Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and international affairs at University of Mary Washington, said much of Youngkin’s agenda — tax cuts, calls for abortion restrictions, and putting pressure on public schools — falls in line with mainstream Republicanism.
But he added it’s somewhat challenging to define what’s mainstream because the Republican Party itself is undergoing an identity crisis.
“The Republican Party of today is not the Republican Party of 2015,” he said. “One of the decisions that the party will have to make going forward is whether the adjustment to Trump’s vision is retained or discarded.”
What Kind of Republican Is Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin? (governing.com) What Kind of Republican Is Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin? (Governing Magazine)
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and international affairs at University of Mary Washington, said much of Youngkin’s agenda — tax cuts, calls for abortion restrictions, and putting pressure on public schools — falls in line with mainstream Republicanism.
But he added it’s somewhat challenging to define what’s mainstream because the Republican Party itself is undergoing an identity crisis.
“The Republican Party of today is not the Republican Party of 2015,” he said. “One of the decisions that the party will have to make going forward is whether the adjustment to Trump’s vision is retained or discarded.”
What Kind of Republican Is Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin? (governing.com) 