Will VA be like Florida or PA?

[canpakes]

I don't know what semantic games you're playing with the definition of critical race theory but I've already posted Governor McAuliffe using the exact words critical race theory as an educational ideal.

Nope. You have not.

[K Graham]

It truly does boggle the mind how something innocuous as a simple memo on a task force to look into illegal behavior that has been running rampant all over the country, could be spun into some sinister plot to attack "parents." A lot of people in jail are parents. Being a parent doesn't make you special or above the law. If you're threatening the lives of school board members, you should be dealt with according to the Law.

The fact that Republicans are having conniption fits over this is telling. It shows they never cared about law and order, and that they know the people making these threats of violence are their constituents.

I hate that Garland is supposed to just sit there and take all this verbal abuse from partisan morons who refuse to read the actual memo. Every time he tries to explain to them what the memo actually says, they accuse him of "dissembling." No. Either the memo calls parents terrorists or it doesn't. This is easy to determine from simply reading it. What a damned stupid thing to be wasting time over in Congress. Republicans having tizzy fits because they want their white, Trumper supporters to have free rein in attacking public officials.

[Cultellus]

Have K Graham and I made our point yet?

[ajax18]

A lot of people in jail are parents. Being a parent doesn't make you special or above the law. If you're threatening the lives of school board members, you should be dealt with according to the Law.

Unless it's immigration law another issue where the exit polls in VA said Democrats got hammered.

[ajax18]

It's actually a good thing the progressive Obama Deomcrats are defeating the moderate Bill Clinton Democrats. Without progressives overplaying their hand, none of the Republican victories we're going to see in 2022 would be possible.

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

As an aside, Ajax once again has expressed his desire for secession. He is not a patriot.

- Doc

No I am not.

QFT.

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

Circling back to this for a moment. Name three schools in the, what was it, Loudon County school district, that teaches critical race theory.

- Doc

I don't know what semantic games you're playing with the definition of critical race theory but I've already posted Governor McAuliffe using the exact words critical race theory as an educational ideal. As Shapiro said, nobody has ever said you can't teach about slavery and the civil war. But when you teach that every inequity between black and white people today is due to slavery or Jim Crow and has nothing to do with personal decisions of the individual, you're teaching critical race theory in schools as far as I'm concerned.

And what should disturb you more is the fact that some of your fellow centrist Democrats in Virginia seem to agree with me.

So, you can’t show where critical race theory is being taught in VA schools, specifically Loudon county. Show me three schools in VA that are teaching critical race theory.

- Doc

[Cultellus]

McAuliffe’s loss is a victory for all Americans. Why? Because it was a resounding rejection of efforts to divide us by race, the stripping of parental rights, and arrogant, deaf leaders. This benefits us all.

Well, there ya go. That pretty much sums it up right there. Don't blame Trump. Don't blame Republicans.

[ajax18]

So, you can’t show where critical race theory is being taught in Virginia schools, specifically Loudon county. Show me three schools in Virginia that are teaching critical race theory.

- Doc

Perhaps they're not teaching critical race theory as you choose to define it. It doesn't matter what I think anyway. The anti white narrative the left seeks to drum into the heads of grade schoolers has been around for a long time. Perhaps the shutdown permitted more Virginia parents/voters to see it than in the past. I don't know. But something changed the voters minds. The usual trick of trotting out Barack Obama and saying anyone who points out that the left is pushing a radical socialist agenda is a racist didn't work this time. I don't think it's going to work in 2022 either.

[ajax18]

And since we mentioned voter fraud earlier, let's talk about voter fraud.

Report: Taylor Swift Fans Changed Voter Registration to Virginia in Failed Attempt to Help Terry McAuliffe

In one of the stranger stories to emerge from Virginia’s hotly contested gubernatorial race, failed candidate Terry McAuliffe (D) made a last-minute effort to mobilize pop star Taylor Swift’s fan base by running attack ads blaming his opponent Glenn Youngkin (R), a former private equity executive, for the controversial sale of Swift’s master recordings.

The ads were so potent that some “Swifties” reportedly changed their voter registration to Virginia in a bid to boost McAuliffe and enact revenge on Youngkin.

Fans of Taylor Swift — often called “Swifties” — told Comedy Central’s The Daily Show With Trevor Noah that they wanted to help McAuliffe win back the governor’s seat.

“I’m originally from Texas, and the last three years in college, I voted in Texas, but I just knew that I couldn’t just sit by and watch as Youngkin took Virginia,” a Swiftie named Molly told the show. “That’s when I decided to change my voter registration.”

Another young voter seconded the impulse.

“I was in a weird college area as well, where I was voting in my home state, but now I am voting in Virginia because of this issue,” a fan named Keirsten told the show.

Another Swiftie interviewed on the show made the unsubstantiated claim that Youngkin doesn’t care about LGBTQ people. The fan appeared to be referring the Republican’s silence on the gay marriage issue, though he has acknowledged that same-sex marriage is legal in the state.

Taylor Swift fans became inflamed by the Virginia election after McAuliffe launched a series of online and social media ads accusing Youngkin of helping to subvert the pop star’s career. Youngkin was co-CEO of The Carlyle Group at the time when the firm worked with media executive Scooter Braun to acquire Big Machine Label Group, a move that gave Braun control of all of Swift’s master recordings.

Swift riled up her fan base at the time by objecting to the sale, saying in a social media post that it made it more difficult for her to perform her own songs.

McAuliffe’s campaign ultimately failed when Youngkin trounced him in Tuesday’s election.