Living the American Miracle: VA AG Jason Miyares (Ep. 37)

As a six-year-old, Jason Miyares helped his mother to learn the Pledge of Allegiance for her upcoming naturalization ceremony, an event that deeply affected both of their lives. More than a half century later, on January 15 of this year, he become the first Hispanic-American to hold statewide office in the Commonwealth of Virginia when he was sworn in as Attorney General. Since his swearing in, which his mother witnessed in person, Miyares has signalled an activist stance as the state's self described "new sheriff" – firing 30 attorneys in his first week, including the entire staff of the civil rights division; urging the US Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs. Wade, writing that the decision should be made by the states; and, seeking the dismissal of a school mask mandate in the Commonwealth. It has been a busy start.