Posted on 11/18/2021 6:47:40 AM PST by fwdude
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.
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“Hi! Are you on the town council? I’m *cough* from the next *cough cough* county over *huge projectile cough* Have a nice day!”
I don’t see this as a huge betrayal. Allowing for local control is fine by me. People need to get off their asses and remove the Karens they elected in the first place.
Blaming Youngkin for their own previous poor voting practices is lame.
the GOP remains the MOST EVIL organization on the planet.
Unlike the DNC, antifa, the Communists,
who are Truthful about what they intend to take from you,
the GOP plots, orders guillotines, fake ballots,
as it stabbed the President and the Constitution in the
heart.
D before V
Decimation before a single vote.
Youngkin, a RINO? What next, we learn that he is part of the Deep State? Didn’t see that coming. /sarc
I could be wrong but it seems like the title doesn’t match the quote in the story.
That was my first thought as well. Make gov’t as local as possible.
Virginia is a Dillon Rule jurisdiction. Localities don’t have to power to do ANYTHING, mandate or not, unless the general assembly specifically grants them the power to do so by law.
Even the power to enact local dog ordinances has to be delegated to the local government.
I wouldn’t expect the moron class the understand the intricacies involved and the difference between Dillon Rule and Home Rule, but it makes a big difference when you see what Youngkin actually said.
He made clear, no mandates would be coming from the State. That drastically limits what local governments can do.
We might not always like it, but the less power a state or federal government yields over the populace, the better.
This is just part of a coordinated attack by the left to get the right to turn on him.
Uhhhhh....I gotta admit a little confusion...
Local officials being assured that either way they go, masks or no masks, that there will be NO “Thou Shall Not” or “Thou Shall” from the ‘higher authority’?
Since when is local autonomy from Federal / State interference NOT a “conservative value”? (Asking for a friend.)
Seems like he’s doing a good enough job of that on his own.
Meh. If he were a conservative, he wouldn’t have won. Incrementalism. It’s how the left as beaten the brakes off of us.
Why do you think the suburban folks actually voted for him. This is a reasonable policy.
bush 2.0? mittens wanna be?
Local control of decisions should be the conservative opinion. Right? I’m not sure I see a problem here.
Youngkin has always said that localities could mandate what they wanted. He has always said that he wouldn’t push a state mandate.
If we want the localities to be better, than we as conservatives need to start running for local positions. School boards are changing, not because the governor tells them to, but because the parents are getting involved.
If we complain that the governor should fix this in the localities, the next governor could “fix” it a different way.
He’s a CFR member, a past participant at Davos and the past CEO of The Carlyle Group. Why would this be a surprise to anyone?
Thanks for injecting some facts.
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it sounds like he’s trying to tell you that there are some Dems locally who might do a little mandating...
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