74th Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is Sworn In, Immediately Takes Action to Void Covid Mandates

Virginia’s new governor Glenn Youngkin took office and immediately eased doubts that he was a pretender who fleeced the many Republican and independent voters who had handed him victory. Youngkin had defeated former Virginia governor and ex-DNC chair Terry McAuliffe in large part by running against Covid mandates and Critical Race Theory being taught in schools. Youngkin raised red flags for many voters when he made remarks in November implying that he wouldn’t block any local Covid mandates, but he wouldn’t issue any new ones, either. “Localities are going to have to make decisions the way the law works, and…