Did Democrats just get caught in a lowbrow political stunt? Lincoln Project takes responsibility for the photo op.

Source:  Kelen McBreen

A group of young people who were photographed standing outside Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin's tour bus holding tiki torches on Friday is allegedly Democrat operatives who tried to stage a negative photo op.

Despite standing in the rain, the group held tiki torches and wore a long sleeve, white button-up shirts with khaki pants in order to look like some people who took place in the 2018 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville.

A member of Democrat gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe even tweeted the image out, writing, "The Unite the Right rally was one of the darkest days in the Commonwealth's history. this is who Glenn Youngkin's supporters are."

The Unite the Right rally was one of the darkest days in the Commonwealth's history. this is who Glenn Youngkin's supporters are pic.twitter.com/OpJ55r0AMr— Christina Freundlich (@christinafreund) October 29, 2021

Suspicious internet users did some digging into the alleged Youngkin supporters and found a few of them closely resemble members of the organization Virginia Democrats.

One man looks like VA Dems financial director Camden Layton, who made both his Twitter and Instagram accounts private soon after being accused of participating in the stunt.

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