Hundreds of drivers were stranded on I-95 in Virginia this week due to a snowstorm and an ensuing traffic jam. Liberals on social media used the opportunity to bash Glenn Youngkin, but there’s one little problem. Youngkin isn’t the governor yet.
This was Ralph Northam’s problem.
And make no mistake, this was a big problem.
People on the left were all too eager to wrongly lay the blame at Youngkin’s feet.
Christopher Hutton reports at the Washington Examiner:
Social media blames Glenn Youngkin, not Ralph Northam, for I-95’s snowy traffic jamA few liberals appear eager to blame Virginia’s Republican governor-elect for a mess he has no power over.Some social media accounts are blaming Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin for the hundreds of drivers stuck on I-95 due to Monday’s snowstorm, though Youngkin has not been sworn into office.”Looks [like] Youngkin failed his first test in Va, with traffic stopped for 10-12 hrs on 95 in Virginia,” tweeted Jennifer on Tuesday. “Failure for gov.”
Even noted never-Trumper Jonah Goldberg got in on the action.
Legal Insurrection’s Stacey Matthews wrote at RedState:
As the frustrations mount and the insane clips and photos of what things look like continue to roll in, some have taken to the Twitter machine to blame Republican Glenn Youngkin, who I should point out is the Gov.-Elect and won’t be sworn in until January 15th. The blame was so predominant that as I write this, “Youngkin” is trending on Twitter.For instance, Jonah Goldberg, who we have been reliably told is a truuuue conservative or something, said on Twitter that “If I was Glenn Youngkin I’d be flooding the zone to get this I-95 crap fixed. DC suburbs are vengeful about this kind of thing.”When he was reminded Youngkin was not yet in charge of the state, Goldberg sheepishly noted that he “thought [Youngkin] was sworn in already. Tho grabbing his truck would be a baller move.”
Some people eventually realized their error and deleted their tweets:
But the internet is forever:
Just consider this a preview of how the left will behave once Youngkin is actually sworn in and becomes governor.
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