Arl Dems Caucus Endorsement - School Board - In the Candidates' Words

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As a reminder,

"On the ballot, the names of candidates are displayed without any party affiliation or additional disclosure of any kind. There is no route in state law for a school board candidate to be listed on the ballot with a party affiliation."

https://ballotpedia.org/Party_labels_in_Virginia_school_board_elections

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Anonymous wrote:Has Miranda come out and said if she voted for Youngkin or not?

ooooh I would like to know this too. Has she been asked about her voting record????

Did she vote for Dems in the last School Board races???

Well APE endorsed Kadera….

That not the question. Has Miranda said whether she voted for Youngkin? Many in APE did.

APE publicly congratulated him at a time when she led it.

So... Miranda who did you vote for? The MAGA Republican RWNJ governor?

Obvious deflection noted.
APE-endorsed Kadera, OK.
APE-endorsed Turner, Evil Incarnate

No, it was a redirect back to the original question.

No one GAF if APE endorsed Kadera or not.

This is the point. WHy not? They care so much about APE's support of MT and Youngkin and Trump, but not of Kadera?

They supported her after they trashed her.

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Anonymous wrote:Catching up now on all of this and just looked at Miranda's hubs' twitter. It's protected, so I can't see it. I don't think a troll would lock it down, wouldn't they want it public? More like what a campaign would do when caught in an embarrassing situation. So it seems like a legit account to me. Also it's been there since 2014 a looooong time before Miranda ran for office.

He must have just locked it down. It was public this afternoon.

Ok well then that pretty much confirms it's a real account and not a troll.

and that there's stuff in there his wife's campaign doesn't want people to see.

Or maybe it’s that he’s a private citizen who is not running for public office and realizes there are crazies running around who are out looking for a scalp and his will do.

He’s a dad of 3 kids with his own interests and views that are separate from that of his wife. I don’t care who he is, what he believes. He’s not on the ballot. People should be ashamed of themselves.

How separate are they? Is she a Youngkin supporter too? DeSantis?

I care if she’s being deceitful. Or if she tolerates MAGA nonsense. Sure seems like she does.

You’re suggesting that she is being deceitful because of her husband’s tweets? Maybe take a breath, remember that it’s 2023, and that she is not his property. He’s not running for public office, she is.

For all the 1000s of posts about APE and hatefulness, you people need to turn the mirror around on yourself. It’s not pretty.

I’m asking if she voted for Youngkin.

If she told you she didn’t, what then? It’s not going to convince you of anything. You clearly think she’s some kind of MAGA Manchurian Candidate.

If she said she did vote for Youngkin, that would just confirm your belief that she’s a closeted MAGA. If she said she didn’t, you would just say she’s so committed to her deception and that makes her even more dangerous.

You need to go touch grass.

It’s not a tough question to answer.

Did she support Youngkin?

I don't know who she voted for ever in any election; but here, I'll answer for you so you can put it to rest and stop asking: Yes, she voted for Youngkin. That's what you wanted to hear, so now you can finally drop it.

You don't think it's an issue for ACDC to endorse a candidate who may have voted for Youngkin?

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Anonymous wrote:Catching up now on all of this and just looked at Miranda's hubs' twitter. It's protected, so I can't see it. I don't think a troll would lock it down, wouldn't they want it public? More like what a campaign would do when caught in an embarrassing situation. So it seems like a legit account to me. Also it's been there since 2014 a looooong time before Miranda ran for office.

He must have just locked it down. It was public this afternoon.

Ok well then that pretty much confirms it's a real account and not a troll.

and that there's stuff in there his wife's campaign doesn't want people to see.

Or maybe it’s that he’s a private citizen who is not running for public office and realizes there are crazies running around who are out looking for a scalp and his will do.

He’s a dad of 3 kids with his own interests and views that are separate from that of his wife. I don’t care who he is, what he believes. He’s not on the ballot. People should be ashamed of themselves.

How separate are they? Is she a Youngkin supporter too? DeSantis?

I care if she’s being deceitful. Or if she tolerates MAGA nonsense. Sure seems like she does.

You’re suggesting that she is being deceitful because of her husband’s tweets? Maybe take a breath, remember that it’s 2023, and that she is not his property. He’s not running for public office, she is.

For all the 1000s of posts about APE and hatefulness, you people need to turn the mirror around on yourself. It’s not pretty.

I’m asking if she voted for Youngkin.

Ask her. Last I checked ballot boxes were private. All I know is that she’s pretty clearly a Dem and always has been.

You don’t see an issue if she voted for Youngkin? And is claiming to be a D?

I can’t stand youngkin and IDGAF who she’s voted for.

We have two choices for this school board election.

Our choices are 22 year old whose fabricated or embellished most of the details on his resume, has 0 presence or connection to our community. Mostly goes around railing about MAGA republicans from what I can see.

And our other choice is a mom of 3 with deep ties to Arlington, who’s done some pretty good things for Drew and has a lot of good, practical ideas from what I can see. She also has a huge public footprint from all the trolls she respectfully engaged with on AEM. Everything about her tells me she is a Democrat and a person of integrity. This is the easiest vote I’m casting this cycle.

Except maybe not a “Democrat” because we aren’t sure if she voted for Youngkin. Like her husband and all of her other buddies. Certainly could be an integrity issue there seeking ACDC endorsement.

And her vote absolutely matters because it informs us of her priorities and principles.

And not sure she should be spouting off her PTA experience when her own husband is encouraging parents to leave their PTAs.

As a democrat, I would vote for a Republican candidate if they have more integrity and principle and aren't any farther off base from my views over an unethical democrat whose views are more extreme than mine. Being "R" or "D" does not mean you cannot ever vote for anyone other than your corresponding "R" or "D" and doing so does not make one an "I." It just indicates the maturity and willingness to vote for the better candidate.
Are you suggesting that lifelong Republicans who voted for Biden over Trump are not Republicans??!! Mature people have their lines in the sand and don't blindly follow the lead lemming past it.

10 years ago, sure. But there are very few sane/non-MAGA Republican politicians today -- and Youngkin isn't one of them. He's pro-life, anti-"CRT", "election integrity", etc.

And supporting DeSantis? He's mega MAGA.

Anyway, I don't think the ACDC should endorse a candidate who voted for Youngkin because that indicates the candidate's priorities and principles don't align.

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Anonymous wrote:Catching up now on all of this and just looked at Miranda's hubs' twitter. It's protected, so I can't see it. I don't think a troll would lock it down, wouldn't they want it public? More like what a campaign would do when caught in an embarrassing situation. So it seems like a legit account to me. Also it's been there since 2014 a looooong time before Miranda ran for office.

He must have just locked it down. It was public this afternoon.

Ok well then that pretty much confirms it's a real account and not a troll.

and that there's stuff in there his wife's campaign doesn't want people to see.

Or maybe it’s that he’s a private citizen who is not running for public office and realizes there are crazies running around who are out looking for a scalp and his will do.

He’s a dad of 3 kids with his own interests and views that are separate from that of his wife. I don’t care who he is, what he believes. He’s not on the ballot. People should be ashamed of themselves.

How separate are they? Is she a Youngkin supporter too? DeSantis?

I care if she’s being deceitful. Or if she tolerates MAGA nonsense. Sure seems like she does.

You’re suggesting that she is being deceitful because of her husband’s tweets? Maybe take a breath, remember that it’s 2023, and that she is not his property. He’s not running for public office, she is.

For all the 1000s of posts about APE and hatefulness, you people need to turn the mirror around on yourself. It’s not pretty.

I’m asking if she voted for Youngkin.

Ask her. Last I checked ballot boxes were private. All I know is that she’s pretty clearly a Dem and always has been.

You don’t see an issue if she voted for Youngkin? And is claiming to be a D?

I can’t stand youngkin and IDGAF who she’s voted for.

We have two choices for this school board election.

Our choices are 22 year old whose fabricated or embellished most of the details on his resume, has 0 presence or connection to our community. Mostly goes around railing about MAGA republicans from what I can see.

And our other choice is a mom of 3 with deep ties to Arlington, who’s done some pretty good things for Drew and has a lot of good, practical ideas from what I can see. She also has a huge public footprint from all the trolls she respectfully engaged with on AEM. Everything about her tells me she is a Democrat and a person of integrity. This is the easiest vote I’m casting this cycle.

Except maybe not a “Democrat” because we aren’t sure if she voted for Youngkin. Like her husband and all of her other buddies. Certainly could be an integrity issue there seeking ACDC endorsement.

And her vote absolutely matters because it informs us of her priorities and principles.

And not sure she should be spouting off her PTA experience when her own husband is encouraging parents to leave their PTAs.

No one here knows who she voted for, but based on her being a precinct captain and planned parenthood volunteer I’m going to guess it was NOT Youngkin. If you really want to know, go ask her. She monitors AEM, you can do it there and get the audience you crave.

She is not responsible for other people’s opinions and actions, even her spouse. A lot of those tweets read as sarcasm to me, FWIW.

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Anonymous wrote:Catching up now on all of this and just looked at Miranda's hubs' twitter. It's protected, so I can't see it. I don't think a troll would lock it down, wouldn't they want it public? More like what a campaign would do when caught in an embarrassing situation. So it seems like a legit account to me. Also it's been there since 2014 a looooong time before Miranda ran for office.

He must have just locked it down. It was public this afternoon.

Ok well then that pretty much confirms it's a real account and not a troll.

and that there's stuff in there his wife's campaign doesn't want people to see.

Or maybe it’s that he’s a private citizen who is not running for public office and realizes there are crazies running around who are out looking for a scalp and his will do.

He’s a dad of 3 kids with his own interests and views that are separate from that of his wife. I don’t care who he is, what he believes. He’s not on the ballot. People should be ashamed of themselves.

How separate are they? Is she a Youngkin supporter too? DeSantis?

I care if she’s being deceitful. Or if she tolerates MAGA nonsense. Sure seems like she does.

You’re suggesting that she is being deceitful because of her husband’s tweets? Maybe take a breath, remember that it’s 2023, and that she is not his property. He’s not running for public office, she is.

For all the 1000s of posts about APE and hatefulness, you people need to turn the mirror around on yourself. It’s not pretty.

I’m asking if she voted for Youngkin.

Ask her. Last I checked ballot boxes were private. All I know is that she’s pretty clearly a Dem and always has been.

You don’t see an issue if she voted for Youngkin? And is claiming to be a D?

I can’t stand youngkin and IDGAF who she’s voted for.

We have two choices for this school board election.

Our choices are 22 year old whose fabricated or embellished most of the details on his resume, has 0 presence or connection to our community. Mostly goes around railing about MAGA republicans from what I can see.

And our other choice is a mom of 3 with deep ties to Arlington, who’s done some pretty good things for Drew and has a lot of good, practical ideas from what I can see. She also has a huge public footprint from all the trolls she respectfully engaged with on AEM. Everything about her tells me she is a Democrat and a person of integrity. This is the easiest vote I’m casting this cycle.

Except maybe not a “Democrat” because we aren’t sure if she voted for Youngkin. Like her husband and all of her other buddies. Certainly could be an integrity issue there seeking ACDC endorsement.

And her vote absolutely matters because it informs us of her priorities and principles.

And not sure she should be spouting off her PTA experience when her own husband is encouraging parents to leave their PTAs.

No one here knows who she voted for, but based on her being a precinct captain and planned parenthood volunteer I’m going to guess it was NOT Youngkin. If you really want to know, go ask her. She monitors AEM, you can do it there and get the audience you crave.

She is not responsible for other people’s opinions and actions, even her spouse. A lot of those tweets read as sarcasm to me, FWIW.

These don't read as sarcasm at all for an OpenSchoolsNow/Youngkin supporter:

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking of concerns about integrity, here is what we do know. One 22 year old candidate claims he "has spent the last six years in work on issues related to students and schools." This candidate does not say, "Hey, I graduated from college a year ago, thus have limited work experience."

This same candidate also says his "involvement in our community dates back nearly a decade to 2014." He does not say, "I moved here less than 6 months ago."

These things are actual facts which raise significant questions about his integrity, not people simply gossiping online.

And, for this matter, if he's employing these kind of Santos-style resume tactics, how do we know he's not secretly a Republican? Has anyone asked him who he's voted for? Why hasn't he responded yet? (Do you see how ridiculous this is?)

Deflection. At least we know where he stands on Youngkin and MAGAs.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know Miranda at all, but did my own research before voting. The claims on this thread that she's some sort of secret Republican are crazy. She represents Planned Parenthood on a pro bono basis at Crowell & Moring. In fact, per the Crowell website, she successfully helped to block a Kentucky anti-abortion law from going into effect in 2022. https://www.crowell.com/en/insights/firm-news/crowell-moring-achieves-victory-in-reproductive-rights-litigation-in-kentucky

I voted for Kadera in the last election, so I am not some die-hard Miranda supporter. But it is insane to vote for a 22 year old personal trainer who just moved to the County a year ago. You want him over a long-standing APS parent who also happens to be a highly talented lawyer? Who do you think is going to be the more effective advocate for our kids in taking on Duran and the APS bureaucracy? Has Angelo even set foot in an APS school building?

How do we know she's a highly talented lawyer? I don't know any successful lawyers her age and level who would have time to run and be on school board. If they are successful they would be far too busy for an endeavor like this. Something isn't adding up here.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know Miranda at all, but did my own research before voting. The claims on this thread that she's some sort of secret Republican are crazy. She represents Planned Parenthood on a pro bono basis at Crowell & Moring. In fact, per the Crowell website, she successfully helped to block a Kentucky anti-abortion law from going into effect in 2022. https://www.crowell.com/en/insights/firm-news/crowell-moring-achieves-victory-in-reproductive-rights-litigation-in-kentucky

I voted for Kadera in the last election, so I am not some die-hard Miranda supporter. But it is insane to vote for a 22 year old personal trainer who just moved to the County a year ago. You want him over a long-standing APS parent who also happens to be a highly talented lawyer? Who do you think is going to be the more effective advocate for our kids in taking on Duran and the APS bureaucracy? Has Angelo even set foot in an APS school building?

How do we know she's a highly talented lawyer? I don't know any successful lawyers her age and level who would have time to run and be on school board. If they are successful they would be far too busy for an endeavor like this. Something isn't adding up here.

Yes, vote for Angelo, because MT's resume looks embellished

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know Miranda at all, but did my own research before voting. The claims on this thread that she's some sort of secret Republican are crazy. She represents Planned Parenthood on a pro bono basis at Crowell & Moring. In fact, per the Crowell website, she successfully helped to block a Kentucky anti-abortion law from going into effect in 2022. https://www.crowell.com/en/insights/firm-news/crowell-moring-achieves-victory-in-reproductive-rights-litigation-in-kentucky

I voted for Kadera in the last election, so I am not some die-hard Miranda supporter. But it is insane to vote for a 22 year old personal trainer who just moved to the County a year ago. You want him over a long-standing APS parent who also happens to be a highly talented lawyer? Who do you think is going to be the more effective advocate for our kids in taking on Duran and the APS bureaucracy? Has Angelo even set foot in an APS school building?

How do we know she's a highly talented lawyer? I don't know any successful lawyers her age and level who would have time to run and be on school board. If they are successful they would be far too busy for an endeavor like this. Something isn't adding up here.

Yes, vote for Angelo, because MT's resume looks embellished

Actually I'm voting for Angelo because he is the only candidate in this race who is a true Dem and not a Youngkin supporter.

But I just question your claims that she's soooooo qualified.

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking of concerns about integrity, here is what we do know. One 22 year old candidate claims he "has spent the last six years in work on issues related to students and schools." This candidate does not say, "Hey, I graduated from college a year ago, thus have limited work experience."

This same candidate also says his "involvement in our community dates back nearly a decade to 2014." He does not say, "I moved here less than 6 months ago."

These things are actual facts which raise significant questions about his integrity, not people simply gossiping online.

And, for this matter, if he's employing these kind of Santos-style resume tactics, how do we know he's not secretly a Republican? Has anyone asked him who he's voted for? Why hasn't he responded yet? (Do you see how ridiculous this is?)

Deflection. At least we know where he stands on Youngkin and MAGAs.

Actually, it's not deflection at all. This is a fact-based point about why I could never support Angelo. His qualifications are paper thin to the point of being see-through. In contrast, your concerns about Miranda are based on conjecture and wild speculation.

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking of concerns about integrity, here is what we do know. One 22 year old candidate claims he "has spent the last six years in work on issues related to students and schools." This candidate does not say, "Hey, I graduated from college a year ago, thus have limited work experience."

This same candidate also says his "involvement in our community dates back nearly a decade to 2014." He does not say, "I moved here less than 6 months ago."

These things are actual facts which raise significant questions about his integrity, not people simply gossiping online.

And, for this matter, if he's employing these kind of Santos-style resume tactics, how do we know he's not secretly a Republican? Has anyone asked him who he's voted for? Why hasn't he responded yet? (Do you see how ridiculous this is?)

Deflection. At least we know where he stands on Youngkin and MAGAs.

Actually, it's not deflection at all. This is a fact-based point about why I could never support Angelo. His qualifications are paper thin to the point of being see-through. In contrast, your concerns about Miranda are based on conjecture and wild speculation.

She and her supporters of whom there are clearly many on there could quickly and easily quiet the conjecture by stating who she voted for in the last gubernatorial election. But they have not done so. That leads me to believe she's hiding something so we're entitled to assume the worst. This is all within her control. Kind of like Trump not disclosing his tax returns.

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Hi I’m Miranda. I didn’t vote for youngkin.

Feel better?

Actually I’m not Miranda and this is still an anonymous forum. Please do us all a favor and just go ask her. I can’t wait to see who’s pushing this nonsense. Tell me when to start the popcorn!

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking of concerns about integrity, here is what we do know. One 22 year old candidate claims he "has spent the last six years in work on issues related to students and schools." This candidate does not say, "Hey, I graduated from college a year ago, thus have limited work experience."

This same candidate also says his "involvement in our community dates back nearly a decade to 2014." He does not say, "I moved here less than 6 months ago."

These things are actual facts which raise significant questions about his integrity, not people simply gossiping online.

And, for this matter, if he's employing these kind of Santos-style resume tactics, how do we know he's not secretly a Republican? Has anyone asked him who he's voted for? Why hasn't he responded yet? (Do you see how ridiculous this is?)

Deflection. At least we know where he stands on Youngkin and MAGAs.

Actually, it's not deflection at all. This is a fact-based point about why I could never support Angelo. His qualifications are paper thin to the point of being see-through. In contrast, your concerns about Miranda are based on conjecture and wild speculation.

She and her supporters of whom there are clearly many on there could quickly and easily quiet the conjecture by stating who she voted for in the last gubernatorial election. But they have not done so. That leads me to believe she's hiding something so we're entitled to assume the worst. This is all within her control. Kind of like Trump not disclosing his tax returns.

Who did Angelo vote for? Do you know? (Actually, we do know somewhat, because Angelo has not lived in Virginia yet during an election cycle.)

I can't speak for Miranda because I am not Miranda. The reason no one is answering for her is because IN THE US WE HAVE PRIVATE BALLOTS. I would be surprised if she voted for Youngkin. But, as PP above said, if you want to know the answer to that, you have to ask Miranda, who, I know for a fact, intentionally does not follow stuff like this because, sheesh, who would?

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking of concerns about integrity, here is what we do know. One 22 year old candidate claims he "has spent the last six years in work on issues related to students and schools." This candidate does not say, "Hey, I graduated from college a year ago, thus have limited work experience."

This same candidate also says his "involvement in our community dates back nearly a decade to 2014." He does not say, "I moved here less than 6 months ago."

These things are actual facts which raise significant questions about his integrity, not people simply gossiping online.

And, for this matter, if he's employing these kind of Santos-style resume tactics, how do we know he's not secretly a Republican? Has anyone asked him who he's voted for? Why hasn't he responded yet? (Do you see how ridiculous this is?)

Deflection. At least we know where he stands on Youngkin and MAGAs.

Actually, it's not deflection at all. This is a fact-based point about why I could never support Angelo. His qualifications are paper thin to the point of being see-through. In contrast, your concerns about Miranda are based on conjecture and wild speculation.

She and her supporters of whom there are clearly many on there could quickly and easily quiet the conjecture by stating who she voted for in the last gubernatorial election. But they have not done so. That leads me to believe she's hiding something so we're entitled to assume the worst. This is all within her control. Kind of like Trump not disclosing his tax returns.

Who did Angelo vote for? Do you know? (Actually, we do know somewhat, because Angelo has not lived in Virginia yet during an election cycle.)

I can't speak for Miranda because I am not Miranda. The reason no one is answering for her is because IN THE US WE HAVE PRIVATE BALLOTS. I would be surprised if she voted for Youngkin. But, as PP above said, if you want to know the answer to that, you have to ask Miranda, who, I know for a fact, intentionally does not follow stuff like this because, sheesh, who would?

Clearly plenty of her supporters are on here. She could quiet the speculation if she wanted to. But she doesn't want to.