It felt like 2009 all over again. A smug, sanctimonious former President Barack Obama lectured Virginians this week on what ought to matter to them.

“We don’t have time to be wasting on these phony, trumped-up culture wars, this fake outrage that right-wing media peddles to juice their ratings,” Obama told the crowd at Terry McAuliffe’s Oct. 23 campaign rally. He went on, referring to McAuliffe’s Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin.