2021 VA Governors race

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Anonymous wrote:I would feel a lot warmer toward Youngkin if he would just come out and say that the presidential election was legitimate and Trump needs to get over it. Like Larry Hogan did! I also want to hear more about his stance on gun control, or probably lack thereof because he’s a Republican. But it’s an important issue to me.

Likewise, I’d feel a lot warmer toward Terry and the other Democrats if they were stronger on school reopening and other education issues. I want them to dump all the VMPI nonsense. Never thought we’d be in a place in this state where Republicans seem to care more about schools and public education, but here we are.

All of this. If McAuliffe (or whomever the D nominee is) stays silent on these education issues, I think its really going to hurt them.

Yes agree, D’s are staying silent with this whole VMPI thing, equity Ed and CRT so it makes me think they all are on board. Terry will keep VDOE members since some of his own people are still there from years ago. Non of them has responded to me regarding those issues.

Are Ds really stupid enough to vote for Terry McAuliffe because of his fake embrace of the far left’s equity agenda, when he lives in a mansion in McLean and sent his own kids to Potomac and Langley (the most segregated public school in NoVa)? On par with Rs voting for Trump as if the Donald ever cared about the middle class.

When the alternatives are who they are, Terry looks like the best choice. At least he has the experience.

The experience of using government connections to line his own pockets combined with years of pandering to the far left at the expense of the majority of state residents?

Yeah, no. At least McClellan and Carroll Foy aren’t such parasites and Youngkin isn’t such a hypocrite.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you followed what Republican run states are doing? “Audits” of the 2020 election, changes to limit voting, limit protesting, bans on abortion ...? Have you followed what the national Republican party is doing? Bowing to the former president, clinging to lies spread about the 2020 election, and trying to win the next election. No effort to actually do their job and help the country.

The VA election is important if you want us to have a functioning democracy. It’s not about local education efforts.

If the Democrats continue down this path on education (CRT, VMPI, etc.) and having kept schools closed so long, the election will absolutely be about local education.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you followed what Republican run states are doing? “Audits” of the 2020 election, changes to limit voting, limit protesting, bans on abortion ...? Have you followed what the national Republican party is doing? Bowing to the former president, clinging to lies spread about the 2020 election, and trying to win the next election. No effort to actually do their job and help the country.

The VA election is important if you want us to have a functioning democracy. It’s not about local education efforts.

If the Democrats continue down this path on education (CRT, VMPI, etc.) and having kept schools closed so long, the election will absolutely be about local education.

Absolutely. Vast majority of families I know much more concerned about the disastrous trends in public education here. Not worried at all about Arizona audit or limits on “protesting” in other cities.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you followed what Republican run states are doing? “Audits” of the 2020 election, changes to limit voting, limit protesting, bans on abortion ...? Have you followed what the national Republican party is doing? Bowing to the former president, clinging to lies spread about the 2020 election, and trying to win the next election. No effort to actually do their job and help the country.

The VA election is important if you want us to have a functioning democracy. It’s not about local education efforts.

Exactly. Rooting for Jennifer Carroll Foy but I’ll hold my nose for McAuliffe if I must. We absolutely cannot walk back the progress we have made in Virginia.

Indoctrinating kids with racist propaganda that is critical race theory and eliminating advanced math is progress?

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Anonymous wrote:Have you followed what Republican run states are doing? “Audits” of the 2020 election, changes to limit voting, limit protesting, bans on abortion ...? Have you followed what the national Republican party is doing? Bowing to the former president, clinging to lies spread about the 2020 election, and trying to win the next election. No effort to actually do their job and help the country.

The VA election is important if you want us to have a functioning democracy. It’s not about local education efforts.

Exactly. Rooting for Jennifer Carroll Foy but I’ll hold my nose for McAuliffe if I must. We absolutely cannot walk back the progress we have made in Virginia.

Indoctrinating kids with racist propaganda that is critical race theory and eliminating advanced math is progress?

That can be limited at the local level. I'm not voting for an Evangelical R that will start a battle over abortion and spout Trumpisms instead of doing actual work

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I know some liberals who just a couple years ago said equality of opportunity was five, equdd ar pity of outcome is bad, are now demanding equality of outcome. It’s getting crazy

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I’m voting for Jennifer

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Anonymous wrote:Have you followed what Republican run states are doing? “Audits” of the 2020 election, changes to limit voting, limit protesting, bans on abortion ...? Have you followed what the national Republican party is doing? Bowing to the former president, clinging to lies spread about the 2020 election, and trying to win the next election. No effort to actually do their job and help the country.

The VA election is important if you want us to have a functioning democracy. It’s not about local education efforts.

Exactly. Rooting for Jennifer Carroll Foy but I’ll hold my nose for McAuliffe if I must. We absolutely cannot walk back the progress we have made in Virginia.

Indoctrinating kids with racist propaganda that is critical race theory and eliminating advanced math is progress?

That can be limited at the local level. I'm not voting for an Evangelical R that will start a battle over abortion and spout Trumpisms instead of doing actual work

Not with VA DOE pushing for statewide elimination of tracking.

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If Youngkin can spread the word among Asians about the elimination of advanced math, that would give him a comfortable victory.

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"Indoctrinating kids with racist propaganda that is critical race theory and eliminating advanced math is progress?"

CRT and eliminating advanced Math are the most racist ideas
Democrats have had since they implemented Jim Crow laws.

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so people are cool with continuing to whitewash our history?

what sad little snowflakes

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Is JCF a Muriel Bowser type? I’m just trying to figure out how to place her. Seems to get a lot of support among the more activist set, but is it identity-based support like Kamala Harris? Will she govern like a Bowser? Anyone know what her accomplishments are?

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Anonymous wrote:If Youngkin can spread the word among Asians about the elimination of advanced math, that would give him a comfortable victory.

Absolutely.

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Youngkin by a mile

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Anonymous wrote:so people are cool with continuing to whitewash our history?

what sad little snowflakes

Of course not, but a critical race theory curriculum isn’t the answer. Do you trust your average 45 year old 3rd year teacher, formerly SAHM, fresh off her mid-life career change, to accurately teach and explain racial issues to a bunch of 7th graders? With a whole, likely, one inservice day of “training” under her belt? These are issues that academics grapple with for years. And they’re difficult subjects at the college level, both to explain and for students to fully understand.

I wouldn’t be opposed to these lessons at the upper HS level in English, history, and sociology type courses if taught by thoroughly prepared and experienced teachers, and indeed I think it would be helpful in terms of preparation for college. But in general, I’m quite skeptical. It’ll be like your job’s thrown-together diversity trainings but worse.