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Virginia politics is getting uglier. This time it s to do with a fact-checker that called out a deceptive ad from Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. The fact-check was retracted a few hours later.
On Tuesday morning, PolitiFact Virginia addressed an ad released by McAuliffe, who is once more running for the position he held from 2013-2017. The state constitution prevents governors from running for consecutive terms. The ad claimed that McAuliffe s Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin, issued comments praising him.
The script of the 39-second ad reads:
Narrator: Glenn Youngkin is relying on an old political playbook: trash your opponent and try to scare the public into liking you.
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