OPINION:
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin lost two of the three congressional races he targeted in 2022 and both houses of the General Assembly in 2023. He refused to step up and take out Sen. Tim Kaine in 2024, got shellacked in 2025 and has allowed for the 2026 loss of at least two more congressional seats. I suspect all this losing may end up paying off for the nation in 2028.
Hopefully, President Trump will continue to disrupt the ossified federal government for the next three years and, unfortunately, upset a majority of Americans. Accordingly, Vice President J.D. Vance and/or Secretary of State Marco Rubio may catch much of the anger toward Mr. Trump.
Mr. Youngkin, by contrast, having not hurt Democrats for at least five years in a row, may be an attractive candidate for president in the general election. I suspect Mr. Trump may already know this. (Keep in mind that Mr. Trump likes tall, good-looking, wealthy people.) Mr. Trump’s endorsement would easily give Mr. Youngkin the Republican nomination, and Mr. Youngkin may have the best chance of beating Gavin Newsom.
But Mr. Youngkin, please consider making it easier for President Trump to endorse you. First, restore the name of Patrick Henry Community College. Henry is a favorite of President Trump. Mike Lindell has told me that every other time he speaks with Mr. Trump, the president calls Mr. Lindell a modern-day Patrick Henry. State Board for Community Colleges Chairman Mike Wooten, a Black retired Marine Corps major, is waiting for your green light.
You could also urge Mr. Trump to tell Attorney General Pam Bondi to release the Marvin Bush-Mark R. Warner criminal files, which would force Mr. Warner’s retirement. If you do it soon, you could force it while you have the power to appoint Mr. Warner’s replacement.
The Warner criminal file contains evidence of state crimes committed surrounding the Battle Creek Landfill in Page County, where former Virginia House Speaker Todd Gilbert works as an assistant commonwealth’s attorney. Surely, he and Richard Cullen could work out another grand bargain to keep my former boss and friend Mark Warner, now 70, out of prison.
Lt. Col. BRADLEY G. POLLACK
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (retired)
Woodstock, Virginia
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