Posted on 11/17/2021 6:06:30 PM PST by RandFan
@daveweigel
Asked Youngkin (at RGA meeting) about "going on offense" on abortion, as he said he'd do if he won. "A pain threshold bill is something that I would entertain," he said, but it's not part of "day one plan" - that's schools, parole board, cutting back regulations.
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Is he backing off his promises?
Republicans. Their rule is- promise an end to abortion then backpedal ASAP once you’re in. It gives all of us something to run on
It’s been since 1973 ya bunch of ghouls. Stop it.
I don’t know if it was posted on here earlier, but Twitchy had something this morning on Glenn Youngkin stating that he woundn’t intervene with Virginia cities in regards to mask and or vaccine mandates, and now this. I don’t know what Mr. Youngkin’s deal is, or if the voters in VA bought a lemon, but something doesn’t seem right about all this.
Pure speculation here.
One of the best Dem arguments that no cheating occurred in the 2020 election is that some Repubs won then and some are still winning now like Youngkin.
This reminds me of the Allies handling of the information from Ultra in ww2. They often didnt use the intelligence they gained from the broken German code.
The reason is simple. Allied Intelligence knew if they acted on every secret in every battle the Germans would quickly realize their code was broken. The game would be over. The Dems don’t need to control every election, just enough to win.
Or not….?
I think Youngkin is putting this back to where it should be decided, at the local level. Or should we continue the present top down back asswards methods being implemented elsewhere, especially federally?
Wasn't Fauquier county the only place in the entire state that implemented a mask fine anyway? Not a single other instance, meaning they know the local populace would revolt. As they did on election night.
I posted something to similar effect in the comments section there this morning. And I agree completely. This is less government.
I’m not a big anti-abortion person, but I don’t understand why the Republicans don’t defund Planned Parenthood etc.
My initial reaction was to consider how many public officials at every level have become drunk with power in order to satisfy a miguided hunger to make everyone “feel safe” and themselves feel good. As such, Youngkin’s approach - if this is true (big if!) - is disappointing on the face of things. If local citizens truly raise the right fuss, then I get it, and that’s fine. It may even be better.
Youngkin can’t unilaterally ban anything...he’ll have a 52-48 advantage in the House of Delegates, but a 21-19 deficit in the Senate. He’ll oppose abortion where he can, but there’s going to be somewhat of a deadlock in the legislature. It’s not like Texas, where the Republicans have large majorities.
He is a lemon. Could VA have elected any Republican who is actually conservative?
I believe local people in Virginia are rising up. A couple days ago I saw where seemingly to conservative young guys were elected to their school board. 2 years of Dem rule, has people wanting to get involved.
Why bring catholics into this. We’re talking about Youngkin. About republicans
The freepers do love to hat catholics.
John Frederick’s called him a RINO today as he already flipped his position on the vaccine mandate.
Almost sounded like he regretted holding several shows to help him get elected.
Abortion was not a top issue for VA voters, although it was an issue. They were more concerned with schools, economy and safety. He will do what he can to address those issues on day one. School choice, providing gas-tax relief, dropping income and property tax rates, consolidating gun laws, fixing the bail reform, cooperating with ICE and taking law enforcement seriously is what Virginians voted for.
He can and will make the mask issue a local issue, which should be and he should drop the vax mandate for state employees.
He has the governor’s seat, he will use it but in VA, it’s mostly symbolic, the action is in the legislative houses.
How do you rate him compared to our gubbernor, wolfy?
They are terrified their buddies in the media will portray them as, "anti-woman," and they won't get invited to the right D.C. get-togethers.
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