--- 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: 2026-10-12T08:27:36.199Z 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 > Sponsored content. 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Voters in Virginia and New Jersey gave Democratic gubernatorial candidates large victories Tuesday and sent a clear message of rebuke to President Donald Trump._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 7, 2017 8:43 PM UTC Voters in Virginia and New Jersey gave Democratic gubernatorial candidates large victories Tuesday and sent a clear message of rebuke to President Donald Trump.  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) ## Transcript [00:00] Today, Virginians have answered and have spoken. [00:05] Virginia has told us to end the divisiveness, [00:09] that we do not condone hatred and bigotry and [00:14] to end the politics that have torn this country [00:19] apart. [ APPLAUSE ] I wanna let you know [ APPLAUSE ] [00:23] That in Virginia it's gonna take a doctor to heal [00:27] our differences. [ APPLAUSE ] [00:30] To bring unity to our people, and I'm here to [00:35] let you know that the doctor is in. [ APPLAUSE ] [00:38] [ APPLAUSE ] And this doctor [00:44] will be on call for the next four years. 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