距离弗吉尼亚州选民决定共和党人是将完全控制国会，还是被迫与民主党人分享权力还有不到两个月的时间，州长格伦·扬金(Glenn Youngkin)周六向支持者发出紧急呼吁:投票。
杨金说:“我们需要一支军队挨家挨户敲门，让人们出去投票。”。
扬金在弗吉尼亚州乔治王子县的一家意大利餐馆对大约100人发表讲话，称即将到来的选举是“美国最重要的选举”。
“我们可以翻转我们的参议院。我们能做到，”扬金告诉人群。“当我们这样做时，它释放了弗吉尼亚的潜力。”
在弗吉尼亚·德尔的集会上。竞选连任的金·泰勒，扬金吹嘘了他担任州长以来在教育、经济和犯罪方面的政绩。
弗吉尼亚州州长格伦·扬金于2023年6月15日在弗吉尼亚州阿灵顿举行的亚马逊HQ2盛大开幕式上发表讲话。
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“我们进来开始工作，”杨金告诉人群。“我们甚至在两党的基础上通过了法律和预算，”他补充道。
关于即将到来的立法选举，杨金说，共和党继续“遇到障碍”，“障碍是来自另一边的政治”
值得注意的是，杨金没有提到堕胎问题，民主党人已经表示堕胎是这次选举的一个关键问题。
但当活动结束后被问及他是否会支持为期6周的堕胎禁令时，扬金表示，他将支持为期15周的堕胎禁令法案。
“我试图召集我们所有的立法首脑来支持15周的生命，”杨金说。“这是我承诺支持的一个项目。”
自从最高法院推翻了联邦堕胎权以来，弗吉尼亚是目前最南端没有禁止或限制堕胎的州。
集会上的支持者告诉美国广播公司新闻，堕胎问题不是他们的优先事项，他们反而关注教育、移民和犯罪。
弗吉尼亚州居民利比·盖特伍德(Libby Gatewood)告诉美国广播公司(ABC)新闻说:“(杨金)谈论的所有事情——学校、犯罪——这就是我来这里的原因。”。
扬金在集会上的出现是他的弗吉尼亚政治行动委员会早期巴士投票巡回活动精神的一部分，该巡回活动将在11月前在全州范围内进行。预计几个州的立法选举将非常接近，如果共和党在秋季赢得对大会两院的控制权，扬金可能会在弗吉尼亚州主持一场罕见的共和党三连胜。
Youngkin stumps for home-state Republicans: 'Virginia’s future is at stake this fall'
With less than two months until voters in Virginia decide whether Republicans will take full control of the general assembly or be forced to share power with Democrats, Gov. Glenn Youngkin made an urgent plea on Saturday to supporters: vote.
"We need an army knocking on doors and getting people out to vote," Youngkin said.
Speaking to roughly about 100 people in an Italian restaurant in Prince George County, Virginia, Youngkin called the upcoming election "the most important elections in the country."
"We can flip our Senate. We can do this," Youngkin told the crowd. "And when we do this, it unlocks Virginia's potential."
During the rally for Virginia Del. Kim Taylor, who is running for re-election, Youngkin touted his record on education, the economy and crime since becoming governor.
"We came in and got to work," Youngkin told the crowd. "We passed laws and budgets even on a bipartisan basis," he added.
On the upcoming legislative elections, Youngkin said the Republican Party continues to "run into obstacles" and that the "obstacles are politics from the other side."
Notably, Youngkin did not mention the issue of abortion, which Democrats have signaled as a key issue this election.
But when pressed after the event whether he would support a six-week abortion ban, Youngkin said he would support a 15-week abortion ban bill.
"I tried to bring together all of our legislative heads to support life at 15 weeks," Youngkin said. "That's the one that I've committed to support."
Virginia is currently the southernmost state that hasn't banned or restricted abortion since the Supreme Court overturned a federal right to abortion.
Supporters at the rally told ABC News the issue of abortion is not their priority, saying they are instead focused on education, immigration, and crime.
"All the things [Youngkin] talks about -- schools, crime -- that is why I'm here," Libby Gatewood, a Virginia resident, told ABC News.
Youngkin's appearance at the rally is part of his Spirit of Virginia Political Action Committee's early bus vote tour which will make stops across the state ahead of November. Several state legislative elections are expected to be quite close, opening up the possibility that Youngkin could preside over a rare GOP trifecta in Virginia if Republicans win control of both chambers of the General Assembly in the fall.
