There were some pretty hot takes running up to the gubernatorial election in Virginia last fall. Juan Williams said that “parents’ rights” was just code for white race politics. Jennifer Berkshire, co-author of “A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door: The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School,” tweeted that “parents’ rights” was “a centerpiece of a GOP that is increasingly hostile to public education AND democracy.” The assumption, apparently, was that it was those white suburban parents who ruined everything with their made-up concerns over their kids’ education; blacks don’t care what their kids are taught or exposed to, we guess.
There are also a lot of pretty hot takes that Glenn Youngkin’s “cheerful suburban dad” persona was just a facade hiding radical right-wing politics, like leaving it up to parents if their children wear masks to school. Democrats’ embrace of the teachers’ unions and disdain for involved parents cost Terry McAuliffe a lot of votes, but it looks like they’re sticking with that narrative. Watch as they sit silently as Youngkin reasserts parents’ rights to be involved in their children’s upbringing and education.
WATCH: Democrats refuse to applaud when @GovernorVA @GlennYoungkin tells parents they “have a fundamental right, enshrined in law by this General Assembly, to make decisions with regard to your child’s upbringing, education and care. And we will protect and reassert that right." pic.twitter.com/TMTVLkI5U4
— Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) January 17, 2022
Seriously, cling to critical race theory, which you don’t believe is a real thing but will defend even if it costs you an election.
That's actually kind of terrifying.
— Whitepilled Joe (@FormerModerate) January 17, 2022
Very controversial
— Will Ritter (@MrWillRitter) January 17, 2022
— Blake Arrington (@makeitwrite1128) January 17, 2022
Wow.. that’s so revolutionary, parents having a say in their children’s lives..
— HoldenC1981! (@HoldenC1981) January 17, 2022
Solid strategy they should ride hard into the fall.
— Kaiser Bill (@WaivedSAP) January 17, 2022
A visual reminder of who gets money from teachers.
— Steve (@Steve56666007) January 17, 2022
That this is controversial is bananas.
— LonnieB (@LonnieB46409797) January 17, 2022
If you have kids how could you not want to walk away. #redpill
— Tom Fox (@tomfoxcon) January 17, 2022
It's astonishing how everyone can't agree with this promise.
— Ray epps👮 (@mkerd1976) January 17, 2022
The implication is that the Dems believe the children belong to the state.
— mallen2010 (@mallen_2010) January 17, 2022
This is why they may lose all of their seats in every State.
— Michael Stewart⚪ (@We_Have_It_All) January 17, 2022
He scares them, love to see it
— Sgt. Griswold (@Sgt_Griswold) January 17, 2022
If I'm a voter, that's all I need to see. Dexit.
— CSR57 (@CSR572) January 17, 2022
Never has so much been said with silence.
— Rich Saunders (@RichSau61052334) January 17, 2022
And that arrogance is why they lost VA and why it's quite likely they will lose hard in the midterms.
— Rembrandt van Rijn (@RembrandtvanRi9) January 17, 2022
Save the video for election ads. #brilliant
— 🇺🇲♦️RollinOnTheRiver♦️🇺🇲 (@riverstrolling) January 17, 2022
Democrats are just trying to protect children from the science deniers who want kids to die from COVID instead of learning about slavery.
Related:
‘Black parents would DISAGREE with you, jacka*s’: Juan Williams REKT for claiming parents’ rights is just code for ‘white race politics’ https://t.co/GoMZLQ6Iax
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 1, 2021
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