Glenn Youngkin hasn’t been the Governor of Virginia for a week and he’s already causing waves. On his first day in office, he nuked the state’s school mask mandate and banned Critical Race Theory from being taught.
Democrats were wrong to think that he’d just twirl his sword and settle down into the role of a Republican. Youngkin is also taking on one of the left’s sacred cows — the woke establishment — and doing so in a way that is incredibly satisfying.
The governor has renamed the state’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer the Diversity, Opportunity, and Inclusion Officer. Further, he appointed a conservative to the spot and also listed one of the job requirements as being an “ambassador for unborn children.”
Gov. Glenn Youngkin changed Virginia’s “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Officer to “Diversity, Opportunity and Inclusion.”
The job includes being an “ambassador for unborn children.” pic.twitter.com/QyvFXAWtNO
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 20, 2022
Democrats do not like to be fought on their ground. By and large, the left has come to expect that while they may be opposed, the guardrails they’ve set up will be respected. That’s why a change like this makes them so upset, and to be sure, the wailing in response has been deafening. You aren’t supposed to actually retake territory when you fight the left. Instead you should kowtow and cooperate with their institutions. That’s what they’ve come to expect from Republicans like Larry Hogan.
Youngkin’s talent continues, however. Instead of playing by the left’s rules, he’s decapitating their sacred cows. The inclusion of unborn babies in the mission of the state’s Diversity, Opportunity, and Inclusion office is master trolling, but it’s also an incredible moral imperative.
Besides, the idea of “equity” is an illiberal, communist tenant anyway. It is not what you want to live in. A free society allows people to have some success, and also gives them the freedom to fail. Nobody has done as much as an government-made widget. The left has weaponized the idea of equity, using it to discriminate under the guise of “fairness.” Such an ideology should be launched into orbit and nuked.
It’s still early, but Youngkin is continuing to show himself as a man of integrity. He didn’t just pander to get into office. Evidently, he is determined to do the right thing and follow his lead. The left in Virginia is driven insane by this, but elections do have consequences. They are about to discover what these are.
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