Washington correspondent
In a barn at the top of the hill, a hundred people are waiting for the candidate.
The American flag was hung from a beam.
All around, autumn blazes the colors of the trees, from golden yellow to bright red.
Fluvanna County in northern Virginia is a land of farming and ranching, with small towns named after England.
Applause erupts as Glenn Youngkin enters the barn.
Handsome man, gray streak, dressed simply in jeans and a sleeveless fleece jacket over his shirt, he could be a wealthy horse owner who came to visit one of his stud farms.
He takes the microphone, his voice hoarse from too much speech: "
You know how relieved you are when you can overtake a car that is traveling too slowly on a country road?
This is exactly the feeling I have in front of the Democratic candidate, McAuliffe!
The audience burst out laughing.
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