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Fri Feb 19, 2021, 04:15 PM Feb 2021

Virginia Republicans Won't Accept Their Own Internal Vote

Virginia Republicans Won’t Accept Their Own Internal Vote

February 19, 2021 at 3:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 10 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/02/19/virginia-republicans-wont-accept-their-own-internal-vote/

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New York Times: “The Republican Party of Virginia has voted four times since December to nominate its candidates for this year’s statewide races at a convention instead of in a primary election. But in a sign of the Trumpian times of denial and dispute in the GOP, nearly half of the party’s top officials are still trying to reverse the results.”

“State Republicans have internalized the lesson that there is no benefit to accepting results they don’t like, and the result is a paralyzed party unable to set the date, location and rules for how and when it will pick its 2021 nominees for statewide office, including the race for governor.”

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