Julie Zauzmer Weil @juliezweil
Along with a huge team of @postlocal reporters, I spent the day at the polls in Virginia.
I was in western Prince William. Most people I met voted for Youngkin.
I just got home & I'm going through my notebook, so here's a thread of voters' quotes about why they picked Youngkin.
Julie Zauzmer Weil @juliezweil ·
1h A Latina mom who plans on sending her 4-year-old to private school to avoid public school education about race, which she believes motivates bullying: "Parents don’t really have a choice.... They are adding new things to history that children her age don’t really need to know."
Julie Zauzmer Weil @juliezweil · 1h A Black dad who's homeschooling two of his kids said his older son recently brought home an assignment on Abraham Lincoln that troubled him, though he couldn't say why. "I'd like to not vote for the guy who said it's not the parents' responsibility to take care of their kids."
Julie Zauzmer Weil @juliezweil ·
1h One man supported Youngkin's anti-abortion stance, saying he once conceived a child with a woman who chose an abortion. "I don’t know what my first child would have looked like because of a woman's right to choose.... I want to be able to go to court & say 'I want that baby.'"
Julie Zauzmer Weil @juliezweil ·
1h Another voter said he opposes mask and vaccine requirements. "I'm forced to vote Republican, grudgingly. I don’t even like this guy," he said, saying he supports abortion rights and finds Youngkin "self-righteous." But: "I'm tired of the mandates."