--- title: Donald Trump Jr Tweets Election Support on Wrong Day description: Donald Trump Jr. tweeted support for Ed Gillespie, but he told voters to vote on the wrong day. canonical: https://time.com/5014046/donald-trump-jr-wrong-voting-day-tweets-twice/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-07T20:43:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:32.956Z og:title: Donald Trump Jr. Told Virginians to Vote on the Wrong Day Twice og:description: Election day is today, not tomorrow og:url: https://time.com/5014046/donald-trump-jr-wrong-voting-day-tweets-twice/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1da54407d55c54e/6988e4f1656a3f0252bd261d/donald-trump-jr-wrong-voting-day.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Donald Jr. And Eric Trump Attend Opening Of Trump International Hotel & Tower In Vancouver og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Jr. Told Virginians to Vote on the Wrong Day Twice twitter:description: Election day is today, not tomorrow twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1da54407d55c54e/6988e4f1656a3f0252bd261d/donald-trump-jr-wrong-voting-day.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Jr. Encouraged Virginians to Vote on the Wrong Day Twice  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 7, 2017 8:43 PM UTC  VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - FEBRUARY 28: Donald Trump Jr. delivers a speech during a ceremony for the official opening of the Trump International Tower & Hotel on February 28, 2017 in Vancouver, Canada. The tower is the Trump Organization's first new international property since Donald Trump assumed the presidency. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - FEBRUARY 28: Donald Trump Jr. delivers a speech during a ceremony for the official opening of the Trump International Tower & Hotel on February 28, 2017 in Vancouver, Canada. The tower is the Trump Organization's first new international property since Donald Trump assumed the presidency. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)Jeff Vinnick—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 7, 2017 8:43 PM UTC [Donald Trump Jr.](http://time.com/5005219/donald-trump-jr-halloween-socialism-lesson-reactions/) took to his Twitter on [Election Day](http://fortune.com/2017/11/07/election-day-2017-governor-mayor-maine/) to encourage his 2.2 million followers to vote for Ed Gillespie, a Republican candidate who’s running for [Virginia’s governor in a close race](http://time.com/5012560/virginia-governors-race-2018-ed-gillespie-ralph-northam/) against Democratic candidate Ralph Northam. However, Trump Jr. may not have gotten the message for Gillespie’s campaign out that the way he wanted because he told his Twitter followers to vote on the wrong day, not just once, but twice. In a series of tweets, Trump Jr. instructs his followers twice to vote for Gillespie “tomorrow” although he was tweeting on Election Day; one post has since been deleted, but one is still available on Trump Jr.’s timeline. > [](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/927884011468480512) Trump Jr. later tweeted that the vote was today and also retweeted his father’s tweet encouraging voters to vote for Gillespie. > [](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/927925920748441600) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/927852358209622016) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5014046/donald-trump-jr-wrong-voting-day-tweets-twice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5014046/donald-trump-jr-wrong-voting-day-tweets-twice/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Jr. Encouraged Virginians to Vote on the Wrong Day Twice","datePublished":"2017-11-07T20:43:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:32.956Z","description":"Donald Trump Jr. tweeted support for Ed Gillespie, but he told voters to vote on the wrong day.","url":"https://time.com/5014046/donald-trump-jr-wrong-voting-day-tweets-twice/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","twitter","Donald Trump Jr."],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1da54407d55c54e/6988e4f1656a3f0252bd261d/donald-trump-jr-wrong-voting-day.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1da54407d55c54e/6988e4f1656a3f0252bd261d/donald-trump-jr-wrong-voting-day.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Jr. And Eric Trump Attend Opening Of Trump International Hotel & Tower In Vancouver","caption":"Donald Jr. And Eric Trump Attend Opening Of Trump International Hotel & Tower In Vancouver","creditText":"Jeff Vinnick—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5014046/donald-trump-jr-wrong-voting-day-tweets-twice/","name":"Donald Trump Jr. Encouraged Virginians to Vote on the Wrong Day Twice"}}]}] ```