Donald Trump took credit for the first-term Republican governor's rise and claimed he couldn't have done it without his support.
The state's lieutenant governor said she wouldn't support a Trump candidacy.
In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump argued that he had to vote for Youngkin because he couldn't have won the election.
The governor's name was written "Sounds Chinese, doesn't it?", the latest racist comment by Trump, whose words during the epidemic were thought to fuel a rise in anti- Asian hate.
Youngkin, who has sidestepped questions about completing his term as governor, is one of a few GOP leaders rumored to be considering a run.
Trump took credit for his rise and claimed that he was dead before he endorsed him.
After Megyn Kelly predicted that Ron DeSanctimonious wouldn't be able to stand up to Trump in a primary debate, Trump commented "I agree."
While campaigning for opposing GOP candidates in Arizona's gubernatorial race this summer, Trump butted heads with his former running mate, Mike Pence, who endorsed one of the conspiracy theorists.
Winsome Sears, Virginia's Republican lieutenant governor, said in a Fox Business interview that she wouldn't support Trump if he ran for president in four years.
Recent polls show that Trump has a big lead in a GOP primary. In a Yahoo News/YouGov poll released in September, nearly half of Republican voters said they would vote for Trump if the election were held today. A survey done in July by the college pegged Trump ahead of the other two candidates by a wide margin.
When Trump decided to run for president. He promised at a rally in Ohio on Monday that he would make a big announcement at Mar-A-Lago on November 15.
Multiple GOP officials and news outlets have blamed Republican losses on Trump, with the balance of Congress yet to be decided as key races in Arizona and Nevada have not yet been called and the Georgia senate race between Herschel Walker and Sen. Raphael Warnock is still undecided. Youngkin didn't call out Trump by name but he was upset with the GOP's poor showing. In Michigan, Pennsylvania and Arizona, Trump promoted baseless election fraud claims without evidence, which have been proven to be false.
The governor of Virginia won't back Trump in the next election.
Trump agrees with Megyn Kelly that De Santis can't overcome him.
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