Lincoln Project Takes Responsibility For Tiki Torch Stunt At Youngkin Rally

The pro-Democrat group the Lincoln Project took responsibility for a stunt in which political operatives dressed up as white supremacists wielding tiki torches to attend a rally hosted by Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin.

“Today’s demonstration was our way of reminding Virginians what happened in Charlottesville four years ago, the Republican Party’s embrace of those values, and Glenn Youngkin’s failure to condemn it,” the group said in a statement.

A statement from The Lincoln Project regarding the events at Glenn Youngkin’s bus tour. https://t.co/bcm8iP3EUZ

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 29, 2021

The McAuliffe campaign denied knowledge of the incident after Youngkin’s communications director suggested they were responsible.

“This was not us or anyone affiliated with our campaign,” McAuliffe spokesperson Renzo Olivari told Fox News. “There is one candidate in this race who has embraced white nationalists — and his name is Glenn Youngkin.”