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mr. youngkin: how about that, huh? [applause]

♪ mr. youngkin: wow. [cheering and applause] [crowd chanting "glenn" ] mr. youngkin: thank you. wow. amazing.

all right, virginia, we won this thing! [applause] how much fun, how much fun. first of all, thank you all for waiting, waiting a few minutes longer than we thought. breakfast will be served shortly. amazing. well, first, let me thank suzanne. let me thank suzanne. [applause] i had said many, many times that the lord knew what he was doing because i need her a lot more

than she needs me. when i told you on that fateful friday afternoon that a conviction had come over my heart to go serve virginians, you did respond. you responded with grace. you responded with support. you responded with unconditional love. thank you. i also have to thank my amazing kids because i'm not sure they were all on board at the beginning. so, guys, i want to thank you. john, thank you, over in dublin. i love you guys. and i want to thank my beloved commonwealth of virginia. [applause]

my fellow virginians. we stand here this morning and this defining moment, a defining moment that, yes, started with two people on a walk. and a defining moment that is now millions of virginians walking together. walking together, sharing dreams and hopes, just like the ones that have always been planted in my own heart. dreams and hopes of virginia that never settles. a virginia where the virginia promise comes alive for everyone that calls this virginia home.

[applause] together, together, we will change the trajectory of this commonwealth. [applause] and, friends, we are going to start that transformation on day one. there is no time to waste. our kids can't wait. we work in real people time, not government time. so on day one, we are going to work. we're going to restore excellence in our schools.

we will invest the largest education budget in the history of the commonwealth. we're going to invest in teachers, new facilities, special education. we are going to introduce choice within our public school system. how about that? choice within the public school system. we're going to start with charter schools and going to make a down payment and close the gap on giving parents an opportunity to select where their kids go to school. friends, we are going to embrace our parents, not ignore them. [applause] we're going to press forward with a curriculum that includes

listening to parents' input. a curriculum that allows our children to run as fast as they can. teaching them how to think, enabling their dreams to soar. friends, we are going to reestablish excellence in our schools. [applause] we are fighting for parents and students and teachers in our schools. friends, we will reduce our cost of living. on day one, we will declare the largest tax refund in the history of virginia. we're going to eliminate the grocery tax. suspend the most recent hike in the gas tax. double everybody's standard deduction. and we are going to cut taxes on

the retirement income of our veterans. [applause] we're going to save virginia families $1500 year one. we are going to keep our communities safe. we are going to comprehensively fund law enforcement because they stand up for us and we are going to stand up for them. [applause] higher salaries, better equipment, more training. programs like unity in the community to work to build trust between law enforcement and those they protect and serve. we're going to protect qualified immunity. invest in our behavioral health system. finally, we will replace the

entire parole board on day one. [applause] and on day one, we're going to jumpstart our jobs and reinvigorate this economy so it lifts up all virginians. we're going to get this economy moving again. growing 400,000 new jobs. fostering 10,000 startup businesses. friends, virginia will be open for business. [applause] it's time for virginia to be the place where everyone wants to live, not leave. a place where the relentless pursuit for a better life, for

prosperity is not burdened or blocked by self-interested politicians who are more focused on their futures than those they were elected to serve. [applause] over 100,000 miles on the campaign trail, i heard stories that were unique and powerful. the reality is the challenge of overcoming a culture where the state overwhelms self empowerment is all too common. for too long, we've been expected to shelve our dreams, our hopes, to settle for low expectations. we will not be a commonwealth of low expectations. we will be a commonwealth of high expectations. [applause] and, friends, all of that has

changed tonight. [applause] a campaign that came from nowhere. but, we were joined by neighbors and friends of all races, all religions, all ages, all political ideologies. and, it turned into a movement. this stopped being a campaign long ago. this is the spirit of virginia coming together like never before. the spirit of washington and jefferson and madison and monroe and patrick henry of virginia, standing up and taking our commonwealth back.

my fellow virginians, this is our moment. it's our moment for parents, for grandparents, for aunts, uncles, for neighbors to change the future of virginia's children's lives. to change their virginia journey. it is our time to turn that vision into a reality. it's a vision where virginians power, the power that has resided in the marble halls of richmond is spread out. spread out of the kitchen tables that are held together with the bond of spirit, of liberty and freedom. [applause] especially those kitchen tables

where breakfast is eaten after a midnight shift. friends, and is where our government will -- this is where our government will go. we will go for the people, of the people. from the farms of the shenandoah valley said the docks and shipyards of hampton roads, to the fields -- coal fields of southwest virginia, to the banks of the james river, to arlington national cemetery -- [applause] this is our virginia to build together and we are going to go to work on day one. there are always those, those that say that hell is too steep

to -- hill is too steep to climb, but we are empowered by a righteous conviction and our children's future were strengthened by our collective belief in the virginia promise. let's climb that hill together. let's reinvigorate our future. let's reinvigorate this amazing commonwealth of virginia. [applause] together, together, together, together. we can build a new day. a new day for virginians where, yes, we soar and we never settle. a new day where all virginians, all of us can deserve to look forward, to grabbing, to aspiring, to dreaming and then

achieving that great virginia promise. god bless you all. god bless the commonwealth of virginia. and let's go. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> ♪ remember the day i sent you

free i told you you could always count on me darling from that day on, i made a vow i'll be there when you want me some way, some how ♪ ♪ ain't no mountain high enough ain't no valley low enough ain't no river wide enough to keep me from getting to you babe ♪ ♪ ♪