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Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) pardoned nearly 100 people between Jan. 16, 2023 and Jan. 16 of this year.

Its hard to see how a tactic that has so intentionally fomented distrust between students, teachers and parents can be good for learning. Gov. Glenn Youngkins policies have stoked animus against transgender people, tacitly endorsed censorship and stifled classroom lessons about systemic racism.

By pardoning Smith, Youngkin reinvigorates the parental rights debate, which remains as hot now as it was two years ago and is a seminal issue in races for seats on local school boards across Virginia.

Scott Smith, whose daughter was sexually assaulted at school by a "transgender" student, was railroaded by a corrupt Loudoun County justice system.

(The Center Square) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin granted an absolute pardon to a Loudoun County father who was sentenced to a trial by jury for his behavior at a

A father recently pardoned by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin joined Fox News to denounce the Geor

A father recently pardoned by Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin joined Fox News to denounce the Geor

The girls father was convicted of disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice stemming from a June 2021 confrontation at a Loudoun County School Board meeting. The case was at the center of Youngkins push for parents rights that helped fuel his victory for governor in 2021.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on Sunday issued a pardon for Scott Smith, a Loudoun County father who was convicted of disorderly conduct following a heated confrontation at a public school board meeting, which he attended “as a concerned parent” after his daughter was sexually assaulted in the school bathroom. “Upon careful deliberation and review…

Scott Thomas Smith wrongly claimed a student who assaulted his daughter was gender-fluid. After a contentious school board meeting, Smith was convicted of disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice.