{"id":1218223,"date":"2022-01-15T16:34:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T21:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1218223"},"modified":"2022-01-15T16:34:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T21:34:15","slug":"watch-virginia-gov-glenn-youngkin-vows-to-remove-politics-from-the-classroom-in-inaugural-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-virginia-gov-glenn-youngkin-vows-to-remove-politics-from-the-classroom-in-inaugural-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin Vows to &#039;Remove Politics from the Classroom&#039; in Inaugural Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-virginia-gov-glenn-youngkin-vows-to-remove-politics-from-the-classroom-in-inaugural-address%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1218223&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Young-02-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">RICHMOND, Virginia \u2014 Newly inaugurated Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) promised to \u201cremove politics from the classroom\u201d in his inaugural address, pledging to take action on the education issues that propelled him to the Governor\u2019s Mansion in Richmond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will remove politics from the classroom,\u201d he declared, prompting likely the loudest applause of his entire speech.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI come to this office ready to lead and serve starting on day one,\u201d he said, referencing his campaign theme of&nbsp; \u201cday one\u201d reforms.&nbsp; \u201cWe\u2019ll start where the future is determined: in the classroom,\u201d he said, vowing to \u201craise standards,\u201d \u201cteacher pay,\u201d and invest in facilities and children with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Education became a dark horse issue against the Democrats in Virginia\u2019s off-year gubernatorial election as parents became incensed with the prevalence of Marxist critical race theory indoctrination, wide-reaching transgender policies allowing boys to use girls\u2019 restrooms and locker rooms, and draconian coronavirus policies keeping children out of schools.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to parents in Virginia, Youngkin said \u201cwe will empower you in the education of your children.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cParents have a fundamental right to make decisions with regard to their child\u2019s upbringing,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"video-src-attr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/author\/matt-perdie\/\">Matt Perdie<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomewhere along the way,\u201d he said, \u201cwe\u2019ve lost the ability to show respect to one another. To disagree without being disagreeable. And we\u2019ve tried to silence the people most responsible for the lives of our young children: their parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParents should have a say in what is taught in schools,\u201d he continued, to applause. \u201cTo parents I say: we respect you and we will empower you in the education of your children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Youngkin was sworn into office on the steps of the Virginia State Capitol, along with Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears and Attorney General Jason Miyares, at noon on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><em>Breccan F. Thies<\/em>&nbsp;<em>is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreccanFThies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BreccanFThies<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICHMOND, Virginia \u2014 Newly inaugurated Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) promised to \u201cremove politics from the classroom\u201d in his inaugural address, pledging to take action on the education issues that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1218223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1218223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1218223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1218223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}