President Joe Biden tested his political muscle in the state of Virginia on Friday in a campaign stop for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, who Biden said was running against an 'acolyte' of former President Donald Trump.
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks before signing the "VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021" during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstARLINGTON, Va.
Biden traveled the short distance from Washington to a park in Arlington, Virginia, for the event for McAuliffe, a long-term fixture in Democratic politics who is running for a second term as Virginia governor in November's election. “Terry McAuliffe must be worried about his terrible poll numbers if he’s already calling in political favors this early in the campaign," said Youngkin's spokesperson Macaulay Porter.
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