slow progress on the infrastructure bill and the government’s $1.75 trillion settlement bill.
“This is my message to Congress: I am tired of all of them,” McAuliffe says During the debate with Youngkin in September. “They must stop chatting there, and now it’s time for them to pass it: let us pass this infrastructure bill for the United States.”
In the victory speech on Wednesday morning, Youngkin promised to reduce state taxes and audit the state government during his tenure. The governor-elect added that he will work to expand the choice of schools and referred to the local debate on school curriculum.
“We will embrace Virginia’s parents instead of ignoring them,” Yankin told supporters.
