Interview – LAURA VOZELLA – Washington Post

• Clinton to help raise money for Va. gubernatorial candidate RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is helping raise money for the Democratic candidate in Virginia’s closely watched race for governor. In invitation obtained by The Associated Press says Clinton is the featured guest at a fundraiser for Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam in New York on Oct. 4. Northam is facing Republican Ed Gillespie in one of only two off-year gubernatorial contests in November. The swing state contest is viewed as a possible referendum on President Donald Trump’s first year in office.
• Gillespie quietly rolls out second ‘Kill Rape Control’ attack ad against Northam (Washington Post/ By Fenit Nirappil and Laura Vozzella) — Virginia GOP gubernatorial contender Ed Gillespie has quietly released a second ad tying his Democratic opponent, Ralph Northam, to MS-13 gang violence after Democrats and Latino groups blasted the first commercial as racist and inflammatory. The latest ad, which started airing Tuesday in the Roanoke market, begins with a dark hooded figure in a home holding up a baseball bat as the MS-13 motto “Kill, Rape, Control” flashes on the screen. Then, a narrator warns of violent crime linked to the street gang in Virginia — and accuses Northam of putting Virginia families at risk. “Ralph Northam cast the deciding vote in favor of sanctuary cities that let illegal immigrants who commit crimes back on the street, increasing the threat of MS-13,” the narrator says — a claim that the nonpartisan FactCheck.org calls “misleading.”