“Terry McAuliffe is filing his own motion with a request for dismissal of the Republican lawsuit aimed at removing him from the general election ballot. ‘We haven’t even made it to Election Day and Virginia Republicans are already trying to undermine the election results in court using Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani’s playbook,’ said McAuliffe spokesperson, Christina Freundlich in a statement Friday night. ‘Terry McAuliffe overwhelmingly won the Democratic primary with the support of hundreds of thousands of Virginians – more than any other primary candidate in Virginia history – and this Trumpian attempt to distort the law and the will of the voters will not prevent him from becoming the Commonwealth’s next governor'” the Virginia Scope reports.
On Thursday the Virginia Republican Party sued the State Board of Elections alleging McAuliffe had neglected to sign an official declaration of candidacy in March, signaling they know their guy Glenn Youngkin is fucked. This week Youngkin even refused to commit to refusing to accept the result of the election if he loses, which shows his lack of seriousness in appealing to MAGA voters.