Youngkin says people should ‘put down’ accusations of racism during CNN town hall

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), defended his administration’s efforts to combat critical racial theory in schools and suggested that people need to stop seeing things through a racial prism during a Thursday evening CNN Town hall

Youngkin, who was elected to the 2021 presidential election on a platform that heavily leaned towards parental rights, participated in a CNN townhall with Jake Tapper, Thursday night. “War Over Education” He defended the policies of his administration on the teaching Critical race theory Schools and how they should respond to students who want to identify with a gender other than their biological sex.

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“We’ve found ourselves in a moment where we’re allowing ourselves to be pitted against one another in all things, and we all of a sudden find that everything has to be viewed through the lens of race,” Youngkin spoke during the town hall. “I don’t think we should pretend that racism doesn’t exist, because it does, but how we move forward is up to us, and I think there’s an opportunity for us to put down the accusations and put down the judgment and move together in a way that lifts up all people.”

Youngkin was questioned by a diverse audience of Republicans and Democrats from Virginia. They asked him questions about a range of topics, including school policies regarding transgender students, school safety, student achievement, and artificial intelligence in school.