# Virginia Governor Youngkin Wants to Kill Children (and their families) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 18, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011 "2022-01-18T18:49:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/1 "2022-01-18T18:49:11Z")
One of Hizzoner’s first moves was to sign an executive order banning schools from enforcing mask mandates. Yes, those very kids whose families are antimaskers, and thus at increased risk of catching and spreading COVID, are to be permitted to spread their diseases to more sensible classmates, in the interest of personal choice. Guess what, asshole? I choose to maintain whatever protocols reduce (not eliminate) the spread of COVID. You are removing that choice from ME!! (disclaimer: my kids are no longer in school - but if they were, I’d be terrified to send them to in-person class as we have several high-risk people in my household). ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/2 "2022-01-18T18:54:28Z")
His own kid goes to a private school in DC, not even in Virginia, and that school is very strict on masking and vaccinating. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/3 "2022-01-18T18:54:37Z")
So dictates the voters of the Commonwealth of Knee-Jerk Stupidity. One of many reasons I refuse to voluntarily set foot in Virginia. You can smell the stupid the moment you cross the Potomac. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/4 "2022-01-18T18:58:57Z")
If shooting children in the face would result in a Republican getting elected, he/she would immediately pass a law requiring children to be shot in the face. That’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/5 "2022-01-18T19:03:59Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > One of many reasons I refuse to voluntarily set foot in Virginia. You can smell the stupid the moment you cross the Potomac. Yeah - Northern Virginia has, over the years, been comparatively sane… but there are enough morons even here that this murderer got elected. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/6 "2022-01-18T19:04:03Z")
He’s a Republican, it’s a death cult. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/7 "2022-01-18T19:06:16Z")
How is it possible to interact constructively with people who think a virus gives a shit about their opinions and politics? Most republicans are just too far gone to help. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/8 "2022-01-18T19:14:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > His own kid goes to a private school in DC, not even in Virginia, and that school is very strict on masking and vaccinating I had to check – no idea why – but sure enough … > Despite Youngkin’s decision to roll back school mask mandates, one of his own children attends a school out-of-state that imposes its own mask requirements on students. One of the governor’s sons, Thomas, attends the prestigious Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Maryland and that school has introduced its own mask mandate. > Georgetown Prep’s COVID policy is comprehensive and [**the school mandated vaccination for students**](https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-uses-mlk-day-announce-new-segregation-unvaccinated-1670136), faculty and staff on July 20, 2021. > **[Youngkin, Mask-Mandate Lifter, Sends His Child to School Requiring Masks](https://www.newsweek.com/glenn-youngkin-mask-mandate-lifter-sends-child-school-requiring-masks-covid-19-1670207)** > > The Republican issued an executive order giving Virginia parents the right to exempt children from mask mandates but some school districts are resisting. [MD, not DC, but that’s a nit at best] ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/9 "2022-01-18T19:23:22Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > [MD, not DC, but that’s a nit at best] Ah. It’s Georgetown Prep, so I thought it was DC. Thanks for the correction. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/10 "2022-01-18T19:27:24Z")
Apparently, a law adopted by the Virginia legislature and signed by the former governor last year requires schools to follow CDC guidance, and the guidance is still for students to mask. Youngkin has no authority to overturn a statutory requirement through his executive orders. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/11 "2022-01-18T19:28:03Z")
That would explain why some schools are telling him to pound sand. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/12 "2022-01-18T19:32:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ah. It’s Georgetown Prep, so I thought it was DC. Thanks for the correction. It’s best not to try to apply a knowledge of geography to trying to locate DC area schools. [The Potomac School](https://www.potomacschool.org/) is in McLean, VA. [The McLean School](https://www.mcleanschool.org/) is in Potomac, MD. FWIW, [Georgetown _Day_ School](https://www.gds.org/) is in DC, but it’s not in Georgetown, either. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/13 "2022-01-18T20:06:25Z")
> [@flurb](#): > > Apparently, a law adopted by the Virginia legislature and signed by the former governor last year requires schools to follow CDC guidance, and the guidance is still for students to mask. Youngkin has no authority to overturn a statutory requirement through his executive orders. Cite: > **[Youngkin will rescind school mask mandate order but state law may complicate...](https://www.wric.com/news/youngkin-will-rescind-school-mask-mandate-order-but-state-law-may-complicate-local-policy-changes/)** > > Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin has pledged to rescind the public health order that requires public and private school students to wear masks after he is sworn in on Saturday. However, lawmakers are … ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/14 "2022-01-18T20:44:53Z")
Fuck Youngkin. I’m a VA resident and still pissed that he got elected. What a worthless sonuvabitch. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/15 "2022-01-18T21:56:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > His own kid goes to a private school in DC, not even in Virginia, and that school is very strict on masking and vaccinating. Yes, but that’s a parental choice. It’s not his fault some parents chose to be too poor to send their children to schools that require masking and vaccination. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/16 "2022-01-18T22:06:08Z")
He sounds like a Do-Nothing Deucy clone to me. I’m sorry this is happening to Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/17 "2022-01-18T22:12:40Z")
Annnnnnd here comes the lawsuit: > **[Chesapeake parents sue Gov. Youngkin over executive order removing mask...](https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/chesapeake/chesapeake-parents-sue-gov-youngkin-over-executive-order-removing-mask-mandate-in-schools/)** > > 13 parents in Chesapeake are suing newly-elected Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin in regards to his executive order to end the mask mandate in K-12 schools in Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/18 "2022-01-18T22:35:02Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Yes, but that’s a parental choice. It’s not his fault some parents chose to be too poor to send their children to schools that require masking and vaccination. Maybe once a year he has the starving peasants gather below his balcony so he and his party guests can try to hit them in the face with slices of cake and pie. “…but only if it is deductible.” ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/19 "2022-01-19T08:07:36Z")
Youngkin got elected by, in part, feigning that he was a relatively moderate conservative Republican, and at some distance from Trump. Upon inauguration, he became the instant bait-and-switch Trumpist governor. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2022, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011/20 "2022-01-19T08:11:57Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > If shooting children in the face would result in a Republican getting elected, he/she would immediately pass a law requiring children to be shot in the face. But just THINK about how owned the libs will be! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011.md?page=2)