McAuliffe followed up with an ad claiming what he said is being misconstrued and that he really meant the opposite.Ĭomedian Groucho Marx once quipped "Who are you going to believe - me or your own eyes?" Douglas Wilder, Virginia's first black governor, has weighed in saying he believes churches will jeopardize their tax-exempt status if they show Harris' video.
According to some opinions, Harris' politicking for McAuliffe in churches violates either or both the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits tax-exempt entities such as churches from electioneering, and the Hatch Act, which prohibits federal government officials from using their position to influence the outcome of an election.įormer Democratic Virginia Gov. Vice President Kamala Harris sent a video to more than 300 black churches statewide, urging support for McAuliffe. McAuliffe's 5-point lead over his opponent, Republican Glenn Youngkin, who has made parental control in education a central issue in his campaign, has disappeared.īig-name Democrats, including former President Barack Obama, are now showing up in Virginia with a mop and pail. 28, "I don't think parents should be telling schools what they should teach." Now Democrats are trying to clean up the mess created by Virginia Democratic candidate for governor, Terry McAuliffe, when he said in a debate on Sept.
The joke goes that a slip of the tongue for a politician means that they accidentally said what they actually believe. Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin participate in a gubernatorial debate.