Posted on 01/15/2022 6:00:03 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Newly-minted Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin started his first day in office with a bang that could reverberate across the nation as a signal to other governors on the fence between the people and the donor class.
Signing a slate of executive orders, Youngkin fulfilled some of the biggest promises he made to voters during his groundbreaking gubernatorial run. The orders include:
Youngkin also pledged to “restore integrity and confidence” in the state Parole Board, a move bolstered by the appointment of new Attorney General Jason Miyares, who has already announced he will begin the prosecution of criminal activities in districts in which Soros-backed District Attorneys refuse. There are also provisions for fighting human trafficking and antisemitism. Youngkin signed the orders immediately after his Saturday, January 15th inauguration.
Executive Order Number One delivers on his Day One promise to restore excellence in education by ending the use of divisive concepts, including Critical Race Theory, in public education.
Executive Order Number Two delivers on his Day One promise to empower Virginia parents in their children’s education and upbringing by allowing parents to make decisions on whether their child wears a mask in school.
Executive Order Number Three delivers on his Day One promise to restore integrity and confidence in the Parole Board of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Executive Order Number Four delivers on his Day One promise to investigate wrongdoing in Loudoun County.
Executive Order Number Five delivers on his Day One promise to make government work for Virginians by creating the Commonwealth Chief Transformation Officer.
Executive Order Number Six delivers on his Day One promise to declare Virginia open for business.
Executive Order Number Seven delivers on his Day One promise to combat and prevent human trafficking and provide support to survivors.
Executive Order Number Eight delivers on his Day One promise to establish a commission to combat antisemitism.
Executive Order Number Nine delivers on his Day One promise to withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
Executive Directive Number One delivers on his fulfilling his Day One promise to jumpstart our economy by cutting job killing regulations by 25 percent.
Executive Directive Number Two delivers on his fulfilling his Day One promise to restore individual freedoms and personal privacy by rescinding the vaccine mandate for all state employees.
Governor @GlennYoungkin has signed an executive order giving parents an opt-out right from school mask mandates. pic.twitter.com/fLWm8IywX7
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) January 15, 2022
Both Governor Youngkin and Lieutenant-Governor Winsome Sears have been very vocal about turning away from government overreach and restoring as much power to the people as possible. Perhaps the one order that could have significant ripple effects in the national education sector is the pledge to support the parents of Loundon County by investigating violations and corruption in their school district and adjacent bureaucracies.
Time will tell if Virginians start seeing significant improvements in their state, but there is no doubt the gauntlet has been thrown down, and the challenge will be carrying this momentum of the citizenry through 2022 and 2024.
Very good. It’s been hard to see our original colonies turning so liberal over the years. Comforting that at least Virginia is turning back in the right direction.
This wonderful man, Governor Youngkin, gave a lengthy speech at inauguration and either looked at the teleprompter rarely, or did not use it at all.
One of the best speeches I have heard lately.
Impressive and full of meaning.
I lived in Winchester Va for a year or so. Beautiful, historic place. That said, high taxes, over the top government regulation, police state kinda mentality. Very similar to next door neighbor, communist state of Maryland.
Never give up.
Never give in.
Fight for it all!
A beautiful read and loved hearing his strong inauguration speech yesterday!
He’s one of the Soros plants who does nothing but attack Republicans. It’s a pretty transparent trick. He and the other trailer park crowd think they are intelligent, but they are just puppets to their daddy Soros and the blogs that grift the right.
So far, Youngkin has done everything that he said he would and that he has the power to do.
People don’t understand that Virginia is a legislature dominant Dillon Rule State. The Virginia governor is not an officer with dictatorial powers. The Virginia Constitution was never designed that way, and far more power is granted to the General Assembly. Even judges have to be selected and approved by the General Assembly, the governor has no say.
#mancrush
at this point, i think they’re just angry a republican winning the election interferes with their narrative that it was fixed.
i mean surely mcchoke-off would’ve cheated right?
Virginia is for lovers again.
Always been that way. Republicans fix. Democrats break.
Just basic common sense actions which leftists can’t understand because they have no common sense.
I think Winsome Sears is also gonna play a more outsized role in his admin, which would bb good, seems like a strong conservative
Absolutely awesome! Wish Youngkin was my governor.
I couldn’t agree more. Gloucester County here.. in what part of the Commonwealth are you?
I’m a chesterfieldian.
Abigail Spanberger is your congresscritter, right?
Not exactly the RINO wuss he was thought to be a couple of months ago, is he?
I’m a Midlothian-er!
i call her spamburger
One of the GOPers running to replace her is a great guy.. state Sen. Bryce Reeves. I’ve met him and he’s a well-respected conservative.
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