Virginia election: McAuliffe appears on video with disgraced official who called for defunding police

Virginia's Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe appeared in an Instagram video with a former member of the state's Board of Education who has a history of homophobic tweets and calling for the defunding of police.

Dr. Wes Bellamy, who was appointed by McAuliffe during his first term as governor and was forced to resign in 2016, posted a video on Sunday afternoon that he filmed with McAuliffe at Virginia State University. It appears the video was recorded Saturday when McAuliffe attended the homecoming football game.

"Make sure everybody comes out and vote with less than 14 days away. Vote for the man, the myth, the legend himself, Governor McAuliffe, the greatest governor Virginia has ever seen. My man," Bellamy said, as McAuliffe gave a thumbs up and put his hand on Bellamy's shoulder.

"Now listen, I'm going to say this. There's a lot of people who talk about the things they want to do," Bellamy continued. "A lot of people who say they're going to do one thing or another, but when the rubber hits the road and when you want to know who your real friends are when everybody else turn their back on me, this man was right here with me, so he's not going to turn his back on Virginia. Let's make sure we vote for him."