Glenn Youngkin just showed us why he's already going full Trumpist

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Glenn Youngkin is really going full Trump. The latest:

* He's now blaming the left for his mask fiasco

* He's defending his stance with epic bad faith/dishonesty

* He's actively inciting civil conflict when more judicious paths are available

My latest:

washingtonpost.com
Opinion | Glenn Youngkin just showed us why he’s already going full Trumpist
The new Virginia governor is playing to those who crave maximal social conflict.
8:53 AM · Jan 25, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/25/glenn-youngkin-mask-mandates-trump/

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https://archive.fo/DB5uH

Almost immediately after Glenn Youngkin unexpectedly won the Virginia gubernatorial race, some observers spied a tantalizing possibility: Youngkin might show that in today’s Trumpified GOP, there’s still a place for a center-right politics that rebuffs Donald Trump’s worst impulses and charts a new route to a right-leaning majority.

But Youngkin is already going full Trumpist on at least one issue: Banning school districts from requiring masks. In the face of widespread resistance to his efforts, he’s hitting back in a way that’s positively Trumpy in its toxic bad faith and utter contempt for judicious governing.
In an interview with influential right wing radio host John Fredericks on Monday night, Youngkin demonstrated why he has brought on this controversy. The episode, reported by The Post, captures something essential about the pathologies that Trump has unleashed in our politics, and the tendency of so many GOP politicians to eagerly go along with them.

Youngkin laced into “left liberals” and school board “bureaucrats,” blaming them for the turmoil that has erupted in response to his new policy. Youngkin recently signed an executive order allowing parents to opt out of mask requirements without offering any reason, but dozens of school districts are keeping the mandates in place, arguing that state law requires them to do so.

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3. First sentence of the article

"Almost immediately after Glenn Youngkin unexpectedly won the Virginia gubernatorial race, some observers spied a tantalizing possibility: Youngkin might show that in today’s Trumpified GOP, there’s still a place for a center-right politics that rebuffs Donald Trump’s worst impulses and charts a new route to a right-leaning majority."

On what f**king planet? The a$$hole ran on CRT! EVERYONE knew he was a full blown Trumpster!