McAuliffe, Virginia Governor's Vanquished Rival, Reemerges To Fight For Mask Mandates

"Let’s leave behind the politics and let our better angels prevail so we can keep our kids safely in school,” former governor encourages

Democrat Terry McAuliffe, the former Virginia governor defeated in November in his bid at a comeback, has resurfaced for the first time since his opponent, Republican Glenn Youngkin, was sworn in over the weekend as the new governor of the Old Dominion.

At issue is Youngkin's executive push — over the objections of a number of local school districts — to do away with mask mandates in Virginia classrooms.

Bill Scher @billscher

Virginia school districts keeping their mask mandates and defying Gov. Youngkin's executive order: Alexandria Arlington Chesterfield Fairfax Henrico Hopewell Loudoun Portsmouth Prince William Richmond Roanoke Stafford *3rd update! Please let me know of any I may have missed.

While these local districts push back against Youngkin's directive to drop all mask mandates, the governor reportedly has set Monday as the day school districts must come into compliance with his “no mask mandates” policy.

Youngkin now even faces a lawsuit on the matter of masks in schools.

Bobak Zamanpour @TomBobakZ

Chesapeake parents sue Gov. Youngkin over order rescinding school mask mandate wric.com/news/virginia-… Hopefully more Parents across Virginia will file Lawsuits against tRumpkin Youngkin for endangering their children’s lives. Please Proceed to RT

wric.comChesapeake parents sue Gov. Youngkin over order rescinding school mask mandateGov. Glenn Youngkin is being sued in the Supreme Court of Virginia by a group of parents from Chesapeake over his executive order rescinding the state’s school mask mandate.

It was into this politically charged atmosphere that the man whom Youngkin beat in the election — Democrat Terry McAuliffe — inserted himself Friday by trying to prevail upon Youngkin to reverse course.

Terry McAuliffe @TerryMcAuliffe

The coming chaos that Monday’s “masks off” order will bring comes at the worst possible time for Virginia as we fight this pandemic. Let’s leave behind the politics and let our better angels prevail so we can keep our kids safely in school.

“The coming chaos that Monday’s ‘masks off' order will bring comes at the worst possible time for Virginia as we fight this pandemic. Let’s leave behind the politics and let our better angels prevail so we can keep our kids safely in school,” the former governor tweeted.

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