The Republican nominee to be Virginia’s subsequent Lieutenant Governor is underneath hearth for supposedly posting sexually graphic pictures on a social media account years in the past. However he says it’s all a political hatchet job.
As The Washington Publish reported, conservative speak radio host and businessman John Reid is underneath extreme stress to stop the race after a graphic Tumblr account allegedly underneath Reid’s title surfaced. It reveals pictures starting from male genitalia to photographs much like a racy underwear commercial.
In keeping with the Post, the account additionally re-posted a photograph of a person dealing with a digicam carrying solely a baseball cap as just lately as March 2024. Reid has mentioned he has seen such pornographic materials however denied posting the pictures.
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is now calling for Reid, who secured the GOP nomination on April 21, to step down so the GOP can nominate a brand new candidate.
“The Governor was made conscious late Thursday of the disturbing on-line content material,” Youngkin’s Spirit of Virginia PAC mentioned in a written assertion Friday, which was obtained by the Publish. “Friday morning, in a name with Mr. Reid, the Governor requested him to step down because the Lt. Governor nominee.”
Reid, although, is refusing to stop. He responded to those allegations in a fiery video posted on his X account on April 27.
He referred to as for unifying the Republican Celebration whereas accusing Youngkin’s political group of orchestrating a smear marketing campaign to get him to drop out of the race.
“Representatives of my group have been informed by the chief of Governor Youngkin’s political group that the assaults on me WILL proceed except I drop out of the race for lieutenant governor,” he mentioned.
“What colossal conceitedness and abuse to a loyal fellow Republican, and prefer it or not, the declared authorized nominee of our social gathering,” he continued. “Identical to we noticed towards President Trump over the past eight years.”
Reid went on to assert that he was being blackmailed.
“My representatives have been proven THE SAME specific images of different people who I’ve bought nothing to do with…They usually have been informed that if I dropped out of the race, they might buy the opposition analysis and the lies and threats towards me would out of the blue cease. That is extortion, and it’s unlawful in Virginia!”
WATCH:
These guys are overtly attempting to extort me to make me stop!
I gained’t stand for it! pic.twitter.com/vV2ZDh7cmP— John Reid (@JohnReid4VA) April 27, 2025
Reid went on to say he has engaged authorized counsel to discover all choices towards these liable for allegedly blackmailing him.
“They made an enormous miscalculation in the event that they thought I might bow all the way down to anybody or run away scared,” he added. “I’m a conservative Trump supporter and I’m homosexual and all people is aware of it.”
“I’ve not damaged ANY regulation and I’m not a hypocrite,” he continued. “I don’t faux that I used to be a saint earlier than I entered into my present eight-year relationship.”
Reid then made clear he was within the race to the bitter finish.
“I’m SICKENED concerning the weeks of veiled accusations and assaults on my household…I’m not going to proceed to reply a parade of unending questions and false accusations from individuals we all know now are solely motivated to stage a coup towards a homosexual man who they didn’t need to be their nominee however didn’t have the heart to run towards,” he mentioned.
“I’m the Republican nominee for Lt. Governor and I’m more durable than any of my detractors and I’m not going ANYWHERE!”
