• Biden blamed Donald Trump’s supporters for Democrat Terry McAuliffe losing the Virginia gubernatorial race
  • ‘I’m not sure that I would be able to have changed the number of very conservative folks who turned out and the red districts who were Trump voters,’ Biden said during a White House event on Wednesday
  • The president said that he continues to bring up Trump ‘because the issues he supports are affecting their lives every day, and their negative impact on their lives’
  • ‘People are upset and uncertain about a lot of things – from COVID to school to jobs to a whole range of things, and the cost of a gallon of gasoline,’ he said 
  • Biden was speaking Wednesday about the CDC approving COVID-19 vaccines for kids 5-11 
  • Shell-shocked Democrats were reassessing what went wrong after losing the Virginia governor’s race
  • Lawmakers pointed to the failure to pass Biden’s domestic agenda and progressives issued stark messages  
  • Progressive said McAuliffe’s campaign ‘had no rebuttal to Republican race-baiting bull****’ 
  • Moderate Democrats have called for an end to the infighting that has blocked spending bill talks 
  • Joe Manchin called the Virginia results ‘unbelievable’ and said it shows Dems need to focus more on issues    
  • Youngkin beat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia, while New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy was clinging to narrow leadÂ