Schapiro: Divide and conquer was Youngkin's M.O. even before politics
BY JEFF E. SCHAPIRO
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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TRT Gov. Glenn Youngkin leaves the office of Del. Don Scott Jr., D-Portsmouth, on Wednesday. In a speech during the House floor session, Scott had asserted that Youngkin is not acting like “someone who is a man of faith” and urged Republicans to stop “using Black folks as props.”
Virginia Democrats still wincing from their whipping by Glenn Youngkin howl that the rookie Republican governor is undergoing a metamorphosis: He is chucking unity and consensus for divide and conquer, gambling that he prevails by splitting the opposition.
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TRT Gov. Glenn Youngkin leaves the office of Del. Don Scott Jr., D-Portsmouth, on Wednesday. In a speech during the House floor session, Scott had asserted that Youngkin is not acting like “someone who is a man of faith” and urged Republicans to stop “using Black folks as props.”
