Tue Mar 8, 2022 – 4:05 pm EST
RICHMOND (LifeSiteNews) — Conservatives have seen several victories in a relatively short period of time following a Republican takeover of the governor’s mansion, attorney general’s office, and House of Delegates, but moderate-to-liberal legislators within the state GOP continue to stymie some of the issues Gov. Glenn Youngkin campaigned on.
Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe last November in part by riding a wave of discontent with COVID restrictions and leftist radicalism in public schools, and upon taking office set to work addressing that discontent. On his first day he issued nine executive actions, including a ban on the promotion of critical race theory (CRT) in public schools, clarification that parents have the sole right to decide whether their children wear masks in public schools, a request for an investigation of the Loudoun County School District over allegations it covered up student rape, and a rollback of COVID-related business regulations and COVID vaccine mandates for state employees.
Youngkin, Attorney General Jason Miyares, and Republican lawmakers have since taken steps to codify and enforce those measures, including a law banning forced masking in schools, legal actions and opinions against draconian COVID
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