CNN's Jim Acosta compares Virginia to 'Soviet-style police state' under Glenn Youngkin

CNN host Jim Acosta on Tuesday suggested Virginia was being run like a "Soviet-style police state" under new Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. 

During a segment on his fill-in primetime show, Acosta, while making the comparison, cited an email tip line set up by Youngkin's administration in which parents can report teachers that teach "divisive" topics to their children, such as critical race theory, while also mocking the way Youngkin dressed. 

Acosta began the segment by criticizing Republicans for, what he referred to as, the "latest culture war obsession." 

"In office less than two weeks and Governor Glenn Youngkin has already set up an email tip line for parents to report teachers for teaching divisive subjects," he said while claiming that the "tactic of pitting citizen against citizen" was also going on in other Republican-run states, such as Texas' new legal mechanism allowing lawsuits against those helping others obtain abortions.