New Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is Sworn In, Immediately Takes Action to Crush Covid Mandates

"It looks like the Youngkin/Sears administration isn’t fooling around."

Virginia's new governor Glenn Youngkin took office and immediately eased doubts that he was a pretender who fleeced the many Republican and independent voters who had handed him victory.

Youngkin had defeated former Virginia governor and ex-DNC chair Terry McAuliffe in large part by running against Covid mandates and Critical Race Theory being taught in schools.

The governor-elect raised red flags for many voters when he made remarks in November implying that he wouldn't block any local Covid mandates, but he wouldn't issue any new ones, either.

"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 said.

But on his first day in office on Saturday, Youngkin sent a clear message that he was not a wolf in sheep's clothing, as some voters had feared: The new Virginia governor would be immediately putting an end to statewide Covid mandates.

"Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed 11 executive orders following his swearing in ceremony on Saturday, including those that overturn Virginia's mask mandate for public schools and a COVID vaccination requirement for state workers," Axios reported.

"Youngkin also signed an order that bans the teaching of critical race theory, a major focus of the 2021 campaign," Axios noted.