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Glenn Youngkin Lied His Way into Office; Now Virginians Are Stuck With Him
Voter apathy, CRT lies, legislative gridlock put Republican in Va gov.’s mansion
The election of Glenn Youngkin as governor of Virginia earlier this week might be an example of everything that’s wrong with modern politics. Youngkin is a multimillionaire former investment banker with no political experience before this election. He’s also worth $440 million and a fan of the Republican Party’s use of culture war issues, such as the nonexistent Critical Race Theory scare. Yet, a combination of working-class and middle-class Virginians put this political neophyte in control of the state.
This does not bode well for the future. Although Youngkin promised to make education and “parent’s choice” a major focus of his administration, looking at his background I don’t see how that’s going to happen — at least not in a meaningful way.
Youngkin is a Republican who made his money from the investment banking world. People with that mindset have a Reaganesque review of economic policies. That means cutting social services and going back to that tried-and-true Republican formula of tax cuts, even though they don’t work. However, Youngkin’s agenda could be stymied by the Democratic-controlled Virginia legislature.
