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- Well, welcome to "The 700 Club."

Last night, the Republicans had

a spectacular victory in Virginia.

And congratulations to Winsome Sears,

the first African-Americanlieutenant governor

of the state of Virginia, anda Regent University graduate.

So congratulations to you, Winsome.

Republican newcomer, Glenn Youngkin,

well, he defeatedDemocrat, Terry McCauliffe,

to win the governor's seat.

- This upset is a hugeblow for President Biden

and the Democrats.

The big question, what impact will it have

on the 2022 mid-term elections?

CBN's Tara Mergener has more

from our Washington News Bureau.

- Well Ashley, it was a stunning victory

in a state Joe Biden won handily in 2020,

Republicans sweeping all state-wide races,

governor, lieutenant governor,and attorney general.

Youngkin's win returns theCommonwealth to the GOP

after 12 years of Democratic control.

- Alrighty, Virginia!

We won this thing!

(crowd cheering)

- [Tara] Youngkin, a political newcomer

and businessman headedinto election day tied

with former Governor, Terry McCauliffe.

As the numbers came in, McCauliffe's hopes

for a second stint inthe governor's mansion

started to fade.

Addressing his supportersearlier in the night,

he refused to concedewhile some hope remained.

- So we still got a lot of votes to count.

We got about 18% of the voteout, so we're gonna continue

to count the votes becauseevery single Virginian

deserves to have(crowd cheering)

their vote counted.

(crowd applauding)

- Now the road to election day included

bitter ideological and cultural battles

over issues like education,vaccine mandates,

abortion, and the economy.

The GOP sweep halts aDemocratic trend in Virginia.

The last time a Republicanwon a state-wide office was

in 2009, Gordon.

- Well Tara, break it down for us.

How did Youngkin close the gap?

I mean, just a few weeksago, a month and a half ago,

it seemed like McCauliffe had the race.

- Yeah, it was pretty stunning, wasn't it?

A few factors that went intothis, you know, the credit

to Youngkin closing this gap, concerns

over the economy, that was the top issue

for a lot of voters this time around.

Independents, by someestimates, they make up a third

of the voters in Virginia.

And at the end of the race,some polls showed Youngkin

ahead with Independents by double digits,

eight points, 18 points, 23 points,

as of some of last week's polls.

Now some of the voters werenot fond on Donald Trump

but found Youngkin an attractive candidate

and he really walked a fineline with Trump's support.

It appears by the numbershe did that very well

in keeping those Independents.

Education was huge, TerryMcCauliffe telling parents

in the last debate that theyshould not be telling schools

what to teach their children.

And most pundits wouldagree that was a mistake,

especially with places like Loudon County

and others getting national attention

about opposition of critical race theory,

transgender policies, and other issues.

And by the way, we all knowJoe Biden's numbers are

on the decline andMcCauliffe's trended down

along with him, which helped Youngkin

close that gap, Gordon,and ultimately pull ahead.

- Well it seems like it'sa way for Republicans.

What happened on the down ballot,

Virginia's House of Delegates?

What's the outcome there?

- Well, in several closely-watched

Virginia House of Delegateraces, Democrats held

onto their seats inreliably blue districts

in northern Virginia, thismorning, the Republican Party

declaring victory on that matter.

But it appears that Republicans are going

to regain a majorityof the Virginia House,

though it's not officially official yet.

As of this morning, we'vestill got nearly 20 races

to be called and so far, theGOP has picked up two seats

for sure in rural areas of Virginia

and they are leading in fourothers in Democratic control.

So overall, they're gonnaneed those six seats

to win an outright majority in the House.

And Democrats, by the way,went into election day

defending a 55-45 majority.

So exciting for Republicans

on that front as well, Gordon.

- All right Tara, thanksfor the reporting.

Let's go over to CBN PoliticalCorrespondent, David Brody.

So David, what lessons are we hearing?

I'm already hearing from Progressives that

don't blame this loss on them.

And then I assume Republicans are

gonna take a whole lotta credit.

So what are the lessons to be learned?

- The Democrats overreached,that's just pure

and simple what it was.

I mean, look, they decidedto push critical race theory

in the suburbs, in schools.

They decided to push thetransgender bathroom policy

which came back big time tohaunt McCauliffe in Virginia

when we had that sexual assault situation

in the Loudon County area.

And then even if you look in New Jersey,

what Ciattarelli has done in New Jersey,

which is really just an unbelievable story

what's happening in New Jersey.

That issue there was vaccine mandates

and in an issue, that waswhat Ciattarelli was trying

to do there was to say look,parents deserve the choice.

It's always about a choice in terms

of what needs to happen there.

And so you put it alltogether, it was an uprising

in the suburbs, plain and simple,

because parents said enough is enough,

Democrats overreached,and this is what you get.

And I've gotta tell you, Gordon,as I kind of, once again,

I know we like to geek outtogether to a degree, I guess,

but if you look at Loudon County,

and remember everythingwent through Loudon County

in Virginia, it was up about40,000 votes in Loudon County.

158,000 people voted in Loudon County

this year, in this election.

Four years ago, it was 118,000.

The difference, 40,000 more people voted

in Loudon County andGlenn Youngkin got 44%

of the vote in Loudon County.

Ed Gillespie four years ago, he got 39%,

so he's up 5% more.

There it is, the iceberg wasin Loudon County all along.

Terry McCauliffe found that out

and the Democrats did, last night.

- Well, let's go ahead andgeek out and let's look

at the profile, if you will,

between New Jersey and Virginia.

In Virginia, you have a third that say,

"Well I'm fiercely Independentand sometimes I like

"to vote Democrat, sometimesI like to vote Republican."

But in New Jersey, as youpointed out 24 hours ago,

there're a million moreregistered Democrats,

and so it's a Democrat stronghold.

For this to now be leaningRepublican at the governor,

if you told me this 24 hours ago,

I would've said that's impossible.

But now it's not justpossible, but it looks like

a Republican could win.

So is this a referendum on Joe Biden

and what's happening in Congress today?

- There's no doubt it'sa referendum on Joe Biden

and the policies by the left, if you will,

and Joe Biden has embracedthose leftist policies.

And if I could geek outfor a moment on New Jersey,

it's my home state andso, well, long story,

I won't go into mypsychotherapy about New Jersey.

But the point is is that in Bergen County,

that's where I grew up,Bergen County was Republican

for a while, then it switched to Democrat

about five years ago.

It's been pretty solidDemocrat for a while.

Phil Murphy, the Democrat,won New Jersey four years ago,

or excuse me, won Bergen Countyfour years ago by 15 points.

He is up only four pointsnow, in Bergen County.

That's an 11 point swingin the most populous county

in New Jersey.

That is a big deal.

What's the reason for that, Gordon?

Here it is, plain and simple.

There were so many school board

what's the word I'm lookin' for,

elections, thank you,school board elections

in Bergen County.

And what was happeningat the grass-roots level,

people were coming out forthe school board elections

in Bergen County becausethey're frustrated

with vaccine mandates.

They're also frustratedwith critical race theory

and other things.

And so that was agroundswell, if you will,

that helped Ciattarelli in New Jersey,

specifically, Bergen County.

So that can kind of explain alittle bit about all of that.

Now you mentioned theDemocrats and Biden's agenda.

It's interesting 'causeI had a chance to speak

with the former UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley

about all of that last night actually,

during election nightcoverage, if you will.

And we're gonna have moreon that on "The 700 Club,"

but I wanna play you alittle bit about what she

specifically says, Gordon, about Democrats

and the socialist agenda.

What's the real issue here, as it relates

to what Democrats are trying to do

to the country, fundamentally?

- I think they're tryingto change the foundation

of our government.

I think this is creating socialist rule

and government overreach.

That's what they're trying to do.

They want government to tell your kids

what they're going to learn.

They want government totell you whether you work

or whether you don't.

They want government to say,"No, you shouldn't be married.

"We'll pay you not to be married."

They want government totell you all of these things

and control your life.

And that's not what we want,that's Communist China.

We want to make sure that the freedoms are

in the hands of the people:

freedom of speech, freedom of religion,

freedom to do and beanything you want to be

without government getting in the way.

- So Gordon, there it is.

The Democrats are at acritical juncture right now.

What do they do, exactly, moving forward?

They're gonna have tomake some tough decisions

ideologically and otherwise.

And critical race theory was big,

and it was a critical election,

and Democrats have a criticaldecision to make, as well.

- Can I get a prediction from you?

What do you think's gonna happen

with the Build Back Better bill?

And will Democrats splitover these elections

or will they actually beable to pass legislation?

- Well I believe that ultimately

they will pass something,Gordon, I really do.

I think Manchin willeventually get onboard.

I'm not saying it's goingto be 1.75 trillion,

whatever it ends up being,

but this is kind of ina way too big to fail.

And what I mean by that isthat Democrats in Washington,

national Democrats, believe they have

to have something to show voters.

So they believe $1.75 trillionof this Build Back Better is

gonna be something good for them.

I'm not quite convinced that's the case.

I think it feels a little bitmore like social engineering

to me, but the point isis that they at least feel

they can run on that in 2022.

I think that is a major, Ithink it's a problem for them

if they think that's gonnado the trick in 2022.

Look, I gotta tell you, Gordon,

the way Virginia and NewJersey have gone this month

in these elections, notonly would Republicans

at this point take back the House,

they would probablywin the Senate as well,

because remember, ifRepublicans are doing so well

in New Jersey andVirginia, some blue states,

get ready in 2022 whenArizona and Pennsylvania,

and some of these other lessblue states come into play.

Boy, I tell ya what, theDemocrats could get steamrolled.

They could lose 60 to 70House seats in the mid-terms

and possibly up to fourSenate seats, as well.

This could be a blood bathin 2022, at this point.

- All right, well I'll be just as sure

to tune in tomorrow to seeDavid Brody's full interview

with Nikki Haley righthere on "The 700 Club."

Let me add one more piece on the election.

Thank the Lord the cityof Milwaukee decided

to keep their police department.

It's amazing it was actually on a ballot

to defund the police andabolish a police department.

But the citizens held on andsaid, "No, we actually need

"law enforcement," so congratulations.

In other news, millionsof children in the US are

now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine.

So why are only 27% of parents willing

to have their kids vaccinated?

Charlene Aaron has the story.

- The CDC Director granted final approval

after a panel voted unanimously

in favor of the vaccine Tuesday,

with some kids receiving the shot shortly

after it was given the okay.

- We have a total of 14 yeses, zero nos.

- [Charlene] Millions of dosesof Pfizer's COVID-19 shot

for kids shipping out across the country.

- Right there is 1,000 dosesof the pediatric vaccine.

- [Charlene] Children in Connecticut,

the first to receive the vaccine

after the CDC's green light.

Last week, the Foodand Drug Administration

authorized emergency use for kid doses.

Pfizer says its trial datashows that the vaccine,

which is still two shotsbut one-third an adult dose,

is nearly 91% effectiveagainst symptomatic illness

in children ages five to 11.

Side effects are minimal which include

a sore arm, headaches, or fever.

And studies found no cases of myocarditis,

a rare heart inflammationseen in some young men.

- It's probably becauseof the smaller dose

in these vaccines, butwe're finding that fever

and other side effectsare a lot less common

in kids in this age group.

Most of these kids aren't even gonna need

to miss a day at school.

- [Charlene] Even so, onlyabout 27% of parents are willing

to have their kids vaccinated right away.

- I wouldn't be getting any of my kids

an emergency useauthorization vaccination.

I definitely would wannasee long-term studies.

- [Charlene] CBN MedicalReporter, Lorie Johnson

highlighted some of those concerns.

- There are a number of reasons,but the number one reason

was they're afraid of unknown,long-term side effects.

And when asked to drilldown on what exactly,

what side effects they'reworried about, two-thirds, John,

said they're worried thatlater on down the road,

their children mighthave fertility problems,

trouble conceiving childrenwhen they are adults,

even though there's absolutelyno evidence presented

by the drug company, Pfizer, the FDA,

and the CDC that that is a risk.

- Meanwhile, President Bidencalled the approval of the shot

a turning point in thebattle against COVID-19.

And doctors say childrenwho get vaccinated

before Thanksgiving will befully covered by Christmas.

Charlene Aaron, CBN News.

- Well I agree withparents that have questions

and we should all question this.

Is it absolutely necessary?

Do we know the long-term implications

of the vaccination and what can happen?

You look at both the mutationcycles and that's why people

at the CDC want to havechildren vaccinated

to make sure the virusdoesn't have an opportunity

to bloom again and mutate again,

and then come up with aneven more infectious strain

or a more drug-resistant strain.

All of these things are on their minds.

But at the same time, if you're a parent,

you've gotta be concerned.

So what does this mean?

Well, will the governmentmandate vaccination

for children to attend public school?

That's going to be an ongoing

political debate in our country

and where that ultimatelyends up is up to you and me.

The great news is we get to vote about it.