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Glenn Yonkin, the governor of Virginia, has been making the rounds on television. There's a lot of

speculation about Yonkin running for president. He was on Fox News yesterday.

They asked him about it.

Marie, I've said over and over again how humbling it is to even talk about my name in this context.

But I am so focused on Virginia elections this year to make sure that we deliver.

We've got a giant agenda.

And therefore, I'm campaigning across Virginia for our House and Senate delegates and senators.

I'm not in Iowa and I'm not in South Carolina and New Hampshire. We're focusing on Virginia.

If you listen to Republican donors, they're unhappy with the state of the Republican field.

Republican donors, you should know, the top donors, the big donors, they're always unhappy with the Republican field. Republican donors, you should know, the top donors,

the big donors, they're always unhappy with the Republican field. There is an infatuation with

the idea that Glenn Yonkin will run for president. You know, when Yonkin came to the gathering

two weeks ago, he was a little bit apprehensive about coming because there were going to be so many presidential candidates there and he didn't want to be perceived as one of the potential candidates. And he asked if he could bring Governor Kemp back on stage and so they could have a talk about early voting. That was his focus and his passion.

And we said, it's going to be a bad idea.

They're going to think you're introducing a ticket.

And, well, it made it more comfortable so we did.

And sure enough, you should have seen it.

So in the afternoon, I was doing a series of candidate interviews.

And much of the national press that was in the back of the room disappeared.

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