But former President Donald Trump is muddling that strategy. "I would pay for the fuel to get Donald Trump here," McAuliffe told CNN days before he won the Democratic Party's nomination last month. The Democratic Governors Association responded to the Trump statement with a simple question: "When's the Trump-Youngkin rally in Virginia?" Youngkin's campaign responded to the Trump statement by accusing the former Democratic governor of being tied to Trump himself. "The trouble for Terry is that he's a total fraud who took $25,000 from Donald Trump, hugged Donald Trump, toasted Donald Trump, and now pretends like he hasn't been friends with him for nearly three decades."

Source: CNN July 09, 2021 20:15 UTC