By Maggie Astor
Corey Stewart, the provocative conservative who won Tuesday’s Republican primary
to challenge Democratic Senator Tim Kaine in Virginia in November, has
spent years courting voters on the rightward fringes of his party, often
by playing to anti-immigration sentiment.
He
has also been accused of supporting white nationalists, an allegation
that he has denied yet may cost him support this fall even among other
Republicans. One of his primary opponents, Nick Freitas, urged voters in an email
last week to “reject Corey Stewart’s dog-whistling of white
supremacists, anti-Semites and racists.” This argument is likely to play
a major role in the general election, as signaled by the first
statement from Mr. Kaine’s campaign after Mr. Stewart secured the
nomination on Tuesday night.
“A
cruder imitation of Donald Trump who stokes white supremacy and brags
about being ‘ruthless and vicious,’ Corey Stewart would be an
embarrassment for Virginia in the U.S. Senate,” the statement said.
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Source: The New York Times
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