If McAuliffe Loses in Virginia, Blame the Loudoun County School Board

 

   The Virginia gubernatorial race has taken a very strange turn in the last few weeks. Former Governor Terry McAuliffe had a comfortable lead, for some time. He had been "playing the Trump card," an expression meaning to paint his opponent as a version of Pres. Trump, or a supporter. This was easy enough, since Glenn Youngkin is a businessman, not a politician, and he has supported Pres. Trump. The race started to tighten up, though, as Pres. Biden's poll numbers tanked, and support for his policies waned, especially on the economy.

   Meanwhile, in Loudoun County, VA, Scott Smith, the father of a girl who was sexually assaulted by a transgender student in the women's bathroom of the school was arrested for losing his temper at a school board meeting, when a school board official denied the assault had happened. This became national news, because the National School Boards Association tried to make Mr. Smith the "poster boy" for their letter to AG Merrick Garland, asking him to direct the FBI and Justice Department to look into "threats of violence" directed at local school boards as "domestic terrorism." That backfired, of course, with the focus now being on the alleged coverup of the sexual assault of Mr. Smith's daughter by the Loudoun County School Board. Mr. Youngkin has called for an investigation into the school board.

   At the second, and final gubernatorial debate between the two, Mr. McAuliffe said "I don't think parents should be telling schools what they should teach." This was turned into a commercial for Youngkin, and with good reason, because all the major media outlets omitted it from their coverage. This line also backfired, and across party lines, from the looks of it. The race is now tied, and some Dems are worried. They have good reason to be.

   While the two events seem unrelated on the surface, it's fairly obvious what the connection is. Mr. McAuliffe's statement represents the idea that government schools are not run by the people, but by an education bureaucracy that knows better than the people, especially the parents of school children. These bureaucrats are the ones who said that any teenager can claim he is a she, and have access to female bathrooms. these bureaucrats can tell children they are "victims" or "oppressors" by the color of their skin, and call any parent who objects a racist. This is the ultimate goal of the "It takes a village" crowd: to erase parents from having any say in their child's upbringing.

   Years ago, when some warned about the harms that would come from this "woke progressive" ideology, they were dismissed as "fear mongers," "haters," and "bigots," as well as the old standby "racists," depending on which aspect of the woke agenda they opposed. Unfortunately for McAuliffe, as well as Pres. Biden, the harms are becoming evident to many people across both political and racial lines. If nothing else, maybe what's happening in Virginia can be a signal to people across the nation to stand up for freedom, and against bureaucratic domination by the progressive elites.

   This race has changed from a referendum on Donald Trump to a referendum on parental involvement in education. That is a game changer, and it's all thanks to the Loudoun County School Board, and their friends at the National School Boards Association. I'm sure that they will be feeling the love from whichever party prevails in the governor's race. 

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