Glenn Youngkin has been sworn in as Governor of Virginia and has already made several executive orders. Fox News. Youngkin was the first Republican Governor of the state since 2009 and rode a wave of discontent against the Democrats actions in schools. It is little surprise then that Youngkin took action against some of those concerns, including ending the highly controversial use of critical race theory in schools. Youngkin also ordered an investigation into Loudon County, where a non-binary student was convicted of sexually assaulting to girls, including one incident in a bathroom, with the school board being accused of covering it up. Finally, he took actions on the Coronavirus, making masks optional in schools and rescinding vaccine mandates.
A full list of Yongkin's orders can be found here.
My Comment:
Just a quick follow up post, since I covered the Virginia election extensively. Glenn Youngkin is now governor and it already seems he is addressing the issues that brought him into office. Youngkin made his name by calling out these things and it seems like he will be taking steps to actually fix them.
I also think that Youngkin's strategy worked fairly well and could be a blueprint for other elections in 2022. Focusing on education was a huge win for him and I get the feeling that people are indeed tired of what is being pushed in schools. Be that critical race theory, transgender bathrooms or coronavirus restrictions, people are fed up and it is a big opening for the Republican Party.
The media liked to point out that Youngkin tried to distance himself from Donald Trump, but I don't think that's why he won. It may have helped a little, Virginia is the home of the RINO's of course, but I think he actually focused on the issues that mattered for the people of Virginia. I don't think anyone there really cared if Youngkin was too much like Trump, or not enough for that matter, they were just sick of how the Democrats were acting.
Time will tell how successful Youngkin will be. Making a bunch of orders is one thing, actually carrying through with them is another. Some of the orders, like pulling the vaccine mandates, are pretty easy, but how do you get rid of Critical Race Theory in schools? Most teachers believe this crap, do you simply fire all of them? It's a tough problem to say the least.
Still, it's nice to see a governor elected in a formally blue state that actually is taking these issues head on. Politics is culture war right now and it's good to see Republicans actually fighting for once. We have no reason to simply concede the field of education to the Democrats and Youngkin is a good example of how to fight back.
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