“As governor, I serve all Virginians. I won’t accept racism in our Commonwealth or our party,” Youngkin wrote in a tweet. “The abhorrent words of a Hampton Roads official are beyond unacceptable and have no place in Virginia. It’s time to resign.”
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has called for a Virginia GOP official to resign after a jaw-dropping racist Facebook post using the N-word to describe Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and retired Gen. Russell Honoré. “As governor, I serve all Virginians. I won’t accept racism in our Commonwealth or our party,” Youngkin wrote in a. “The abhorrent words of a Hampton Roads official are beyond unacceptable and have no place in Virginia. It’s time to resign.
” Last week, David Dietrich, the electoral board chair in Hampton Roads, wrote on the social media platform, “This situation with the United States military is getting more disgusting and dangerous by the day.” He then singled out Austin and Honoré as “so-called ‘leaders,’” describing them as “so vile and racist, there’s no way to describe them other than in terms their own people understand. They are nothing more than dirty, stinking [N-words].
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