ARE POCKETBOOKS MORE IMPORTANT
FOR PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN’S
EDUCATION?
YES THEY ARE.
WE’RE PLEASED TO BE JOINED IN
STUDIO BY VIRGINIA GOVERNOR
GLEFRNG JUNKEN.
GOVERNOR GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> Laura: THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
THEY STILL HAVE A BLIND SPOT ON
THIS ISSUE.
THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR
PARENTS WANT THEIR KITS TAUGHT
ACTUAL SUBJECTS, NOT WHAT
THEY’RE PUSHING ON THE KIDS.
>> NO, AND WE SAW THIS LAST YEAR
THROUGH OUR ENTIRE RACE WHERE
PARENTS WERE STANDING UP SAYING,
WE’RE IN CHARGE OF OUR CHILDREN,
NOT BUREAUCRATS, NOT
POLITICIANS.
AND YET WE SAW THE PROGRESSIVE
LIBERALS CONTINUALLY TRY TO
INJECT THEMSELVES BETWEEN
PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN.
AND, OH, BY THE WAY, KEEP
CLASSROOMS CLOSED, DICTATE
EXPLICIT MATERIALS PARENTS DON’T
WANT IN THEIR CHILDREN’S
EDUCATION AND, OH, BY THE WAY
FINALLY LOWER STANDARDS AND TELL
THEM IF YOU JUST DO OKAY IT’S
GOOD ENOUGH.
AND THEN WHAT WE SAW, LAURA, OF
COURSE, IS VIRGINIANS STOOD UP
AND SAID NO.
IT WASN’T REPUBLICANS OR
DEMOCRATS, IT WAS ALL
VIRGINIANS, PARENTS FROM ALL
WALKS OF LIFE SAID WE’VE HAD IT.
THEN WE SEE THE TEST SCORES COME
OUT AND TELL US THAT NOT ONLY
WERE THE CLOSED SCHOOLS
DETRIMENTAL TO OUR CHILDREN BUT
WHAT THEY WERE BEING TAUGHT,
BEING TAUGHT WHAT TO THINK AS
OPPOSED TO HOW TO THINK ALL OF A
SUDDEN RESULTED IN A 20-YEAR
LOSS IN LEARNING IN MATH AND
ENGLISH ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
WE SAW THE SAME THING IN
VIRGINIA.
>> Laura: HOW IS THAT GOOD FOR
MINORITIES.
>> IN FACT, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT
AVERAGES, AND IT’S WORSE FOR
MINORITIES, FOR BLACK
VIRGINIANS, FOR LATINO
VIRGINIANS, BY THE WAY FOR
VIRGINIANS THAT HAVE ENGLISH AS
A SECOND LANGUAGE AND ARE
DISABLED.
AND WHAT WE CONTINUALLY SEE IS
THE PROGRESSIVE LIBERALS IGNORE
ALL THAT AND ALL THEY WANT TO
TALK ABOUT, ALL THEY WANT TO TRY
TO INJECT ON OUR CHILDREN IS A
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.
>> Laura: OR GENDER IDENTITY
PHILOSOPHY.
>> THEY WANT PARENTS OUT OF OUR
LIVES.
>> Laura: GOVERNOR I HAVE TO GET
TO THIS CALIFORNIA PASSED THIS
LAW THAT BANNED THE SAIL OF NEW
GAS POWERED VEHICLE BY 2035 BUT
FACED IN PRETTY QUICKLY AND
AGGRESSIVELY.
AND I DIDN’T KNOW THIS AS A
RESIDENT OF VIRGINIA, I DIDN’T
KNOW THIS.
BUT VIRGINIA TRACKS CALIFORNIA.
SO RIGHT NOW THE COMMONWEALTH OF
VIRGINIA IS POISED TO BAN THE
SALE OF GAS POWERED CARS BY
2035?
AND YOU SAID YOU’RE GOING TO TRY
TO, YOU KNOW, MARSHALL THE
LEGISLATIVE FORCE BEHIND UNDOING
THIS.
>> WE HAVE TO.
WE HAVE TO.
SO, OF COURSE, WHEN THE
DEMOCRATS CONTROLLED THE HOUSE,
THE SENATE AND OF COURSE THE
GOVERNOR’S OFFICE, SINGLE PARTY
RULE BY PROGRESSIVE LIBERALS,
RATHER THAN DO THEIR JOB AND
REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THAT
ELECTED THEM TO BE THERE, THEY
OUTSOURCED IT TO CALIFORNIA.
AND WORST YET, WE’VE GOT TO HAVE
35% EV PURCHASES IN 2026.
SO NO LONGER TO PARENTS GET TO
DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR
CHILDREN’S LIVES, NO LONGER, IN
FACT, DO PEOPLE GET TO CHOOSE
WHAT CAR THEY WANT TO DRIVE.
>> AND HOW FAR THEY CAN DRIVE.
>> AND HOW FAR THEY WANT TO
DRIVE.
AND NO LONGER WOULD THE
DEMOCRATS WHO WERE ELECTED TO
REPRESENT VIRGINIANS WANT TO DO
THEIR JOB.
AND THIS IS WHY VIRGINIANS SAID
ENOUGH.
AND I THINK WE’RE GOING TO SEE
ENOUGH SHOUTED ACROSS THE
COUNTRY THIS NOVEMBER.
>> Laura: NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE SEEING YOUR CAMPAIGNING
OUTSIDE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
VIRGINIA.
I MEAN WE WANT YOU TO STAY IN
VIRGINIA ALL THE TIME BUT YOU’RE
ALL OVER THE PLACE VERY POPULAR,
55% APPROVAL WHICH IS NICE TO
SEE FOR A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR,
ANY GOVERNOR BUT GREAT TO SEE
FOR YOU.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES WROTE ABOUT
YOU SAYING YOUNGKIN’S BEEN
STEPPING UP HIS OUT OF STATE
APPEARANCE TO HELP GUBERNATORIAL
CANDIDATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
WHICH IS FEEDING MURMURS ABOUT
HIS PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION.
WHAT ARE YOUR PRESIDENTIAL
AMBITIONS?
>> WELL, MY AMBITIONS RIGHT NOW
ARE TO BE THE BEST GOVERNOR THAT
I POSSIBLY CAN IN VIRGINIA AND
WE’VE HAD A GREAT FIRST EIGHT
MONTHS.
I’M ALSO FINDING THAT THERE’S A
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO
SUPPORT VIRGINIA CANDIDATES
RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.
AND I’VE OFTEN THOUGHT THAT THE
ROAD TO THE MAJORITY IN OUR
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMES
THROUGH VIRGINIA.
WE’VE GOT GREAT CANDIDATES, WAY
GA IN THE SEVENTH AND GENERAL IN
AND CHAO.
>> Laura: THESE ARE DIVERSE
CANDIDATES.
>> THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY, IT’S AMAZING.
AND ON TOP OF THAT THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES RUNNING IN
STATES THAT LOOK JUST LIKE
VIRGINIA LAST YEAR WHERE JOE
BIDEN WON BY FIVE OR TEN POINTS
BUT YOU SEE THE ISSUES OF
EDUCATION AND INFLATION AND LAW
LESSNESS DRIVING PEOPLE INTO THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO NEVER VOTED
FOR REPUBLICANS BEFORE AND I
THINK WE CAN HELP.
AND THAT’S WHY I’VE BEEN EXCITED
TO HAVE A CHANCE, WHEN I DO
LEAVE VIRGINIA TO GO HELP
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WIN
GOVERNOR’S RACES SO THEY TOO CAN
SEE WHAT IT’S LIKE TO HAVE A
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR AND SEE A
STATE MOVING AS OPPOSED TO
STALLED.
>> Laura: YOU’RE NOT GIVING ME
ON ANYTHING ON RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT.
>> I’M FOCUSED ON 2022 LAURA.
>> Laura: ARE YOU RENAMING THESE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES OR ALLOWING
THE NEW PC NAMES REMAIN.
>> SADLY IT WAS DONE.
>> Laura: CAN’T STOP THAT.
>> BEFORE I WAS ELECTED.
WHAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP IS
JUMPING IN FRONT OF CHANGES TO
OUR HISTORY CURRICULUM WHERE
THEY NO LONGER WANTED TO
IDENTIFY GEORGE WASHINGTON AS
THE FATHERER OF OUR COUNTRY OR
JAMES MADISON.
>> Laura: STATUS COMING DOWN.
>> NO MORE STATUS COMING DOWN
BUT WE CAN TEACH ALL OF OUR
HISTORY AND THIS IS WHERE I
THINK THE PROGRESSIVE LIBERALS
MISS THIS.
WHICH IS WE CAN IN FACT TEACH
THE GOOD AND BAD AND STAND UP
FOR PARENTS IN THE CLASSROOM.
>> Laura: YEAH.