McAuliffe gets in tense exchange with Virginia sheriff over anti-police group's endorsement

McAuliffe was confronted on the July endorsement he received from the progressive group New Virginia Majority by a sheriff while speaking at an event with the Virginia Sheriffs Association (VSA).

The sheriff noted New Virginia Majority is a "large defund the police organization who want to abolish prisons and [Immigration and Customs Enforcement]" and pointed out that McAuliffe had expressed pride in accepting the group’s endorsement of him for governor.

"Now, first of all, sheriff, I’m proud to accept any endorsements. I get hundreds and hundreds and hundreds," McAuliffe shot back. "Groups that endorse me, I don’t know what they’re going to do."