What is going well in Virginia? If you’re President Trump or Senate Candidate Hung Cao, then almost everything. The Old Dominion is showing a lot of promise. Early voting, mail-in returns early, energy and enthusiasm at Republican events, crowd size, etc. We’ve heard reports that the Harris Campaign is pulling staffers from low priority states nearby to support their efforts in Virginia.
They are panicking because they fear losing Virginia. They are pulling in staff from other states to strengthen their position in Virginia. Virginia is not the only state in play. Trump will win Virginia and @HungCao_VA.
This post has been viewed over 1.3 millions times. According to the comments in the post, Virginians can feel the enthusiasm and other people in states see it as well. People have always asked me about my source. Some even doubted that there was one. I cannot reveal the identity of my source, but I can say it’s someone who knows the conversations between Harris Virginia staffers and in whom I place a high level of trust.
There is plenty of objective evidence that supports the claim. Let me explain. The following is not proof and I acknowledge that all of my information on the Harris campaign comes from one source. It is supported by public reporting, the Washington media/political circuit, as well as many of my personal observations.
Source confirms that Harris is “panicking”, (not my words), and they are importing “staff from other states.” It does not appear that these other states were Georgia or Pennsylvania as some speculated. This is absurd. I assume that the staffers come from lower priority states, not higher.
Public reports confirm that the UK Labour Party sent staffers to assist the Harris campaign in Pennsylvania Georgia and Virginia. Virginia’s involvement is evident from this alone. The UK staff will then visit Michigan or Arizona as the third state.
But there is much more. Early GOP voters are displaying unprecedented energy. About 47% of in-person voters lean Republican and 45% Democrat. This is a dramatic change from previous years. In Fairfax County alone, the in-person vote is well above 40% GOP. This is a very high rate. For comparison purposes, Joe Biden beat Donald Trump in Fairfax County 72-28 percent in 2020. This, combined with the massive turnouts in traditionally GOP areas, suggests a clear and strong majority for Trump. Hung Cao is a retired Navy captain who has been running for Senate. His fortunes are rising along with Trump.
Also, there is the great realignment of demographic groups within the two major political parties. This is true not only for the working class vs. elites, but also for traditionally Democrat ethnicities and legal immigrants. We are genuinely pleased to see that internal GOP polls in Richmond show us leading by 2-3 percentage points. This suggests that support for Hung Cao among black men may be more real than what public polling indicates. Both candidates are in sync, and as Captain Cao was boosted by Trump so too is Hung Cao by the former president, whose campaign has a distinct traditional male persona.
We are seeing a huge and overwhelming support from the entire legal immigrant population for Trump and Hung Cao. The Chinese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Indians, and Afghans – all influential communities in northern Virginia – are extremely supportive. Pakistani, West African and Ethiopian communities have almost the same strength. Hispanics, Arabs, and other Muslim Americans are open to being persuaded, and have even swung their support for Trump up to 50%. Even those who do not support Trump, the majority of people in these communities oppose Harris and Walz. Except for Vietnamese and West Africans, the majority of these voters have voted Democrat in large numbers. Over 200,000 of them are registered voters in Fairfax County.
Virginia closes its polls at 7:00 am, one hour earlier than the majority of states in Eastern time zone. Governor. Youngkin and his electoral commission have eliminated voting machines, tightened counting rules, updated voter lists, and contributed to a more trustworthy electoral process. A shock victory for Trump here, early and unexpectedly, would be felt across the nation and lead to a decisive victory at the national level. I think that’s why the Harris campaign panics and is importing staff in order to strengthen their position in Virginia.
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Bart Marcois, a former principal deputy assistant secretary of energy and retired American diplomat, is a former American diplomat. He is the Chairman of the Braddock District within the Fairfax Republican Party. Follow him on X @bmarcois and at www.aMinuteWithBart.com.
FairfaxGOP originally wrote this and published it as Is Virginia about to be won by President Trump?
