{"id":2218332,"date":"2024-04-11T11:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-kaine-compares-parents-who-raise-hell-at-school-board-meetings-to-jan-6-rioters\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T11:53:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T15:53:11","slug":"tim-kaine-compares-parents-who-raise-hell-at-school-board-meetings-to-jan-6-rioters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-kaine-compares-parents-who-raise-hell-at-school-board-meetings-to-jan-6-rioters\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Kaine likens vocal parents at school board meetings to Jan. 6 rioters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Ftim-kaine-compares-parents-who-raise-hell-at-school-board-meetings-to-jan-6-rioters%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=2218332&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--><p>Senator Tim Kaine criticized disruptive parents at school \u200cboard\u200c meetings, likening their behavior to the Capitol\u200b rioters of January 6. He\u2062 emphasized the importance of unity \u200cand\u200b standing up for one another while decrying divisive actions. Kaine&#8217;s comments reflect\u2063 ongoing debates about parental \u200crights \u2064in education, \u200bparticularly in\u2062 the context \u200dof cultural controversies like transgender policies and critical\u2064 race theory.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>&#8216;You see it at school board meetings when people come and raise hell,&#8217; senator says during campaign event<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tSen. Tim Kaine (Twitter\/@timkaine)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.) drew parallels between parents who &#8220;raise hell&#8221; at school board meetings and Jan. 6 rioters, calling those parents &#8220;negative, complaining, name-calling pessimists&#8221; working to &#8220;tear us down and tear us apart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I realized when I was barricaded in the Capitol on January 6 when it was under attack that the tension right now in this country, and in this world, is between those who will stand up for others and those who want to tear us down or tear us apart,&#8221; Kaine said during a sparsely attended Friday evening &#8220;block party&#8221; at a local park in Dumfries, Virginia. He added: &#8220;You see it at school board meetings when people come and raise hell at these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/44-san-francisco-schools-to-see-name-changes\/\" title=\"44 San Francisco schools to see name changes\">school board members<\/a> who are just trying to do the very best they can. There is a loud energy around tear-us-down and tear-us-apart.&#8221; He went on to describe former president Donald Trump as &#8220;the greatest tear down artist in the history of American politics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think Virginians are \u2018tear down people,\u2019&#8221; Kaine added later in his remarks. &#8220;I don\u2019t think Virginians are negative, complaining, name-calling pessimists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kaine\u2019s remarks come years after the issue of parental rights in education emerged as a galvanizing force in Virginia politics. In 2021, former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D.) lost to his Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin, after saying parents shouldn\u2019t be &#8220;telling schools what they should teach.&#8221; At the time, high-profile school board meetings featured pushback from parents on cultural flashpoints such as transgender policies and critical race theory.<\/p>\n<p>Kaine\u2019s wife Anne Holton, who served as McAullife\u2019s education secretary, downplayed McAuliffe\u2019s comments at the time. &#8220;I think it\u2019s a non-issue that the other side is using to try to rile people up,&#8221; she told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/10\/22\/virginia-governor-youngkin-education-gop-516625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a><\/em>  ahead of the 2021 election.<\/p>\n<p>Polling conducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/creativedirect.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CD-21-40-Post-Election-Deck.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CreativeDirect<\/a>, however, found that a majority of voters in that election said McAuliffe\u2019s statement was &#8220;a big factor&#8221; when casting their ballots. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/majority-of-virginia-parents-want-a-say-in-their-kids-education-fox-news-poll-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polling from Fox News<\/a> showed 57 percent of Virginia parents think they should have a say in what their kids learn in school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a mayor, lieutenant governor, governor, senator, and proud public-school parent, Tim Kaine knows the importance of every child receiving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/loudoun-says-teachers-who-attack-parents-protected-by-free-speech-mulls-banning-trump-flags\/\" title=\"Loudoun Says Teachers Who Attack Parents Protected By Free Speech, Mulls Banning Trump Flags\">world-class education<\/a>, which is why he is laser-focused on investing in public education, respecting educators, and including parents in educational decisions that involve their children,&#8221; Kaine for Virginia communications director Michael Beyer told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>School boards in Virginia have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-legislation-targets-social-media-platforms-that-allow-terrorist-accounts\/\" title=\"House Legislation Targets Social Media Platforms That Allow Terrorist Accounts\">long faced scrutiny<\/a> over their handling of transgender issues and <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/loudoun-county-schools-spend-hundreds-of-thousands-on-critical-race-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">critical race theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2021, the Loudoun County School Board faced a raucous meeting after parents upset over its left-wing cultural stances reached a boiling point. The public meeting got so heated it was eventually cut short and one parent, Scott Smith, was eventually arrested after speaking out against the district\u2019s handling of his daughter\u2019s alleged sexual assault by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-states-pushing-bills-to-keep-biological-men-out-of-womens-sports\/\" title=\"4 States Pushing Bills To Keep Biological Men Out Of Women\u2019s Sports\">biologically male student<\/a> in the girls bathroom.\t<\/p>\n<p>A Virginia grand jury <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/grand-jury-indicts-loudoun-county-school-officials-over-sex-assault-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indicted<\/a> two former top Loudoun education officials, former superintendent Scott Ziegler and former public information officer Wayde Byard, in 2022 after an investigation into the school district&#8217;s handling of two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-backed-prosecutor-accosts-security-guards-at-courthouse-checkpoint\/\" title=\"Soros-Backed Prosecutor Accosts Security Guards at Courthouse Checkpoint\">sexual assault cases involving<\/a> a student who reportedly identified as &#8220;gender-fluid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Following years of political turmoil, Loudoun County officials elected an entirely new board this past November.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Tim Kaine recently drew comparisons between disruptive parents at school board meetings and Jan. 6 rioters, labeling the parents as &#8220;negative&#8221; and &#8220;complaining.&#8221; He expressed concerns about their efforts to undermine progress, likening their behavior to destructive actions witnessed during the Capitol riot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2088,"featured_media":2218333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GKW4d_8XkAAobli.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2218332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/GKW4d_8XkAAobli.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218332","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\/2088"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2218332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2218332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2218333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2218332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2218332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2218332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}