Virginia’s Youngkin Vows to Be ‘Education Governor’

Jessica Mendez, a LCPS parent who’s also a member of the local activist group Fight for Schools, speaks to Virginia Governor-Elect Glenn Youngkin (R) at Youngkin’s thank-you rally for Northern Virginia outside of Loudoun County Public Schools administration building in Ashburn, Va., on Nov. 13, 2021. Terri Wu/The Epoch Times

ASHBURN, Va.—Less than two weeks after his election victory, Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin renewed a pledge to remove the controversial critical race theory (CRT) from the state’s schools.

“I am going to be the education governor; this is going to happen,” Youngkin said at a thank-you rally held outside Loudoun County Public Schools administration building in Ashburn, Virginia, on Nov. 13.