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Racist Smear Backfires On Democrats In Critical U.S. Governor Election

Daily Mail: Bid to smear Virginia Rep gubernatorial challenger as a racist is foiled: Fake Youngkin supporters dressed as 'Unite the Right' protestors pose in front of his bus, setting off firestorm of criticism - before Lincoln Project admits stunt 

* Five people holding tiki torches stood outside a campaign bus for the pro-Trump candidate for Virginia's gubernatorial race on Friday 

* The five were in Charlottesville, in a deliberate echo of the August 2017 rally under the banner Unite The Right which saw neo-Nazis clash with counter-protesters 

* One person died in the violence and Donald Trump sparked fury by saying that there were 'good people on both sides' of the rally 

* An aide to Glenn Youngkin, the pro-Trump candidate, blamed his opponent Terry McAuliffe for the stunt, but McAuliffe's team said they had not sent the five 

* The Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans known for their memes, later admitted to staging the prank 

*Trump supporters claimed that McAuliffe's team really staged the stunt, but asked the Lincoln Project to take the criticism when it backfired 

* Charlottesville progressives were furious that their city, still hurting from the violence of August 2017, was used as the butt of a joke 

The anti-Donald Trump group The Lincoln Project admitted to planting five people carrying tiki torches at a Charlottesville campaign stop by Virginia's Republican candidate for governor on Friday - a political stunt that tried to smear the surging GOP candidate ahead of Tuesday's tight election race. 

The Lincoln Project only confessed to the attempt to derail GOP candidate Glenn Youngkin when eagle-eyed reporters identified those participating as operatives within the Virginia Democratic party. 

Cameron Joseph, senior political correspondent with Vice, tweeted: 'They only took credit/blame after I told them I IDed someone in the photo.'  

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WNU Editor: Here is a good summary on how this story was exploited by the main stream media, until the identities of the above individuals and their allegiance for Democrat candidate Terry McAuliffe became known .... Lincoln Project Democrat Operatives Busted For White Nationalist Hoax (Zero Hedge).



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