Former president Donald Trump bashed Fox News for accepting advertisements from the Lincoln Project and other outfits driving a wedge between him and Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin.
The Lincoln Project recently released an ad claiming that "loser" Trump had been "banned" from Virginia by the Republican candidate.
"During the primary, and in certain parts of Virginia, Glenn Youngkin was as big a fan of Donald Trump as anyone, but now that it's time to close the deal with Virginians, Youngkin is begging the former president to stay away," said Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson in a statement. "This dynamic is representative of today's Republican Party: Court Trump and his base to win the primary and then run away from the MAGA world as fast as possible. Our message to Trump with this ad is simple: You're being played."
The twice-impeached one-term president will host a virtual rally Monday, the day before Virginia's election, but Youngkin won't take part despite drawing Trump's endorsement.
"The Fake News media, together with some of the perverts doing ads ad nauseam on primarily Fox (Fox shouldn't take those ads!), are trying to create an impression that Glenn Youngkin and I are at odds and don't like each other," Trump said in a statement issued through spokeswoman Liz Harrington, who has not been banned from Twitter. "Importantly, this is not true. We get along very well together and strongly believe in many of the same policies. Especially when it comes to the important subject of education."
"The reason the Fake News and perverts are working over time is to try and convince people that we do not like each other, and therefore, my great and unprecedented Make America Great Again base will not show up to vote," Trump added. "Also, I am not a believer in the integrity of Virginia's elections, lots of bad things went on, and are going on. The way you beat it is to flood the system and get out and vote."