Football Statistical comparison and in-depth matchup breakdown for USC-Oregon
- By Ryan Young
- Trojan Talk
- 15 Replies
I couldn't imagine a worse matchup for this USC defense ...
usc.rivals.com
Matchup Breakdown: Ducks present most daunting test yet for USC defense
Detailed matchup breakdown for USC-Oregon.
Football The weekly roundtable: Staff perspective and predictions
- By Ryan Young
- Trojan Talk
- 2 Replies
Here ya go:
usc.rivals.com
TrojanSports Roundtable: Staff perspective and predictions for USC-Oregon
Staff picks and predictions for USC-Oregon.
(must read!) How the GOP muzzled the quiet coalition that fought foreign propaganda
- By PanamaSteve
- OT Talk
- 2 Replies
The FBI put a pause on briefings with tech companies due to an ongoing lawsuit, adding to a broader breakdown in a system meant to guard against influence operations and to ensure election integrity.
Nov. 10, 2023, 1:05 PM UTC
By Kevin Collier and Ken Dilanian
A once-robust alliance of federal agencies, tech companies, election officials and researchers that worked together to thwart foreign propaganda and disinformation has fragmented after years of sustained Republican attacks.
The GOP offensive started during the 2020 election as public critiques and has since escalated into lawsuits, governmental inquiries and public relations campaigns that have succeeded in stopping almost all coordination between the government and social media platforms.
The most recent setback came when the FBI put an indefinite hold on most briefings to social media companies about Russian, Iranian and Chinese influence campaigns. Employees at two U.S. tech companies who used to receive regular briefings from the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force told NBC News that it has been months since the bureau reached out.
In a testimony last week to the Senate Homeland Security Committee, FBI Director Christopher Wray signaled a significant pullback in communications with tech companies and tied the move to rulings by a conservative federal judge and appeals court that said some government agencies and officials should be restricted from communicating and meeting with social media companies to moderate content. The case is now on hold pending Supreme Court review.
“We’re having some interaction with social media companies,” Wray said. “But all of those interactions have changed fundamentally in the wake of the court rulings.”
Wray didn’t elaborate, but sources familiar with the matter told NBC News that all the FBI’s interactions with tech platforms now have to be pre-approved and supervised by Justice Department lawyers.
The FBI told the House Judiciary Committee that, since the court rulings, the bureau had discovered foreign influence campaigns on social media platforms but in some cases did not inform the companies about them because they were hamstrung by the new legal oversight, according to a congressional official.
“This is the worst possible outcome in terms of the injunction,” said one U.S. official familiar with the matter. “The symbiotic relationship between the government and the social media companies has definitely been fractured.”
The FBI declined to comment.
More than a dozen current and former government and tech employees who have been involved in fighting online manipulation campaigns and election falsehoods since 2020 echoed those concerns. Most agreed to speak only on the condition that they not be named, all citing the current climate of harassment against people who work in election and information integrity.
A common theme among those interviewed: The chilling effect that Republican attacks had on the sharing of information about possible interference, which could make it easier for foreign adversaries to manipulate U.S. public opinion and harder for 2024 voters to sort out what’s real from what’s fake.
Beyond the FBI briefings, other coordination efforts have folded after facing pressure from conservatives. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which oversees federal election cybersecurity and has become a favorite target of Republicans, has halted its outreach to Silicon Valley, and the Department of Homeland Security has shuttered a board designed to coordinate its anti-disinformation programs.
“Some of these efforts really are designed to isolate people and make them feel like they can’t communicate with CISA, like they can’t communicate with their peers in other states,” a person who works in state election administration said.
“People feel that things are really, really fraught, and common sense does not rule today,” the person added.
Some politicians are sounding the alarm. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said efforts to stop foreign manipulation of U.S. politics are well within the government’s remit.
“I understand we don’t want to interdict constitutionally protected speech, but what is constitutionally protected speech?” he said. “Certainly foreign agents don’t have constitutionally protected speech because they’re not subject to our Constitution. I presume bots don’t have constitutionally protected speech. American citizens do.”
Nov. 10, 2023, 1:05 PM UTC
By Kevin Collier and Ken Dilanian
A once-robust alliance of federal agencies, tech companies, election officials and researchers that worked together to thwart foreign propaganda and disinformation has fragmented after years of sustained Republican attacks.
The GOP offensive started during the 2020 election as public critiques and has since escalated into lawsuits, governmental inquiries and public relations campaigns that have succeeded in stopping almost all coordination between the government and social media platforms.
The most recent setback came when the FBI put an indefinite hold on most briefings to social media companies about Russian, Iranian and Chinese influence campaigns. Employees at two U.S. tech companies who used to receive regular briefings from the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force told NBC News that it has been months since the bureau reached out.
In a testimony last week to the Senate Homeland Security Committee, FBI Director Christopher Wray signaled a significant pullback in communications with tech companies and tied the move to rulings by a conservative federal judge and appeals court that said some government agencies and officials should be restricted from communicating and meeting with social media companies to moderate content. The case is now on hold pending Supreme Court review.
“We’re having some interaction with social media companies,” Wray said. “But all of those interactions have changed fundamentally in the wake of the court rulings.”
Wray didn’t elaborate, but sources familiar with the matter told NBC News that all the FBI’s interactions with tech platforms now have to be pre-approved and supervised by Justice Department lawyers.
The FBI told the House Judiciary Committee that, since the court rulings, the bureau had discovered foreign influence campaigns on social media platforms but in some cases did not inform the companies about them because they were hamstrung by the new legal oversight, according to a congressional official.
“This is the worst possible outcome in terms of the injunction,” said one U.S. official familiar with the matter. “The symbiotic relationship between the government and the social media companies has definitely been fractured.”
The FBI declined to comment.
More than a dozen current and former government and tech employees who have been involved in fighting online manipulation campaigns and election falsehoods since 2020 echoed those concerns. Most agreed to speak only on the condition that they not be named, all citing the current climate of harassment against people who work in election and information integrity.
A common theme among those interviewed: The chilling effect that Republican attacks had on the sharing of information about possible interference, which could make it easier for foreign adversaries to manipulate U.S. public opinion and harder for 2024 voters to sort out what’s real from what’s fake.
Beyond the FBI briefings, other coordination efforts have folded after facing pressure from conservatives. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which oversees federal election cybersecurity and has become a favorite target of Republicans, has halted its outreach to Silicon Valley, and the Department of Homeland Security has shuttered a board designed to coordinate its anti-disinformation programs.
“Some of these efforts really are designed to isolate people and make them feel like they can’t communicate with CISA, like they can’t communicate with their peers in other states,” a person who works in state election administration said.
“People feel that things are really, really fraught, and common sense does not rule today,” the person added.
Some politicians are sounding the alarm. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said efforts to stop foreign manipulation of U.S. politics are well within the government’s remit.
“I understand we don’t want to interdict constitutionally protected speech, but what is constitutionally protected speech?” he said. “Certainly foreign agents don’t have constitutionally protected speech because they’re not subject to our Constitution. I presume bots don’t have constitutionally protected speech. American citizens do.”
GTS Week 9 - Washington - Don't Want It
- By dbcraig
- Trojan Talk
- 9 Replies
Ugh. This is one I wish I could give back. Unfortunately I hit it dead on this week, which means we lose again. Overall the pool fared much better this week too, which again, is a bad thing. Even so, still only 8 GTSers had a UW score higher than what the Huskies actually put up. Folks, this is a historically bad defense. I think my son's 10U team could put up 35.
For the week, we had 12 within 10 points and 40 (out of 50 total) within 20. Following my 0, we had @FreeReggieBush with a 4, @jcbraam with a 5, our season leader @Larr212121 with a 6 (and a back door SC TD away from another win), and then a handful at 7. For what it's worth, my guess this week was the first dead on guess of the year, which also tells you something about how the year has gone vs expectations.
2 weeks left to go on the season. Next week will be an interesting one. Do we finally see GTSers go wild on the amount of points Ore will put up or do we still underestimate it?
On the season, I made up a little ground on @Larr212121 and move into second, but he keeps rolling with strong guesses and has an insurmountable lead!
@cramwetzel , @trojan_a_1 , @Kylerkeener and @jcbraam are all in the fight for second still as well. If I remember correctly @Ryan Young, second place pays $100,000, right?
For the week, we had 12 within 10 points and 40 (out of 50 total) within 20. Following my 0, we had @FreeReggieBush with a 4, @jcbraam with a 5, our season leader @Larr212121 with a 6 (and a back door SC TD away from another win), and then a handful at 7. For what it's worth, my guess this week was the first dead on guess of the year, which also tells you something about how the year has gone vs expectations.
2 weeks left to go on the season. Next week will be an interesting one. Do we finally see GTSers go wild on the amount of points Ore will put up or do we still underestimate it?
On the season, I made up a little ground on @Larr212121 and move into second, but he keeps rolling with strong guesses and has an insurmountable lead!
@cramwetzel , @trojan_a_1 , @Kylerkeener and @jcbraam are all in the fight for second still as well. If I remember correctly @Ryan Young, second place pays $100,000, right? | Week 10 Results | ||||
| Place | Subscriber | USC | UW | Delta |
| 1 | dbcraig | 42 | 52 | 0 |
| 2 | FreeReggieBush | 42 | 48 | 4 |
| 3 | jcbraam | 38 | 51 | 5 |
| 4 | Larr212121 | 48 | 52 | 6 |
| 5 | trojan_a_1 | 35 | 52 | 7 |
| 6 | CRDUSC93 | 38 | 55 | 7 |
| 7 | JetLaggMatt | 42 | 45 | 7 |
| 8 | TJW4SC | 42 | 45 | 7 |
| 9 | SCScotch | 38 | 55 | 7 |
| 10 | Kylerkeener | 39 | 58 | 9 |
| 11 | RudyTheTrojan | 34 | 51 | 9 |
| 12 | 187Bruins | 35 | 49 | 10 |
| 13 | Darcy Bug | 48 | 47 | 11 |
| 14 | 555heiden | 42 | 41 | 11 |
| 15 | cramwetzel | 44 | 41 | 13 |
| 16 | nfoster1617 | 52 | 49 | 13 |
| 17 | Jack53 | 45 | 42 | 13 |
| 18 | jogonzalnt | 52 | 49 | 13 |
| 19 | charmac | 45 | 42 | 13 |
| 20 | AlpineTrojan1 | 48 | 45 | 13 |
| 21 | seattledoc | 45 | 42 | 13 |
| 22 | usc7137 | 45 | 42 | 13 |
| 23 | remc | 45 | 41 | 14 |
| 24 | SC55OU19 | 38 | 42 | 14 |
| 25 | mstrlingrundy | 45 | 41 | 14 |
| 26 | SCtrojan2k2 | 42 | 38 | 14 |
| 27 | NoBull1 | 56 | 52 | 14 |
| 28 | Ayedoc | 42 | 38 | 14 |
| 29 | MrSC | 41 | 38 | 15 |
| 30 | Sc-raza | 31 | 48 | 15 |
| 31 | Alex3000 | 37 | 62 | 15 |
| 32 | ericsanford | 47 | 41 | 16 |
| 33 | sdthomas | 30 | 48 | 16 |
| 34 | Erndog21 | 45 | 38 | 17 |
| 35 | Wizard of Illium | 45 | 66 | 17 |
| 36 | prime88 | 30 | 58 | 18 |
| 37 | tentm | 35 | 41 | 18 |
| 38 | uclowns | 41 | 35 | 18 |
| 39 | Kdub8791 | 55 | 59 | 20 |
| 40 | ddones10 | 48 | 38 | 20 |
| 41 | Eight three | 42 | 31 | 21 |
| 42 | Bigtrojan78 | 38 | 32 | 24 |
| 43 | MikeAce00 | 58 | 44 | 24 |
| 44 | cj | 45 | 31 | 24 |
| 45 | HI50trojan | 31 | 38 | 25 |
| 46 | Trojan Ace | 26 | 39 | 29 |
| 47 | blown55 | 58 | 39 | 29 |
| 48 | PanamaSteve | 17 | 56 | 29 |
| 49 | consciousBE | 48 | 28 | 30 |
| 50 | tlevyn | 31 | 30 | 33 |
Fox News Left Shell Shocked by Dems’ Election Night Romp (This is Great! A Must Read!)
- By PanamaSteve
- OT Talk
- 4 Replies
Election night 2023 was a GOP disaster, and Fox News is pissed—killing off Youngkin’s candidacy before it existed and telling Republicans to set aside their abortion fixation.
Senior Media Reporter
Updated Nov. 08, 2023 3:50PM EST / Published Nov. 08, 2023 3:15PM EST
A year after promising viewers a “red tsunami” in the 2022 midterms, only to be left with egg on their faces after the GOP drastically underperformed, Fox News was once again wondering what went wrong after Democrats romped to victory in statewide elections on Tuesday night.
Despite recent polls showing President Joe Biden deeply underwater with voters and even losing to Donald Trump in several battleground states, the Democratic incumbent governor easily won victory over his MAGA-endorsed opponent in deep-red Kentucky. And over in Ohio, a state Trump won by eight points in 2020, voters overwhelmingly passed an amendment ensuring access to abortion care in the state’s constitution.
The continued drag that undoing Roe v. Wade has had on the GOP was especially apparent in Virginia, where Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin had promised to implement a 15-week abortion ban if the GOP was able to gain unified control over the state’s General Assembly. Instead, not only were Youngkin’s hopes of a Republican sweep dashed, but the Democrats now control both chambers.
Youngkin’s face-plant in Virginia, along with the results in Ohio and Kentucky, left Fox News in a state of shock, huffing so-called “copium” as they desperately searched for answers. In the end, two things were clear at the conservative cable giant by Wednesday morning: Youngkin was no longer presidential material, and it was time for the GOP to learn to love abortion.
With the results pouring in while Fox News star (and chief Republican cheerleader) Sean Hannity was on the air, conservative viewers saw in real-time that it was a bad night for the GOP and its agenda.
While the network had spent the past two days hyping up Biden’s bad poll numbers to lay the ground for Republican victories on election night, a morose Hannity opened his 9 p.m. show by informing viewers that Fox News had already projected that Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear had defeated GOP candidate Daniel Cameron. A short time later, he was also tasked with announcing that the Ohio abortion rights measure had passed.
Throughout the rest of Hannity’s broadcast, the one-time Trump White House shadow chief of staff huddled with his right-wing Fox colleagues to figure out what the GOP could do to actually win elections in a post-Roe environment.
“If we’re really going to be honest about this, and I consider myself pro-life, but I understand that’s not where the country is,” Hannity conceded, adding: “I have to believe that is an indication that the women in America, suburban moms, want it probably legal and rare and probably earlier than at the point of viability.” (Following the GOP’s defeat in the 2012 presidential election, Hannity famously suggested the party should become pro-immigrant in order to compete. That didn’t last long.)
Hannity also groused that Republicans’ push to ban abortion in states across the country, as well as the reversal of the federal right to abortion, meant that “Democrats are trying to scare women into thinking Republicans don’t want abortion legal under any circumstances.”
Former Trump White House press secretary and current Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany, meanwhile, suggested that this was all a matter of messaging. Saying that the GOP should “not just be a pro-baby party,” she called on the party to propose more “pro-mother” bills to appeal to women voters.
“We need a national strategy. Tomorrow, I want the House of Representatives passing legislation for men to pay women child support from the moment of conception, legislation to make the child tax credit apply to the unborn, legislation for women to have access to the supplemental food and nutrition program up to two years after childbirth,” she demanded. “These are things that could be done today that will make a difference! But until we own this issue as a party, we will lose again, and again, and again.”
While the other cable news networks stuck with live special coverage for the rest of the evening, Fox News decided that its audience needed a break from the deflating electoral results for conservatives. After Hannity signed off at 10 p.m., Fox aired its regularly scheduled broadcast of “comedy” show Gutfeld!, which was pre-taped and didn’t make any mention of the elections.
The following morning, it was also clear that Democrats had swept in Virginia, prompting the crew of Fox’s morning flagship show to actively bury Youngkin as a possible 2024 alternative to Trump. At the same time, the denizens of Fox & Friends also urged the GOP to figure out a way to get past the abortion issue.
“Ever since Roe was overturned, pretty much every time the Democrats have run on abortion, they have won, and was last night a harbinger for 2024? Absolutely,” Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy argued.
Meanwhile, Doocy’s colleague Ainsley Earhardt, an ardent Christian conservative, went even further in telling Republicans that they should set aside their anti-abortion principles to win elections and nakedly gain more power.
“Republicans need to look at all of these numbers, and really think about what’s more important. Yes, most people that are Republicans are probably pro-life,” she stated. “And we love our babies. And I love being a mother. But what’s most important? Republicans taking over. And Republicans being able to keep our country!”
Co-host Lawrence Jones added that most voters don’t approve of full abortion bans with no exceptions, urging Republicans to “talk directly to the people” and “give and take on some issues.”
The biggest takeaway on Wednesday morning, though, was that Fox News wanted it known that they were pulling the plug on Youngkin 2024 before it ever began.
The Virginia governor, whose successful gubernatorial bid was heavily boosted by Fox, had been encouraged earlier this year by network founder Rupert Murdoch to launch a last-minute presidential bid. Murdoch’s other media entities had already helped lay the groundwork for a possible White House run while he kept the idea afloat, especially since the other non-Trump candidates had yet to seriously contend with the ex-president.
“What an epic failure by Governor Youngkin. It’s a huge loss for him,” Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade fumed, adding that this had destroyed any chance of him running for president in 2024 and “definitely ’28.” Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy also delivered the message that Youngkin was toast. During a report on Fox & Friends, the younger Doocy said that Tuesday night’s results are “potentially lethal to this theory that Youngkin could ride a red wave in Richmond to a last-minute presidential campaign as a dark horse Trump alternative in 2024.”
Making it even more bittersweet for Youngkin: Fox & Friends had broadcasted live from a Virginia diner the previous morning, looking to gin up support for Youngkin amid his push for a GOP-held legislature to help pass his conservative agenda.
Throughout the rest of Fox’s morning shows, the network’s personalities continued to pound home the narrative that Youngkin has become damaged goods.
“The Virginia state house will be fully under Democrat control,” anchor Harris Faulkner noted. “Youngkin was saying he wanted that not to happen. He wanted one side to flip. The whole Senate [is] up for grabs. None of that happened. That will prevent state Republicans from passing new abortion restrictions.”
It didn’t take long for Younkin to hear that siren call and acquiesce, telling reporters on Wednesday that he’s “not going anywhere” while finally closing the door on the 2024 run.
Justin Baragona
Senior Media Reporter
Updated Nov. 08, 2023 3:50PM EST / Published Nov. 08, 2023 3:15PM EST
A year after promising viewers a “red tsunami” in the 2022 midterms, only to be left with egg on their faces after the GOP drastically underperformed, Fox News was once again wondering what went wrong after Democrats romped to victory in statewide elections on Tuesday night.
Despite recent polls showing President Joe Biden deeply underwater with voters and even losing to Donald Trump in several battleground states, the Democratic incumbent governor easily won victory over his MAGA-endorsed opponent in deep-red Kentucky. And over in Ohio, a state Trump won by eight points in 2020, voters overwhelmingly passed an amendment ensuring access to abortion care in the state’s constitution.
The continued drag that undoing Roe v. Wade has had on the GOP was especially apparent in Virginia, where Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin had promised to implement a 15-week abortion ban if the GOP was able to gain unified control over the state’s General Assembly. Instead, not only were Youngkin’s hopes of a Republican sweep dashed, but the Democrats now control both chambers.
Youngkin’s face-plant in Virginia, along with the results in Ohio and Kentucky, left Fox News in a state of shock, huffing so-called “copium” as they desperately searched for answers. In the end, two things were clear at the conservative cable giant by Wednesday morning: Youngkin was no longer presidential material, and it was time for the GOP to learn to love abortion.
With the results pouring in while Fox News star (and chief Republican cheerleader) Sean Hannity was on the air, conservative viewers saw in real-time that it was a bad night for the GOP and its agenda.
While the network had spent the past two days hyping up Biden’s bad poll numbers to lay the ground for Republican victories on election night, a morose Hannity opened his 9 p.m. show by informing viewers that Fox News had already projected that Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear had defeated GOP candidate Daniel Cameron. A short time later, he was also tasked with announcing that the Ohio abortion rights measure had passed.
Throughout the rest of Hannity’s broadcast, the one-time Trump White House shadow chief of staff huddled with his right-wing Fox colleagues to figure out what the GOP could do to actually win elections in a post-Roe environment.
“If we’re really going to be honest about this, and I consider myself pro-life, but I understand that’s not where the country is,” Hannity conceded, adding: “I have to believe that is an indication that the women in America, suburban moms, want it probably legal and rare and probably earlier than at the point of viability.” (Following the GOP’s defeat in the 2012 presidential election, Hannity famously suggested the party should become pro-immigrant in order to compete. That didn’t last long.)
Hannity also groused that Republicans’ push to ban abortion in states across the country, as well as the reversal of the federal right to abortion, meant that “Democrats are trying to scare women into thinking Republicans don’t want abortion legal under any circumstances.”
Former Trump White House press secretary and current Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany, meanwhile, suggested that this was all a matter of messaging. Saying that the GOP should “not just be a pro-baby party,” she called on the party to propose more “pro-mother” bills to appeal to women voters.
“We need a national strategy. Tomorrow, I want the House of Representatives passing legislation for men to pay women child support from the moment of conception, legislation to make the child tax credit apply to the unborn, legislation for women to have access to the supplemental food and nutrition program up to two years after childbirth,” she demanded. “These are things that could be done today that will make a difference! But until we own this issue as a party, we will lose again, and again, and again.”
While the other cable news networks stuck with live special coverage for the rest of the evening, Fox News decided that its audience needed a break from the deflating electoral results for conservatives. After Hannity signed off at 10 p.m., Fox aired its regularly scheduled broadcast of “comedy” show Gutfeld!, which was pre-taped and didn’t make any mention of the elections.
The following morning, it was also clear that Democrats had swept in Virginia, prompting the crew of Fox’s morning flagship show to actively bury Youngkin as a possible 2024 alternative to Trump. At the same time, the denizens of Fox & Friends also urged the GOP to figure out a way to get past the abortion issue.
“Ever since Roe was overturned, pretty much every time the Democrats have run on abortion, they have won, and was last night a harbinger for 2024? Absolutely,” Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy argued.
Meanwhile, Doocy’s colleague Ainsley Earhardt, an ardent Christian conservative, went even further in telling Republicans that they should set aside their anti-abortion principles to win elections and nakedly gain more power.
“Republicans need to look at all of these numbers, and really think about what’s more important. Yes, most people that are Republicans are probably pro-life,” she stated. “And we love our babies. And I love being a mother. But what’s most important? Republicans taking over. And Republicans being able to keep our country!”
Co-host Lawrence Jones added that most voters don’t approve of full abortion bans with no exceptions, urging Republicans to “talk directly to the people” and “give and take on some issues.”
The biggest takeaway on Wednesday morning, though, was that Fox News wanted it known that they were pulling the plug on Youngkin 2024 before it ever began.
The Virginia governor, whose successful gubernatorial bid was heavily boosted by Fox, had been encouraged earlier this year by network founder Rupert Murdoch to launch a last-minute presidential bid. Murdoch’s other media entities had already helped lay the groundwork for a possible White House run while he kept the idea afloat, especially since the other non-Trump candidates had yet to seriously contend with the ex-president.
“What an epic failure by Governor Youngkin. It’s a huge loss for him,” Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade fumed, adding that this had destroyed any chance of him running for president in 2024 and “definitely ’28.” Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy also delivered the message that Youngkin was toast. During a report on Fox & Friends, the younger Doocy said that Tuesday night’s results are “potentially lethal to this theory that Youngkin could ride a red wave in Richmond to a last-minute presidential campaign as a dark horse Trump alternative in 2024.”
Making it even more bittersweet for Youngkin: Fox & Friends had broadcasted live from a Virginia diner the previous morning, looking to gin up support for Youngkin amid his push for a GOP-held legislature to help pass his conservative agenda.
Throughout the rest of Fox’s morning shows, the network’s personalities continued to pound home the narrative that Youngkin has become damaged goods.
“The Virginia state house will be fully under Democrat control,” anchor Harris Faulkner noted. “Youngkin was saying he wanted that not to happen. He wanted one side to flip. The whole Senate [is] up for grabs. None of that happened. That will prevent state Republicans from passing new abortion restrictions.”
It didn’t take long for Younkin to hear that siren call and acquiesce, telling reporters on Wednesday that he’s “not going anywhere” while finally closing the door on the 2024 run.