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Gloria Oladipo

Governor Glenn Youngkin accused of ‘toxic culture’ after aides attack teen on Twitter

Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin.
Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia: ‘I regret that this happened and it shouldn’t have.’ Photograph: Steve Helber/AP

The Virginia governor, Glenn Youngkin, was accused of creating “a culture of toxicity” in his first months in office, after campaign aides attacked a high-school student, naming and picturing the boy, for sharing a news story about the Republican official.

On Saturday, Ethan Lynne, 17 and according to his Twitter biography a Democrat, posted an article which suggested Youngkin could be trying to stop work to highlight the history of enslaved people at the Virginia executive mansion.

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