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'''Glenn Allen Youngkin''' (born December 9, 1966) is the [[Governor]]-elect of his home state of [[Virginia]]. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], he narrowly defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] former Governor [[Terry McAuliffe]] in the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election, a victory widely considered a rejection of the [[left-wing]], [[Establishment|establishmentarian]] presidency of [[Joe Biden]].

| name=Glenn Youngkin

| order=74th Governor of Virginia

| term_start=January 15, 2022

| succeeding= [[Ralph Northam]]

| birth_date= December 9, 1966 {{age|1966|12|9}}

| birth_place= [[Richmond, Virginia]], U.S.

| party= [[Republican]]

Before running for Governor in the Commonwealth of [[Virginia]], Youngkin was a businessman for 25 years, becoming a co-CEO of the Carlyle Group, a company hosting financial and asset management services connected to the [[World Economic Forum]].

'''Glenn Allen Youngkin''' (born December 9, 1966) is the [[Republican]] [[Governor]]-elect of [[Virginia]]. He narrowly defeated the [[Democrat]] former-Governor [[Terry McAuliffe]] in the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election, a victory widely considered a rejection of the [[left-wing]], [[Establishment]]arian presidency of [[Joe Biden]]. In January 2022, Youngkin will succeed the term-limited Democrat Governor [[Ralph Northam]]. Before running for Governor in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Youngkin was a businessman for 25 years, becoming co-CEO of the Carlyle Group, a company hosting financial and asset management services connected to the [[World Economic Forum]].

== Political career ==

== Political career ==

Before education became the hot-button issue, Youngkin ran a moderate campaign,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBX1DDGs22E&t=2700s</ref> airing an advertisement seeming to imply that white supremacists were responsible for rising crime<ref>https://tv.gab.com/channel/nationalfile/view/trump-offers-master-class-in-terrible-613a6590f8a8477a1c06fa60</ref> and refraining from a strong condemnation of [[abortion]] during a debate.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj_JQLaThi8&t=1776s</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laWfBJe42e8&t=1907s</ref> Youngkin also supported the removal of a [[Robert E. Lee]] statue from a public park.<ref>https://nationalfile.com/virginia-glenn-youngkin-gop-nominee-for-governor-endorses-removing-lee-statue-says-confederate-monuments-can-go/</ref>

Before education and [[critical race theory]] became the hot-button issue, Youngkin ran a moderate campaign,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBX1DDGs22E&t=2700s</ref> airing an advertisement seeming to imply that white supremacists were responsible for rising crime<ref>https://tv.gab.com/channel/nationalfile/view/trump-offers-master-class-in-terrible-613a6590f8a8477a1c06fa60</ref> and refraining from a strong condemnation of [[abortion]] during a debate.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj_JQLaThi8&t=1776s</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laWfBJe42e8&t=1907s</ref> Youngkin also supported the removal of a [[Robert E. Lee]] statue from a public park.<ref>https://nationalfile.com/virginia-glenn-youngkin-gop-nominee-for-governor-endorses-removing-lee-statue-says-confederate-monuments-can-go/</ref>

Youngkin won with 50.7 percent of the popular vote. Even far-left biased newspaper ''The Guardian'' admitted that the victory constitutes "a blow" to Joe Biden, who campaigned with McAuliffe before going to a [[climate change]] conference to which [[Russia]] and [[China]] did not send delegates.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/02/glenn-youngkin-wins-virginia-governor-election-result</ref>

Youngkin won with 50.7% of the popular vote. Even far-left-biased newspaper ''The Guardian'' admitted that the victory constitutes "a blow" to Joe Biden, who campaigned with McAuliffe before going to a [[climate change]] conference to which [[Russia]] and [[China]] did not send delegates<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/02/glenn-youngkin-wins-virginia-governor-election-result</ref>.

In January 2022, Youngkin will succeed the term-limited Democrat Governor [[Ralph Northam]]. Many [[conservatives]] became disillusioned with Youngkin even before he could take office. First, he announced that he would not interfere with locally-passed mask and vaccine mandates. Then he hired Joshua Marin-Mora, a skirt-wearing [[LGBT]] activist, to his communications staff. Marin-Mora opposes fossil fuels and has backed [[Green New Deal]] proposals and the teaching in schools of [[Critical Race Theory]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalfile.com/glenn-youngkin-employs-lgbt-activist-who-lobbied-georgetown-to-adopt-green-new-deal-style-restrictions-ban-fossil-fuels/|title=Glenn Youngkin Employs LGBT Activist Who Lobbied Georgetown to Adopt Green New Deal-Style Restrictions, Ban Fossil Fuels: Glenn Youngkin hires LGBT activist who tried to pass Green New Deal-inspired legislation while in student government at Georgetown|publisher=nationalfile.com|date=November 23, 2021|author=Frankie Stockes}}</ref>

Many [[conservatives]] became disillusioned with Youngkin, even before his term started. Shorly after winning, he announced that he would not interfere with local [[mask mandate|mask]] and [[vaccine mandate]]s<ref>https://www.wric.com/news/yougkin-wont-try-to-block-local-mask-vaccine-mandates-like-other-republican-governors/</ref>. Not long after, he hired Joshua Marin-Mora, a skirt-wearing [[LGBT]] activist, to his communications staff. Marin-Mora opposes fossil fuels and has backed [[Green New Deal]] proposals, as well as the teaching of [[Critical Race Theory]] in schools<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalfile.com/glenn-youngkin-employs-lgbt-activist-who-lobbied-georgetown-to-adopt-green-new-deal-style-restrictions-ban-fossil-fuels/|title=Glenn Youngkin Employs LGBT Activist Who Lobbied Georgetown to Adopt Green New Deal-Style Restrictions, Ban Fossil Fuels: Glenn Youngkin hires LGBT activist who tried to pass Green New Deal-inspired legislation while in student government at Georgetown|publisher=nationalfile.com|date=November 23, 2021|author=Frankie Stockes}}</ref>.

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