There's a hefty dose of freedom. Let's see if the public likes it.

A lot of lefties already out of kilter over his Inauguration.

Nick Freitas is on a rampage with bills he’s already submitted.

Youngkin's Inauguration speech

Part 1 of 3

Good afternoon. Mr. Speaker, Lt. Governor Sears, Attorney General Miyares, Madame President, Members of the General Assembly, Justices of the Supreme Court, my fellow Virginians.

Today we gather, not as individuals, nor as Republicans or Democrats but as Virginians.

And for the 73rd time in the history of Virginia, the home of American Democracy, we’re participating in the peaceful and orderly transfer of leadership.

The will of the people grants a license to serve. A temporary license extended with trust, with faith, and with expectations to deliver on promises made.

And therefore, as I reflect on my Virginia home and my love for this great nation and its founding principles. I’m so very humbled to be sworn in as the 74th governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The solemn oath sworn today in the name of the almighty Father is done so with the love of my life by my side, your new First Lady, Suzanne Youngkin.

And with the pride and joy of our lives, our four children Grant, Anna, John and Thomas. I’m so grateful for their love and support. And to my sister Dottie I can feel mom and dad smiling down upon us today.

Suzanne and I want to thank Governor Ralph Northam and First Lady Pam Northam for being so gracious and supportive during this transition.

Their love for Virginia shines through their many years of dedication to her. On behalf of the Commonwealth of Virginia I thank you for your service.

In this last election, we heard from more voters than ever before , 25% more, nearly 3.3 million Virginians who sent us here on a mission to restore trust in government, and to restore power to the people.

We stand here today as the messengers of that movement. Entrusted to protect liberty create opportunity and build unity for the hard work ahead.

This celebration is about that movement and not the candidates or elected-office holders. It’s not about me, but rather about us.

And this movement continues to be fueled by the hopes and dreams and yes, the tenacity and grit of Virginians, of parents, students and teachers, of entrepreneurs and small business owners, of law enforcement and first responder heroes, of hard-working Virginians coming home from the midnight to 8am shift of active duty military, veterans and their families, of farmers, factory workers and healthcare heroes.

Today we stand together on behalf of Virginians who’ve never lost faith, even when they have suffered loss. Of Virginians who have not stopped dreaming of a better life, even in the midst of trials and tribulations.

My fellow Virginians, the spirit of Virginia is alive and well. And together we will strengthen it.

Together we’ll renew the promise of Virginia, so it will be the best place to live, work and raise a family.

No matter who you voted for, I pledge to be your advocate, your voice, your governor.

We stand here on January 15, 2022 filled with hope and optimism for the years ahead. This hope and optimism springs from a shared vision for the future, and also from knowing what we have been through. We are acutely aware of the struggles Virginians have endured over the last two years, struggles that we continue to face.

Not a single one of us has escaped the tragic consequences of Covid-19.

Today we lift-up our prayers for the more than 15,000 Virginians whose lives have been lost. We pray for the families. And we pray for those who have survived but who have lost jobs, lost an income or a business, or even lost hope.

We know the impact borne by children, who fell behind because their classrooms were locked down too long.

And the strain placed on parents. Especially Virginia moms who had to juggle with their homes becoming job sites and virtual classrooms overnight.

This moment of hardship has been compounded by economic factors. Inflation and supply chain failures. Rising grocery, gas and utility bills. As well higher taxes and stagnant growth.

We’ve also witnessed a rise in divisiveness in the public square and distrust of public figures.

Our politics have become too toxic. Soundbites have replaced solutions --- taking precedence over good faith problem-solving.

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Yet, as we gather here today, I join you with an unbridled sense of optimism, because I know and trust Virginians.

We’re home to a resilient and courageous people, heroes who’ve inspired us, Doctors and nurses who worked double-shifts to save lives, grocers, truckers, postal workers who worked overtime to stock shelves and make deliveries, and neighbors who took care of the frail and elderly in their community.

Despite the continuing challenges posed by Covid-19, I see a path forward. Not to some pessimistic new normal, but to a new and better day.

Our common path forward is with the miracle of modern medicine, that’s given us vaccines, new therapeutics and medical treatments.

Our common path forward is with our deep and abiding respect for individual freedom.

And our common path forward protects both lives and livelihoods.

My fellow Virginians, I come to this moment, and to this office, knowing we must bind the wounds of division. Restore trust. Find common cause for the common good. And strengthen the spirit of Virginia.

And to be clear this spirit of Virginia is not about government deciding for us what is best for us.

But rather reflecting the will of the people. Defending and protecting the rights guaranteed by our constitution. And a government and elected leaders going to work for “We the People”.

Make no mistake, Virginians remain resilient with that tenacity and grit and undeterred hope and optimism to press through these challenges.

We must venture forward because a new and better day is ahead of us.

After all, we are Virginians whose leaders gave birth to the most exceptional nation the world has ever known.

Yes a country with chapters of great injustice.

But also a country birthed on the fundamental notion of freedom. That we’re all endowed by our “Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”.

A nation whose ideas and ideals have been replicated and memorialized around the globe for nearly 250 years.

And Virginians have led boldly from our founding – Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and our very first governor, Patrick Henry, who insisted on adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution to protect our individual liberties.

This is our lineage. And following generations carried that mantle, leading and serving as Virginians are called to do.

Barrier-breakers like Maggie Walker and Governor Doug Wilder (who is here today) --- leading the way for the historic inauguration today of our new Lt Governor Winsome Earle Sears and our new Attorney General Jason Miyares.

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The people of Virginia just elected the most diverse leadership in commonwealth history. Sending a message that Virginia is big enough for the hopes and dreams of a diverse people.

We stand here today to accept the license to lead. And will do so by including all and welcoming all. Because the future of Virginia belongs to all.

I come to this office, ready to lead and serve on day one.

We’ll start where the future is determined in the classroom preparing Virginia’s children to be Career or College ready.

Starting today, we will raise standards, raise teacher pay, invest in facilities and children with disabilities.

We will create innovation lab and charter schools of achievement – within the public school system.

We will remove politics from the classroom and re-focus on essential math, science and reading. And we will teach all of our history the good and the bad.

And we know that when our children don’t go to school it harms their learning and development. So let me be clear we must keep our children in school 5-days a week.

Starting today, we will tackle the high cost of living.

We will suspend for a year the recent tax increase on gasoline, and eliminate the grocery tax altogether.

In addition, we will double the standard deduction on income taxes, rein in skyrocketing property taxes, provide the largest tax rebate in Virginia’s history, and cut taxes on our military veterans’ retirement benefits.

Solving the cost crisis is not merely about restraining taxes, it’s about growing incomes and opportunities as well.

Starting today, we will be crystal clear – Virginia is Open for Business.

We’re going to re-energize the engine of the economy by reducing regulations, investing in job training, making it easier for business to access capital, and get all Virginians back to work

Our goal is to create 400,000 jobs and 10,000 new startups over the next four years.

We’re going to make Virginia competitive again, no longer conceding corporate relocations and expansions to our friends in Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee.

We will compete. And we will win.

The most basic compact government must make with every citizen is to preserve public safety.

My pledge is that we will restore safety by fully funding law enforcement.

Starting today, we will comprehensively fund higher salaries, better training, investments in equipment. And we will protect qualified immunity for law enforcement.

And we will invest in community policing programs to build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve and protect.

Like so many, I’m troubled by the recent attacks on our police – the vast, vast majority of these heroes perform an incredibly challenging and dangerous job with extraordinary professionalism.

As governor, we will return respect to the men and women who wear the uniform all law enforcement officers, corrections officers, and first responders who take an oath to keep us all safe.

Somewhere along the way we’ve lost the ability to show respect to one another. To disagree without being disagreeable.

And we’ve tried to silence the people most responsible for the lives of young children --- their parents.

Parents should have a say in what is taught in school, because in Virginia, parents have a fundamental right to make decisions with regards to their child’s upbringing, education and care.

To parents I say we respect you. And we will empower you in the education of your children.

Our deep respect and gratitude remains for the heroes, who’ve fallen in the service to our nation, the veterans living among us today and those currently serving on active duty America is free because you were and are brave.

So I ask every hero serving in our military today, every veteran of the service in years past, every member of law enforcement who has worn the badge, every first responder, to either stand, or raise your hand, so we can recognize your service.

If someone tells you there are no heroes anymore --- tell them to come to Virginia.

My fellow Virginians, we each have the power to make this commonwealth a better place.

No one alone and certainly not a governor can ensure an entire commonwealth can live up to its promise.

But one Virginian at a time one act of service and sacrifice at a time we can make this Virginia we love stronger and better for all who live here.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birthday we celebrate today and whose great life we celebrate Monday with a national holiday once said, "We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”

For us that boat is named Virginia, and today we set sail to a new and better day.

Since the founding of Jamestown a little more than 400 years ago we’ve been an imperfect people on the course to a more perfect union.

At times we’ve failed to live up to our ideals. But we all want to do what is right and what is morally just even if we fall short.

What is seared in our heart by a loving, almighty Creator is not a desire for power or conquest, not a love of self, or personal advancement.

Rather it’s a belief that life is worth living when we serve a greater cause than self when we love without expecting favor in return and when we set aside ego for the greater good.

We are one Virginia. We are all sailing in the same boat.

With faith in a loving God, whose presence can be felt here today. And in partnership with Lieutenant Governor Sears and Attorney General Miyares, our Cabinet, and the duly elected leaders of the Virginia Assembly, we will chart and sail a course through our present troubled waters. So we reach the shores of a new and better day --- with more opportunity and more prosperity.

What we can do together is truly limitless.

We must set our eyes on the common values and common future that unites us. To work every day to strengthen the spirit of Virginia, and redeem the promise of our people.

It’s day one. Lets get to work.

Thank you , God bless you, and may God bless the Commonwealth of Virginia.

"Elections have consequences" we were once told

The post above about Youngkin's speech is long, but if you read it, notice how diff the tone and content is when compared to Biden's speeches.


And this,

Youngkin Taps Anti-CRT Leader as Virginia Diversity Officer

Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin tapped prominent anti-critical race theory activist Angela Sailor as the state’s new director of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

“The people of Virginia elected the most diverse leadership in the Commonwealth’s history. Virginia is big enough for the hopes and dreams of a diverse people. Angela Sailor’s experience in government, nonprofits and the private sector will guide us as we ensure that the government is working for all Virginians across our diverse Commonwealth, especially when it comes to economic opportunity for all Virginians,” Youngkin said.

In appointing her to the position, Youngkin also issued an executive order that will reorient the office away from realizing racialized equality-of-outcome objectives. Instead, the office will focus on creating economic opportunity for disadvantaged Virginians, enforcing “free speech and civil discourse” in academia, and ensuring that students receive an “honest, objective, and complete” civic education,” Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.

The governor also announced that he would introduce legislation to change the word “equity” in the office’s name to “opportunity.”

Without specifying racial background, the executive order reads: “…too many of our citizens have not received the equal opportunity they deserve, and we recognize that diversity when genuinely embraced strengthens our Commonwealth.”

Sailor’s resume includes experiences in government, the corporate world, and the political think tank realm. She has served as vice president of the Heritage Foundation’s Feulner Institute, director of African American Affairs for former President George W. Bush’s presidential campaign, and deputy chief of staff for former U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige, among others.

Sailor has expressed views in the line with Youngkin’s promise to curb the teaching of critical race theory in Virginia public schools, which he did as one of his first orders of business upon assuming office last weekend. His office said he signed an executive order that “delivers on his Day One promise to restore excellence in education by ending the use of divisive concepts, including Critical Race Theory, in public education.”

Sailor has written multiple pieces for the Heritage Foundation arguing that critical race theory is harmful to children, applauding the work of the 1776 commission, the advisory committee established by former President Trump to foster a “patriotic education,” and stating the important role parents play in education. Youngkin made parent participation in education a hallmark of his campaign platform.

“People have the freedom to use CRT as a weapon to cast hate. Or we can use core civic knowledge as an opportunity to reset, understand our common political inheritance, and build a stronger community with our children,” she said in an article titled “Most Parents and Teachers Are Done With Critical Race Theory.”

In another piece, she claimed that the progressive buzzwords “diversity” and “inclusion” act as a shroud to conceal what is actually critical race theory, a narrow lens of American history that treats racism as its founding and integral flaw.

“No one would argue that children shouldn’t be thoroughly taught about the evils of racism, slavery, and segregation that happened in this country,” she wrote in July. “But [critical race theory] ignores the hundreds of thousands of lives that were sacrificed during the Civil War to end slavery, the long struggle of the civil rights movement to end segregation and win equality, and the reality that the nation has made great progress.”

https://www.nationalreview.com...a-diversity-officer/

Joe Rogan recently had James Lindsay on his podcast. It is worth listening to the entire 3+ hour long discussion as Lindsay goes into a whole lot of subjects that address the current state of things in this country and frankly the world right now as this mix of Communism and fascism seem to be converging together to implement the "Great Reset."

I set this video to start around the 1:20:00 mark as that is when Lindsay goes into the insidious nature of this critical race theory garbage being pushed in our schools and on our children and why LGBT nonsense and sexualizing young people is the wedge to all of it.

This is why it is so important that Republicans and Conservatives concentrate on what really matters, like how our children are being educated. I hope the election of Youngkin wakes us up that these cultural issues are what we need to be fighting for. Low taxes are great, but this is the fight right here and how we win elections.



https://open.spotify.com/episo...?si=9ebbba1671d84626

ETA: I'm not sure that embed is working properly. I apologize, you'll have to use the link.

Virginia State Delegate Nick Freitas (R) "Not this time"

No more accepting being called a racist

Judge Reverses Decision to Place Loudoun County Schoolboy Guilty of ‘Forcible Sodomy’ on Sex Offender List

https://www.breitbart.com/tech...n-sex-offender-list/

A Virginia judge has reversed her decision to place the skirt-wearing schoolboy who was found guilty of “forcible sodomy” in a girls’ bathroom in a Loudoun County school on the sex offender registry.

The 15-year-old boy who was convicted of sexually assaulting female classmates at two separate high schools — Stone Bridge High School and Broad Run High School — will no longer have to register as a sex offender, according to a report by WTOP News.

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Judge Reverses Decision to Place Loudoun County Schoolboy Guilty of ‘Forcible Sodomy’ on Sex Offender List

https://www.breitbart.com/tech...n-sex-offender-list/

A Virginia judge has reversed her decision to place the skirt-wearing schoolboy who was found guilty of “forcible sodomy” in a girls’ bathroom in a Loudoun County school on the sex offender registry.

The 15-year-old boy who was convicted of sexually assaulting female classmates at two separate high schools — Stone Bridge High School and Broad Run High School — will no longer have to register as a sex offender, according to a report by WTOP News.

There are other ways to deal with this.

Nick Freitas is my favorite person in Virginia politics right now. I would love few things more than for Nick to become a superstar in the GOP.

The man manages to articulate exactly how I feel about the rhetoric coming from the left. Bravo Nick for calling them out on their BS!!

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/20...-a-c-cordoza-n446469

Black legislators caucus in VA House of Delegates refuses to admit black Republican A.C. Cordoza

Last November, black Republican A.C. Cordoza won a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates

This week, Cordoza tried to join the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus but on Tuesday the group voted to deny his request. Thursday, Cordoza gave a speech on the House floor in which he criticized the Black Caucus as more about being leftist than about being black.

In his speech, Cordoza revealed that he had applied to join the VLBC but was voted out, and he said it was based on his answers to a questionnaire. He said the questions included topics such as his top three environmental justice priorities, whether he favored charter schools, if he would favor overhauling the process for recalling public officials to “end harassment,” and if he would work to repeal sovereign immunity for police officers.

Other topics, he said, included if he supported collective bargaining — which he called “turning our state into a union state” — and standing up for abortion rights, mask mandates and gun control.

“These questions … spit in the face of our ancestors who fought to have all of our rights guaranteed,” Cordoza said. “I asked myself what any of those things mentioned have to do with being Black. The answer is it has nothing to do with being Black. … The caucus is not about being Black, it’s about being leftist. ”

The Black Caucus has 21 members — 17 in the House and four in the Senate. All are Democrats.

“So Mr. Speaker, I don’t know what I should do. I’m a legislator. I’m black. And I want to help the black community. Maybe I need to start my own caucus, the Virginia Non-Leftist Black Caucus. Right now it’ll be a caucus of one but that’s okay. As Thoreau said ‘ Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already. ’ I’m proud to be a majority of one."

Both Cardoza and Freitas are voting pro gun in every gun bill submitted this week. Well done!

Elections have consequences

Gov Youngkin has been pushing to give parents the right to decide if their kids need to wear masks in school.

DEMs have been fighting him.

Democrats control the Virginia Senate by 21-19. But one of those DEM senators is Chap Peterson. He has been willing to work w Gov Youngkin on some issues.


So if Peterson votes with the 19 REPs, it is a 20-20 tie. And that tie is decided by Lt Gov Winsome Sears.


When Peterson offered a bipartisan amendment to allow parents the option to unmask their kids, 9 other DEM senators signed on too.

Details here:

https://hotair.com/allahpundit...ew-state-law-n447182


Still issues to be resolved but even nationwide the DEMs see the public mood turning against them on this matter.

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Both Cardoza and Freitas are voting pro gun in every gun bill submitted this week. Well done!

I have yet to find an issue on which I disagree with Freitas. The dude is freakin awesome.

VIRGINIA NOW SUPPORTS RIGHT-TO-CARRY IN SUPREME COURT CASE

https://gunsinthenews.com/virg...-supreme-court-case/

The Solicitor General of Virginia, Andrew Ferguson, of the office of Attorney General Jason Miyares, stated in a letter to the U.S. Supreme Court that the Commonwealth of Virginia now supports the right to keep and bear arms outside the home in the NRA-backed NYSRPA v. Bruen case. Previous Attorney General, Mark Herring, had filed a brief supporting New York’s restrictive carry permit licensing scheme that arbitrarily denies this right to citizens.

Virginia School District Seeks Social Media Surveillance System to Combat ‘Hate Speech’

https://www.breitbart.com/poli...-combat-hate-speech/

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is looking to implement a surveillance and intelligence-gathering service to monitor student, parent, and teacher social media accounts for “hate speech” and “social media threats.”

According to documents obtained by Parents Defending Education (PDE), FCPS is looking to set aside $200,000 for a service that will “monitor social media threats, harassment, hate speech and bullying” by way of “active listening,” “deep and dark web sources not visible through traditional search engines,” and “Open Source Intelligence,” according to a request for proposal.

Using these tools, FCPS will begin data collection to “classify aliases, usernames, emails [sic] websites, etc.” and “visually identify relationships and connections between persons” in order to “detect [and] help deter any negative actions or consequences coming from social media which may be directed to racial groups or any student or teacher within FCPS.”

The surveillance system will also “save search queries and set alerts for active listening” and also sets “no limits on searches, or the amount of data that can be saved.”

The move comes after the embattled FCPS has faced significant criticism online for several actions, including supplying phonographic and pedophilic materials for students to view and playing “privilege bingo” in which they classified being a “military kid” as possessing privilege.

According to PDE, FCPS “tracked comments criticizing the ‘privilege’ bingo card and posted comments about the criticism as a reply to tweets.”

FCPS parents say this amounts to a significant First Amendment violation, especially since “harassment, hate speech and bullying” are not defined by the school district.

But, "it's for the childten!"

https://therepublicanstandard....dads/cicero/2022/02/

Between October 2021 and the inauguration , former AG Mark Herring (DEM) dismissed all show cause motions for delinquent child support payments as part of his woke social justice agenda — all of it calculated and all at the expense of working mothers and their children.

Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares announced a reversal of a Herring-era social justice initiative that allowed over 1,000 deadbeat dads to avoid paying child support:

“Since taking office, I learned that the Division of Child Support Enforcement was requesting the dismissal of hundreds of child support show cause actions filed against parents who were not making their court-ordered payments, even in cases where the pattern of nonpayment was egregious,” said Attorney General Jason Miyares. “Judges and legislators rightly expressed concern to my office. The cases brought to my attention were overwhelmingly absentee parents trying to run from their financial responsibilities.”

“Having investigated the matter, I have instructed our attorneys that we will no longer request the dismissal of petitions against parents who are not paying child support, absent special circumstances. Children should never have to go without because the government is giving their parent a pass from responsibility. Parents subject to court orders will not be permitted to hide from their financial obligations to Virginia’s families,” said Attorney General Miyares.

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"former AG Mark Herring (DEM) dismissed all show cause motions for delinquent child support payments" because DEMs care sooo much about women.
How stupid can the DEM voter base be ?