The Virginia Results Aren’t the Victory Trump Thinks They Are
Glenn Youngkin won without going full MAGA—and showed the possibility of a party that isn’t Trump’s any longer.
Last night’s elections were fantastic news for the Republican Party, disastrous for the Democratic Party—and a mixed verdict for Donald Trump.
In winning the Virginia gubernatorial race, Republican Glenn Youngkin—and other successful GOP candidates in the Old Dominion and elsewhere—nodded toward the kinds of themes that the former president has accentuated. After all, it’s his party now. But in winning while keeping Trump at arm’s length, Youngkin also showed the possibility of a party that isn’t Trump’s any longer.
Perhaps that’s why Trump’s initial Election
