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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Feinberg

Youngkin campaign attacks teenager for sharing article on history of slavery

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin’s political team is under fire after hitting out at a high school student who had criticised the governor on Twitter.

On Saturday, 17-year-old Ethan Lynn posted about the Republican’s decision to convert a room in the Richmond, Virginia governor’s mansion that had been used by an on-site historian to teach about the state’s history of slavery into a family room.

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