Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe faces a tougher-than-expected race for his old job against GOP candidate Glenn Youngkin. So, he has resorted to a tactic Democrats love to lean on now: painting their opponents as election deniers. But McAuliffe, like many in the Democratic Party, can’t erase his own track record as an election truther.

McAuliffe has tried to tie Youngkin to former President Donald Trump’s denial of the results of the 2020 presidential election. But McAuliffe has spent nearly two decades claiming the 2000 presidential election was stolen from Democrat Al Gore, arguing the Supreme Court tampered with the results. At the 2004 Democratic National Convention, McAuliffe delivered a quote indistinguishable from Trump: “We actually won the last presidential election, folks, they stole the last presidential election.”