Thu Nov 18, 2021 – 4:43 pm EST
RICHMOND, Virginia (LifeSiteNews) – Glenn Youngkin, the Republican businessman who defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe for the governorship of Virginia, disappointed conservative fans this weekend by announcing he will not try to stop localities from imposing COVID-19 vaccine or mask mandates on state residents.
“Localities are going to have to make decisions the way the law works and that is going to be up to individual decisions but, again, from the governor’s office, you won’t see mandates from me,” Youngkin, who opposes state- and federal-level vaccine mandates, told WRIC in an interview.
“My family has gotten” the COVID vaccine, he added. “I’ve gotten it. I think it’s the best way for people to protect themselves.”
Youngkin, the former CEO of the private equity firm Carlyle Group, defeated McAuliffe in early November, riding a wave of discontent with COVID restrictions and leftist radicalism in public education that also fueled a GOP takeover of the state House of Delegates. But while his election is expected to reduce COVID coercion coming from the state government, the governor-elect’s latest comments suggest he will be far less aggressive on the issue than Republicans in
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