RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s campaign sparked controversy for lashing out at a high school student on Twitter, revealing the 17-year-old’s name and photo after they shared a news story about part of the governor’s mansion where slaves once lived.The student, Ethan Lynne, retweeted a Richmond public radio station’s report Saturday that suggested Youngkin might be scrapping efforts pursued under two previous governors to highlight the history of enslaved people at the mansion, The Washington Post reported Sunday.The radio station’s report contained an error, which Lynne noted on Twitter hours later after the station issued a correction.By then, “Team Youngkin,” the official Twitter account for the governor’s campaign, had posted a photo of Lynne with former Gov. Ralph Northam at a Democratic fundraiser in October.“Here’s a picture of Ethan with a man that had a Blackface/KKK photo in his yearbook,” Team Youngkin tweeted shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday, pairing the October photo with a racist picture from Northam’s 1984 medical school yearbook that surfaced in 2019.Democrats responded immediately, calling on Youngkin to apologize to Lynne. The attack on Northam drew less notice, since Northam is a public figure and adult, although it ran counter to Youngkin’s…
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Youngkin campaign criticized for Twitter spat with teenager – WTVR.com
