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   Statewide candidates who ran in Virginia this year say prejudice   
   both outside but especially within the Democratic Party played a   
   prominent role in Republican victories.   
      
   Del. Sam Rasoul, who ran for lieutenant governor in the Democratic   
   primary, said, “This is not a win by Republicans. I think that this   
   is a loss by our party.”   
      
   Overt racism, sexism, and Islamophobia   
      
   There were several instances of overt racially motivated bias that   
   candidates say demonstrate the impact of prejudice on their   
   campaigns, but one of the most public happened to Rasoul on the   
   debate stage.   
      
   During the only debate between lieutenant governor candidates this   
   year, a moderator asked Rasoul an Islamophobic question. ABC7 anchor   
   Dave Lucas asked Rasoul if, because he’s accepted donations from   
   out-of-state Muslim donors, he can “assure Virginians, if you’re   
   elected, that you’ll represent all of them regardless of faith or   
   beliefs?”   
      
   Rasoul says it was part of a broader attack on his campaign.   
      
   “It wasn’t just a moderator. Questions were scanned by a whole team   
   at the station and approved in advance,” Rasoul said. “Part of the   
   rules were that you'd have to ask questions that could be posed to   
   everyone on stage, and that clearly violated that rule. It was a   
   targeted hit.”   
      
   A similar accusation was made toward state Sen. Jennifer McClellan,   
   who ran in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. This time, the   
   attack came not from the media but another candidate for governor.   
      
   Both before and after she lost the nomination to Gov.-elect Glenn   
   Youngkin, state Sen. Amanda Chase commented publicly that she   
   believes McClellan wouldn’t represent all Virginians by pointing to   
   her leadership of the Black caucus.   
      
   In a 2020 tweet, Chase wrote “One thing you can be sure of - she is   
   NOT for ALL Virginians.” She repeated that sentiment in a video   
   posted in March.   
      
   McClellan said she hasn’t seen anything that overt in her more than   
   14 years as a legislator.   
      
   “[It was] the first example of sort of straight-up racism I’ve   
   faced,” McClellan said.   
      
   Princess Blanding, a candidate for the Liberation Party, says the   
   racism and sexism she experienced came from within the Democratic   
   Party. Although she appeared on the ballot this year alongside   
   former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Republican candidate   
   Youngkin,  she was never invited to appear on the debate stage with   
   her competitors. That exclusion, Blanding says, is rooted in a   
   racially motivated suppression of her campaign.   
      
   https://vpm.org/news/articles/27261/virginia-candidates-say-racism-   
   and-sexism-played-a-role-in-democratic-losses   
      
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