At governors’ gathering, Republicans fawn over the new guy
Virginia’s governor-elect played a starring role at the RGA’s annual conference but the former president was never far from mind.
Youngkin was also showcased at the only two publicly broadcast events — a panel about Washington, D.C., dysfunction and an RGA press conference. His victory, and the lessons it could hold for Republicans in the midterms, were the subject of a GOP study and roundtable discussion from pollsters who surveyed voter attitudes after the Virginia race.
“All the momentum is on our side, and Glenn’s race was the canary in the coal mine,” said Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, an anti-Trump Republican who ranks as one of the most popular governors in the nation.
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, the RGA co-chair for 2022, agreed.
“The Glenn Youngkin race provides a roadmap for Republicans in blue states and swing states. His win will define a new generation of Republican leadership and is a huge boost nationally going into 2022. This will be the most important election cycle in more than a decade for our party,” Ricketts said.
...For the most part, when the governors spoke about Trump this week, it was only after media prompting. Some bluntly said it’s time for the party to move on from the former president’s baseless claims of election fraud. Most of the public remarks, however, focused on presenting the states as laboratories of conservative ideas, and casting the midterm elections as a referendum on the Biden administration and progressive “wokeness. . ."
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