Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) rode a wave of parental grievance to win in a trending-blue state in 2021. Now he’s retooling the theme for legislative races.
Langton, the Fairfax parent who regularly speaks at county school board meetings about books she finds inappropriate, said she thinks Youngkin has gone “soft” on subjects related to parents and education and isn’t committed enough to his conservative base.“It’s not like I’m totally dissatisfied — he’s done some good things,” Langton said. “But it’s just that it’s weak.”
“I think you have to look at the realities of the situation he’s dealing with, which is a state Senate that refuses to pass anything that doesn’t cater to their ideological base,” Prior said. He rattled off statistics about Virginia children being consumed with social media, calling it “a phenomenon that we have to be fully aware of.” Youngkin introduced Dunnavant, who was sharing the stage with him and is battling to hang onto a suburban Senate seat that tilted slightly blue during last year’s Virginia redistricting.
The conversations are notable for what they don’t address.
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