Trump made a full-throated endorsement of Youngkin the same day he's meant to headline a tele-rally on the gubernatorial candidate's behalf
Donald Trump lambasted his critics as 'perverts' and encouraged Virginians to 'get out and vote for a man who will be a great governor' in Glenn Youngkin in a lengthy statement on Monday morning.
He also baselessly claimed that 'lots of bad things went on, and are going on' in Virginia's elections - just a day before voters there head to the polls to decide who will next lead the state.
Trump, who backed Youngkin in a Saturday night Fox News interview, is now attacking the network for running 'ads ad nauseam' that he claims misrepresent his relationship with the Republican gubernatorial candidate.
'The Fake News media, together with some of the perverts doing ads ad nauseam on primarily Fox (Fox shouldn’t take those ads!), are trying to create an impression that Glenn Youngkin and I are at odds and don’t like each other,' the ex-president said in an emailed statement through his Save America PAC.
He appears to be referring to Republican group the Lincoln Project, which was responsible for a public stunt in which white men dressed up in button-down shirts and khakis, carried tiki torches and appeared to emphatically support Youngkin. It was an attempt to tie Youngkin to the infamous Charlottesville Unite the Right rally.
'Importantly, this is not true, we get along very well together and strongly believe in many of the same policies. Especially when it comes to the important subject of education.'
The subject of education has been a lightning rod in the Virginia election. Parents there and nationwide have clashed with educators over critical race theory and mask guidelines in public schools.
Youngkin seized on the anger, focusing his campaign on the promise that parents will have more control over what goes on in their child's education.
He's also notably chosen to not appear alongside any national Republican figure during any of his campaign events - contrasted against former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, who enlisted top Democrats like Joe Biden and Barack Obama to campaign for him.
But Trump is making his first official appearance for Youngkin later today when he'll appear in a tele-rally on the GOP businessman's behalf. Reports have said Youngkin will not be in attendance.
Throughout the campaign trail Youngkin, a first-time political candidate like Trump was, has for the most part avoided being seen at public events alongside national Republican figures
In his statement Trump lambasted Youngkin's rival, former Governor Terry McAuliffe, as a 'low-life politician who lies, cheats, and steals'
Election watchers say Youngkin has tried to keep his distance from a polarizing figure like Trump so as not to alienate suburban swing voters. But on Monday Trump disputed that, blaming the narrative on 'perverts' and 'Fake News.'
'The reason the Fake News and perverts are working over time is to try and
