{"id":186899,"date":"2021-03-02T13:45:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T18:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=186899"},"modified":"2021-03-02T13:45:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T18:45:45","slug":"dr-seuss-uncanceled-virginia-entrepreneur-passes-out-dr-seuss-books-to-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-seuss-uncanceled-virginia-entrepreneur-passes-out-dr-seuss-books-to-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Seuss Uncanceled: Virginia Entrepreneur Passes Out Dr. Seuss Books To Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdr-seuss-uncanceled-virginia-entrepreneur-passes-out-dr-seuss-books-to-kids%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=186899&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dr.-Seuss-Books.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A Virginia entrepreneur and Republican gubernatorial candidate purchased and passed out copies of Dr. Seuss\u2019s literature after six of the children\u2019s books were canceled for images of alleged racism and insensitivity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pete Snyder, a GOP gubernatorial primary candidate, told The Daily Wire that his campaign bought a bulk of Dr. Seuss books to pass out to children after a Virginia public school district announced that it would not promote Dr. Seuss\u2019s literature on the author\u2019s birthday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cEighty percent of Virginia schools are closed right now and these bureaucrats are kowtowing to the woke mob and trying to cancel Dr. Suess, versus actually opening up the schools for students and teachers,\u201d Snyder said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In late February, Loudoun County Public School district in Virginia announced that it will no longer recognize Dr. Seuss on his birthday, March 2, which is also known as Read Across America Day. In an announcement obtained by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/oh-the-places-the-woke-will-go-dr-seuss-canceled-for-racial-undertones\"><span>The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span>, the school district said that Dr. Seuss\u2019s books contain \u201cracial undertones\u201d that are not suitable for \u201cculturally responsive\u201d learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Read Across America Day, the company that publishes Dr. Seuss books<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/six-dr-seuss-books-to-stop-being-printed-day-after-biden-left-out-author-from-read-across-america-day\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a> <span>that it will stop selling six books because the books \u201cportray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.\u201d The company will no longer publish \u201cAnd to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,\u201d \u201cIf I Ran the Zoo,\u201d \u201cMcElligot\u2019s Pool,\u201d \u201cOn Beyond Zebra!,\u201d \u201cScrambled Eggs Super!,\u201d and \u201cThe Cat\u2019s Quizzer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a tweet, Synder condemned Virginia school districts for appeasing unions and \u201cdeny[ing] the science\u201d and offered signed copies of Dr. Seuss books in exchange for donations. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUnder pressure from the woke mob [Loudoun County Public School] is trying to \u2018de-emphasize\u2019 Dr. Seuss books from Read Across America Day,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cOh the places they\u2019ll go to deny the science, appease radicals, [and] continue to cause irreparable harm to [Virginia\u2019s] children. #OpenOur Schools.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Under pressure from the woke mob <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LCPSOfficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lcpsofficial<\/a> is trying to &#8216;de-emphasize&#8217; Dr Seuss books on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ReadAcrossAmericaDay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ReadAcrossAmericaDay<\/a>. Oh the places they&#8217;ll go, to deny the science, appease radicals, &#038; continue to cause irreparable harm to VA\u2019s children. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OpenOurSchools?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OpenOurSchools<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tqf0CAF1Cm\">pic.twitter.com\/Tqf0CAF1Cm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pete Snyder (@petesnyder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/petesnyder\/status\/1366481560925528064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The top priority of Synder\u2019s campaign is to reopen schools and combat bureaucrats in Virginia that aim to appease teacher unions. Snyder has called on the current Democratic Governor, Ralph Northam, to reopen schools five days a week \u2014 every week \u2014 with teachers in every classroom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c[Teacher unions] are the number one reason why our schools aren\u2019t open right now,\u201d Snyder said. \u201cInstead of trying to get our classrooms and our schools open, they\u2019re spending, wasting time and resources on ridiculous things like getting rid of Green Eggs and Ham.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On February 25, the Virginia state legislature passed legislation that mandates local schools to provide face-to-face learning by July 1. Snyder is calling on Northam to make an emergency clause to override the state legislature bill and force schools to reopen now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Snyder urged Northam to think about high school seniors who have lost their final moments of high school to never-ending lockdowns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou think about high school seniors. They\u2019ve missed their entire senior year, they could actually have a commencement, they could actually have some semblance of something to cherish this year if the politicians stopped kowtowing to the unions and actually had the courage to open up our schools right now,\u201d Snyder said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/oh-the-places-the-woke-will-go-dr-seuss-canceled-for-racial-undertones\"><strong>Oh The Places The Woke Will Go: Dr. Seuss Canceled For \u2018Racial Undertones\u2019<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Virginia entrepreneur and Republican gubernatorial candidate purchased and passed out copies of Dr. Seuss\u2019s literature after six of the children\u2019s books were canceled for images of alleged racism and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274575,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dr.-Seuss-Books.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Dr. Seuss Uncanceled: Virginia Entrepreneur Passes Out Dr. Seuss Books To Kids","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Dr.-Seuss-Books.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Dr. Seuss Uncanceled: Virginia Entrepreneur Passes Out Dr. Seuss Books To Kids","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}