By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--November 18, 2021
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Just 15 days after his much celebrated election as Virginia Governor-elect, Glenn Youngkin is being shown up as a proverbial hero with clay feet.
The footprints of Youngkin’s clay feet are all over the backs of the anti-CRT parents, who installed him in to public office, convinced that he would save their children from Critical Race Theory being taught in their children’s classrooms.“Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin is setting himself apart from other Republican governors who have taken a hardline stance against vaccine mandates in their states. Instead, Youngkin, who is against vaccine mandates at the state level, said he will not block local governments from pushing their own Covid-19 health precautions, including vaccine mandates. “Localities are going to have to make decisions the way the law works and that is going to be up to individual decisions but, again, from the governor’s office, you won’t see mandates from me,” Youngkin said in a recent interview, according to local media.
“While it’s a reversal of outgoing Gov. Ralph Northam's position, who implemented a vaccine-or-test mandate for state employees, it does not go as far as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott or Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, both of whom have issued executive orders barring local governments from being able to issue vaccine requirements. “Youngkin has been supportive of Covid-19 vaccines, noting during a September debate that he is vaccinated and his family is as well. “It’s the best way for people to keep themselves safe,” he argued. “And I, in fact, have asked everyone in Virginia to please get the vaccine. But I don't think we should mandate it.” “President Biden once said that too. "Some conservatives have been surprised by Youngkin's hands-off approach, with Revolver calling his position a "sickening betrayal."This “sickening betrayal” takes root in the number of politicians who become fence sitters immediately after election, displaying splinters in their rumps from fence sitting. How many parents will now be wondering when Youngkin, will reverse course on CRT on the Virginia school curricula? Given the still untested governor-elect’s two-step on government vaccine mandates, it’s a worthwhile and legitimate question.
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