On the campaign trail, Glenn Youngkin said Virginia’s economy was “in the ditch.” Now that he’s governor, he’s calling for a host of tax cuts he says will jumpstart what he calls a “rip roaring” economy. He wants to eliminate the grocery tax, double the standard deduction and postpone an increase in the gas tax.

But Senate Democrats are skeptical.

“Companies are lining up — let me repeat that — lining up to come to Northern Virginia. Would they be doing that if we were taxing them out of existence? I mean give me a break,” said Majority Leader Dick Saslaw this week. “How do you explain that and the fact that virtually none of us here ever get emails saying ‘Oh geez you need to cut taxes?’“

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