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Glenn Youngkin

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Glenn Allen Youngkin is an American businessman and politician currently serving as the 74th governor of Virginia since January 15, 2022. A member of the Republican Party, Youngkin has focused on issues such as education reform, economic development, and public safety during his tenure. He previously worked as a CEO in the private sector, which has influenced his approach to governance and policy-making.

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Nov 1, 2021

But let me be clear. What we won`t do, what we won`t do is teach our children to view everything through a lens of race, where we divide them into buckets.

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Nov 1, 2021

On day one, we will not have political agendas in the classroom and I will ban Critical Race Theory.

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Oct 31, 2021

Friends, this is our moment to recognize that we're going to build together a different Virginia, a Virginia that soars, not one that settles.

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Oct 31, 2021

In the immortal words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we're called to judge one another based on the content of our character and not the color of our skin. And that's why there's no place for Critical Race Theory in our school system and…

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Oct 28, 2021

President Joe Biden's election victory was certifiably fair.

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Oct 28, 2021

I’ve called for an audit of the state’s voting machines.

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Oct 25, 2021

This is not an everyday campaign dispute. We might disagree with Mr. Youngkin on, say, Medicaid expansion, without arguing that his stance is disqualifying. But at a moment where democracy itself is under assault, Glenn Youngkin chose to…

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Oct 25, 2021

It's not Republicans against Democrats anymore, this is Virginia and standing up for our rights and particularly for the rights of our kids.

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Oct 25, 2021

Will they stand against the assault on democracy's basic precept or will they tolerate it?

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Oct 25, 2021

It seems likely that Mr. Youngkin knows that U.S. elections, including last year’s presidential contest, have been largely free of any significant fraud or cheating and that to suggest otherwise is flat out dishonesty.

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Oct 25, 2021

Well, McAuliffe knows he can`t beat me. And so he wishes he was running against somebody else.

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Oct 25, 2021

This is Virginians, not Republicans versus Democrats. Yes, the nation is watching because they recognize that when Virginia and stand up and take a state that has been blue and elect a Republican governor is going to make a statement…

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Oct 25, 2021

We`re going to invest in our election process, so that Virginians trust it. We just have to make sure the voter rolls are updated. I grew up in a world where you have an audit every year. In businesses, you have an audit. So let`s just…

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Oct 25, 2021

And Terry McAuliffe wants companies to fire their employees if they don`t get the vaccine. I do believe the COVID vaccine is one that everyone should get. But we shouldn`t mandate it. He wants employers to fire people who have not gotten…

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Oct 18, 2021

Parents have come together all over the commonwealth in order to stand up against school boards. We must find a way to elect conservative voices to these very, very important seats.

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Oct 14, 2021

I wasn`t involved, so I don`t know. But if that is the case, then we shouldn`t pledge allegiance to that flag, adding there`s no place for violence in America today.

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Oct 14, 2021

It is weird and wrong to pledge allegiance to a flag connected to January 6. As I have said many times before the violence that occurred on January 6 was sickening and wrong.

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Oct 11, 2021

Glenn Youngkin, would bring Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos' education policies to Virginia.

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Oct 6, 2021

So, let`s just audit the voting machines, publish it so everybody can see it.

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Sep 29, 2021

Yes. I`m going to be really honest with you. The short answer is, in this campaign, I can`t. When I`m governor and I have a majority in the House, we can start going on offense.

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Sep 29, 2021

I`m going to be really honest with you. The short answer is, in this campaign, I can`t. When I`m governor and I have a majority in the House, we can start going on offense.

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Sep 29, 2021

The one I can do is, I can remove the mandate from state employees. That`s the one legally I can do on day one. State employees are no longer mandated to get the vaccine.

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