Gillespie was an establishment guy, and was losing badly.
So he switched to a focus on immigration and closed the gap, and ultimately lost a fairly close one. He was not a Trumpian candidate.
Either way, anybody who puts too much emphasis on the virginia governor's race does so at their own peril
Andrew Morgan
Imagine owning all the networks, all the big newspapers, all the big social media sites then still getting buttslammed by Bannon.
9.8/10 mad
Brody Wright
Except Virginia can be a bellweather for the national mood changing.
It foreshadowed the GOP sweep of the legislative branches during Obama's terms.
Also, wasn't Charlottesville in Virginia?
Aiden Cox
Well if you want to believe that surely this will signal the end of le blumph xD you're free to do so.
2010 was a long time ago and virginia is not the same state demographically
Liam Scott
The fear of Bannon in both the right and left establishments is real. The establishments do not fear Trump as President as much as they do Bannon.
Alexander Kelly
you faggots really don't understand how any of this work, that's why you ran Hillary and why you will run a nigger tranny in 2020
Joseph Lee
>that's why you ran Hillary and why you will run a nigger tranny in 2020 Nah. They are going to run "I am a Zionist" and "Whites will be a minority" Joe Biden.
If Bannon is such a cool guy, why did Trump agree to remove him from the White House
Ayden Walker
Bannon is an opportunist seeking to leech off of Trump's win and promote pseudo-populism with nuts like Roy Moore and Kelli Ward instead of actual electable candidates
Aaron Hernandez
>why did Trump agree to remove him from the White House Who did Trump agree with?
Landon Howard
Bannon was the biggest leaker in the White House.
He was the cause of most of the turmoil and chaos going on inside.
Leo Young
Since your thick skull still doesn't get it.
Running on any level of Trumpism in s demographically changed state is fucking suicide, genius.
Trumpism was FUCKED in Virginia. The state is too goddamn blue.
Zachary Torres
How do you think Bannon is feeling right now?
Aiden Turner
Same old tired claims without proof. Leaks have continued well after Bannon was gone.
Hudson Myers
The other problem is that Trump isn't a Trump candidate any more. No one is buying the fake red meat for the base when they know the actual history of the guy and what he stands for. Voters aren't as dumb as some people would like them to be.
Jason Edwards
Prolly contacting his lawyers.
Aaron Robinson
oh look, libcuck shills
Cooper Perez
He'll never admit it, but embaassed as fuck.
He ran a working-class red-state anxiety playbook in a swing state crawling with suburbanites and city folk, whose attitude towards Trump is less than positive.
Aaron Hall
He was running as a basic establishment Republican and getting throttled, so obviously nobody trusted the guy. You must be a dunce to not understand that incredibly simple point...
Gabriel Reyes
Virginia has been strategically and successfully ethnically cleansed of the white vote.
Only thing left is minorities and self-hating anti-white liberals who will ride the anti-white Democrat train to victory.
Jeremiah Peterson
And if he had run as a Trump-style populist from the start, he would have lost a lot worse than he did.
In a state full of suburbanites, city folk and minorities? He would have wiped out far worse on a full Trump platform.
Owen Edwards
He most certainly did. MS-13? Immigration? Those definitely are not "establishment" talking points, kiddo. Go on, keep on showing you're underage.
James Young
Stop being stupid. You can see that he made the huge gap much smaller by going against sanctuary cities and illegal alien gangs like MS-13.
You can literally look at the polls and see this, idiot.
Juan Myers
Must be why Trump won 44.41 percent of the vote there, lol.
William Hernandez
>Stop being stupid
Says the guy who argues Trumpism would work in a state won by HILLARY.
Trump himself couldn't win the state.
David Martinez
Big difference between the turnout during Presidential election years and mid terms. It was doable if his voters were energized enough.
Jack Bell
That's not what I argued at all. Goddamn, you are such an imbecile; I really hope you're just "trolling."
Jason Powell
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Kayden Cox
Shareblue isn't fucking active anymore you retard. Stop pretending you're not the shill you hasbara piece of shit.
Sebastian Stewart
Are you saying the Republican candidate was too much like Trump, or not enough?
Because I call bullshit on BOTH.
Ayden Stewart
Your political landscape if so fucked, Americans. I guess if our goal was to "hurr durr destabilize democracy", it sort of worked, eh?
Xavier Turner
You sound pretty angry. Pissed people aren't onto your consensus cracking?
Camden Watson
Let me ask you a question you don't have a fucking answer for.
"Who is next in line after Putin?"
Realize how fucked you truly are when you can't come up with an answer.
Joseph Robinson
What? The only concensus is that Alt-Right is controlled oppo.
Andrew Smith
well Gillespie didn't want Bannon's help. so he didn't back him. Gillespie was a Bush neo con, therefore a "swamp creature"
gets your facts straight before you post low quality shit user
Jeremiah Diaz
Seriously. Putin has no successor, quite deliberately. Then one one can replace him and he can stay on forever.
The problem with his strategy is obvious. When he dies, there will be anarchy.
Aiden Wood
Bannon endorsed him when it became clear his Republican rival would not best him. it was political opportunism on his part.