Glenn Youngkin basically admits to Maria Bartiromo that he will miss several filing deadlines to get on the ballot in early GOP presidential primary states.

Simply put, he's not running, folks. pic.twitter.com/cNlucWYBEM

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 30, 2023

(via Daily Caller)

“Maria, I’ve said over and again how humbling it is to even talk about my name in this context,” Youngkin said. “But I am so focused on Virginia and elections this year to make sure that we deliver, we’ve got a giant agenda, and therefore I’m campaigning across Virginia for our House and Senate delegates and senators. I’m not in Iowa, I’m not in South Carolina and New Hampshire, we’re focusing on Virginia.”

“As I’ve said, there’s nothing more important than us holding our House and flipping our Senate in Virginia,” the governor continued. “That’s where my full attention is, and I am not paying attention to the filing deadlines, et cetera. I’m paying attention to making sure we hold our House and flip our Senate. I think this is so important for Virginians, and for the nation, to see that this can happen, that we can put to work conservative, common-sense policies and we can win.”

[This came up in the context of the filing deadlines that are fast approaching for getting on early-primary ballots. The first of these arrives in October. If Youngkin plans to get in the race, he’d have to act quickly. But as he says, not only does Youngkin keep demurring, he hasn’t done any prep work for such a campaign either. It’s safe to say that he’s not going to run this cycle, as Curtis says. — Ed]