Virginia now has a new governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general. Glenn Youngkin was sworn in as governor earlier today:
The people of Virginia elected the most diverse leadership in Commonwealth history and we are ready to serve.
We are filled with hope and optimism for the years ahead because the future of Virginia belongs to us.
Today is the start of a new Virginia! pic.twitter.com/K6MNMcQDFL
— Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) January 15, 2022
Glenn Youngkin takes the oath of office and becomes Virginia’s 74th Governor pic.twitter.com/6XVCKjWXS7
— Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) January 15, 2022
Day number one for Gov. Youngkin brought with it several executive orders:
Just wait til y’all see Youngkin’s list of first day executive orders …
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) January 15, 2022
There’s definitely quite a bit going on in the EO department today:
Youngkin’s Day 1 Executive Orders, per his office, include:
– Ban CRT
– parents decide if kids wear masks in school
– declare VA open for business
– end vax mandate for state employees
– investigate Loudoun County
– fire parole board
– leave green house gas initiative
— Amber Athey (@amber_athey) January 15, 2022
Governor Glenn Youngkin’s first executive orders/directives include rescinding the Virginia vaccine mandate for state employees, rescinding the mask mandate for children in schools, ending crt in schools, and investigating wrongdoing in Loudoun County
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 15, 2022
Governor @GlennYoungkin has signed an executive directive rescinding all vaccine mandates for state employees. pic.twitter.com/heObS9Wl8M
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) January 15, 2022
Governor @GlennYoungkin has signed an executive order withdrawing Virginia from the RGGI cap-and-trade scheme. pic.twitter.com/bFQKOiAmuT
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) January 15, 2022
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
Don’t let the door hit you in the rear on your way out the door, Ralph Northam!
Hell yeah! https://t.co/34AECjEPs8
— Storm Paglia 🇺🇸 (@storm_paglia) January 15, 2022
🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 https://t.co/lsKooiLJz7
— Abigail Marone 🇺🇸 (@abigailmarone) January 15, 2022
Free State of Virginia 🤝 Free State of Florida
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 (@ChristinaPushaw) January 15, 2022
You can start blaming Youngkin for stuff that goes wrong in Virginia now, @thedispatch https://t.co/NUBDRbz5xN
— Anthony Abides (@AnthonyAbides) January 15, 2022
Logic, finally.
He's off to a great start. https://t.co/w7LvxGZeS6— Tiffanie (@TiffanieTx1) January 15, 2022
I now live in the Free State of Virginia. https://t.co/zp8EMhuh7B
— Scott C. Johnston (@SJohnston60) January 15, 2022
It’s still hard to believe that Terry McAuliffe was so out of touch that he literally said parents shouldn’t have any say in their kids’ educations. Hopefully the Democrats remain just as out of touch when the midterms roll around in Novemver.
