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The Megyn Kelly Show

GOP's Giant Virginia Victory, with Ken Cuccinelli, Charles C.W. Cooke, Asra Nomani, and Bill McGurn | Ep. 195

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.632.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2021

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Ken Cuccinelli, former Attorney General of Virginia, Asra Nomani, VP at Parents Defending Education, Charles C.W. Cooke, senior writer at National Review, and Bill McGurn, columnist at the Wall Street Journal, to talk about how Glenn Youngkin beat the odds and won in Virginia, the impact of "mama bear" mom voters, how what is being taught in schools became a key campaign issue, the "bad ideas" of racial division, Minneapolis voters rejecting the "defund the police" rhetoric, Seattle electing its first GOP official since 1989, more key races across the country, what Youngkin's win means for Biden's agenda, the key demographic shifts from 2020 to 2021, an incredible New Jersey state senate victory by a truck driver, the Trump impact on the 2021 races, and more.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Megan Kelly show, your home for open, honest and provocative conversations.

0:07.0

Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly. Welcome to the Megan Kelly show. We have a huge show for

0:16.1

you today following a giant GOP Virginia victory last night. Republican Glenn Youngkin did

0:23.0

it. He beat Democrat Terry McCollough against all odds, handily in a race that was seen

0:30.3

and is still as a bell weather for what may come in 2022 and 2024. But that's not even

0:36.6

close to it. The Republicans are projected to flip the Virginia State House to picking

0:42.5

up at least seven seats held by Democrats. The Virginia voters have had their say and

0:48.7

they feel really strongly about a change in direction in that state. And it's not just

0:55.0

Virginia and the South in New Jersey. New Jersey, deep blue New Jersey, nearly Virginia at

1:01.0

least used to be red. New Jersey's been blue forever. So it seems Democratic incumbent

1:06.1

Phil Murphy is locked in a shockingly close battle with his GOP challenger, Jack Chatterle.

1:13.4

Despite Murphy being up by as much as eight points in recent polls, he is expected to

1:18.3

eke out a tiny victory as of this moment, but it's not yet completely certain. And the

1:23.0

fact that he is even on the ropes in New Jersey says a lot about our national electoral politics,

1:30.5

which we'll get into in one minute. Meanwhile, a ballot initiative in Minneapolis, touted

1:34.9

by Representative Ilhan Omar to replace the police with a public safety department failed.

1:41.8

And Seattle elected the very first Republican official in the city since 1989. This is

1:48.2

you've got recalls going for school board members and DAs as far west as San Francisco,

1:55.7

a Democrat blood bath on Long Island where Republicans are taking over office by office.

2:02.5

I could go on even here in Connecticut where I am a Republican sweep. It's it was an incredible

2:08.5

day for for team red. And there are all sorts of reasons for that to break it down for us

2:14.5

today. We've got a cast of all stars, Charles C W cook of national review, Bill McGurne of

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