Republican Glenn Youngkin Sworn in as Governor of Virginia

Thies)That “spirit,” he said, is not one that “rests in government,” saying that his “mission” is to both restore trust in government and return power to the people of the Commonwealth.Calling the Commonwealth the “home of American democracy,” Youngkin’s message drew from Virginia’s history, invoking Virginian Founding Fathers like Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Madison, James Monroe, and Patrick Henry — who insisted on the inclusion of the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution.The new governor touched on policy areas such as coronavirus policy, business, education, and law enforcement.The place to start, he said, was “where the future is determined: in the classroom.” Youngkin was met with likely the largest applause of the speech when he vowed to “remove politics from the classroom,” continuing to promise to “teach all of our history, the good and the bad,” and keep schools open.Inauguration of Glenn Youngkin in Richmond, Virginia.