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Trump operative quits Gillespie campaign for Va. governor, sources say
By Laura Vozzella October 18 at 5:51 PM
RICHMOND The man who rallied Southwest Virginia to vote for Donald Trump last year quit Republican Ed Gillespies gubernatorial campaign this week, offended by a personal snub and exasperated by the campaigns highly cautious stance toward the president, according to three Republicans familiar with his decision.
Jack Morgans departure follows a half-empty Gillespie rally headlined by Vice President Pence on Saturday in Southwest Virginia, a coal country region that voted overwhelmingly for Trump in November. ... Gillespie hired Morgan, a colorful evangelical preacher and former 9th Congressional District GOP chairman, as his ambassador to Trump country after nearly losing the June primary to a rival who had run in the presidents bombastic, populist image.
But Gillespies campaign did not let Morgan help plan or speak at the rally over the objections of another GOP candidate who employs Morgan, state Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel, who is running for lieutenant governor and wanted him to introduce her. ... Morgans wife was so offended that she refused to drive John Whitbeck, chair of the Republican Party of Virginia, to the airport for his return trip, according to the three Republicans familiar with the matter. And in an area of the state that Gillespie needs to turn out in force to overcome Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) on Nov. 7, activists took to social media to vent their outrage.
I will guarantee you all this, Republican activist William Totten, the Smyth County director for Vogel, wrote on Facebook, should Ed ever run for anything in politics again I will work my every waking moment to make sure he loses the primary. ... Blunter still was activist Patricia Bast Lyman. Ed showing his elitist butt to the 9th was a MONUMENTAL error from which he will not recover, she posted on Facebook.
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Laura Vozzella covers Virginia politics for The Washington Post.
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Trump operative quits Gillespie campaign for Va. governor, sources say
By Laura Vozzella October 18 at 5:51 PM
RICHMOND The man who rallied Southwest Virginia to vote for Donald Trump last year quit Republican Ed Gillespies gubernatorial campaign this week, offended by a personal snub and exasperated by the campaigns highly cautious stance toward the president, according to three Republicans familiar with his decision.
Jack Morgans departure follows a half-empty Gillespie rally headlined by Vice President Pence on Saturday in Southwest Virginia, a coal country region that voted overwhelmingly for Trump in November. ... Gillespie hired Morgan, a colorful evangelical preacher and former 9th Congressional District GOP chairman, as his ambassador to Trump country after nearly losing the June primary to a rival who had run in the presidents bombastic, populist image.
But Gillespies campaign did not let Morgan help plan or speak at the rally over the objections of another GOP candidate who employs Morgan, state Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel, who is running for lieutenant governor and wanted him to introduce her. ... Morgans wife was so offended that she refused to drive John Whitbeck, chair of the Republican Party of Virginia, to the airport for his return trip, according to the three Republicans familiar with the matter. And in an area of the state that Gillespie needs to turn out in force to overcome Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D) on Nov. 7, activists took to social media to vent their outrage.
I will guarantee you all this, Republican activist William Totten, the Smyth County director for Vogel, wrote on Facebook, should Ed ever run for anything in politics again I will work my every waking moment to make sure he loses the primary. ... Blunter still was activist Patricia Bast Lyman. Ed showing his elitist butt to the 9th was a MONUMENTAL error from which he will not recover, she posted on Facebook.
....
Laura Vozzella covers Virginia politics for The Washington Post.
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Those Facebook accounts weren't linked in the article. I can look for them tomorrow, but my connection now is too slow.
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Trump operative quits Gillespie campaign for Va. governor, sources say (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Oct 2017
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bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)1. Gillespie is going to get crushed
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,621 posts)2. As I said earlier elsewhere at DU: Aaaaarrrrrggghhhhh!
GOTV
GOTV
GOTV
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Keep your eyes on the prize.
Do not get complacent.
When I voted on the morning of November 8, 2016, I had no idea what was coming.
Best_man23
(4,907 posts)4. I said this in another thread
VA Dems must act as if Northram is 10 pts behind. No let up until after Election Day.
Yonnie3
(17,491 posts)3. I am so sorry to hear of their infighting.
<snicker>
Seriously, Gillespie must not think he can win the governorship as a Trump style candidate. To me that is encouraging. Will this fight cause a lower Republican turnout? One can hope. In spite of the overwhelming support for Trump in Southwest Virginia he didn't take the state. Gillespie must figure that losing some votes there will be offset by gains in other areas by his distance from Trump.
This is going to be a close race. VOTE!