{"id":576102,"date":"2021-06-29T05:05:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T09:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=576102"},"modified":"2021-06-29T05:05:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T09:05:49","slug":"mcauliffe-calls-critical-race-theory-a-right-wing-conspiracy-his-union-ally-says-its-needed-to-teach-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcauliffe-calls-critical-race-theory-a-right-wing-conspiracy-his-union-ally-says-its-needed-to-teach-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"McAuliffe Calls Critical Race Theory a \u2018Right-Wing Conspiracy.\u2019 His Union Ally Says It\u2019s Needed to \u2018Teach the Truth\u2019"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fmcauliffe-calls-critical-race-theory-a-right-wing-conspiracy-his-union-ally-says-its-needed-to-teach-the-truth%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=576102&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 readability=\"30.78672985782\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/\">Elections<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Teachers&#8217; union backing McAuliffe stands by &#8216;anti-racism&#8217; curriculums<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-736x491-1.jpeg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-scaled-e1624913238470.jpeg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-1400x933.jpeg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tMCLEAN, VA &#8211; JUNE 8:  Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe greets supporters at an election-night event after winning the Democratic primary on June 8, 2021 in McLean, Virginia. McAuliffe will face Republican nominee Glenn Youngkin in the state&#8217;s general election this fall. McAuliffe previously served as Virginia governor from 2014-2018. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 June 29, 2021 4:58 am<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"87.296102661597\">\n<p><span>Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe calls critical race theory a &#8220;right-wing conspiracy.&#8221; One of his largest campaign backers says it&#8217;s needed to &#8220;teach the truth.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe in June dismissed concerns over the teaching of critical race theory in Virginia schools as a &#8220;right-wing conspiracy \u2026 totally made up by Donald Trump&#8221; and Republican opponent Glenn Youngkin. Just one week later, however, National Education Association (NEA) president Becky Pringle said her educators &#8220;are not going to back down&#8221; from including critical race theory in public school curriculum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We are not going to be afraid to teach it, because we know that to not teach it, we are not telling the truth,&#8221; Pringle told CBS News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The NEA has long supported McAuliffe, contributing at least $125,000 to his campaign committees since 2013. The union&#8217;s Virginia affiliate also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/veafund.org\/news\/vea-fund-endorses-mcauliffe\/\"><span>endorsed<\/span><\/a><span> McAuliffe in June, touting the Democrat&#8217;s focus on &#8220;moving us to educational equity.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><span>McAuliffe&#8217;s deep ties to the NEA could hurt his standing with suburban voters as Virginia parents push back against teachers&#8217; unions and local school districts that have defended critical race theory and impeded in-person learning. Youngkin has placed his opposition to the controversial curriculum at the center of his campaign, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin\/status\/1390376878419103748\"><span>pledging<\/span><\/a><span> to &#8220;make sure our kids learn real math, not a political ideology&#8221; as governor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Parents Defending Education outreach director Erika Sanzi, a former NEA educator and mother of three, called the union&#8217;s embrace of critical race theory &#8220;a major red flag.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;They are not and never have been in the business of putting the best interests of students first,&#8221; Sanzi told the <\/span><i><span>Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/i><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Neither McAuliffe nor the NEA returned a request for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition to Pringle&#8217;s pledge to fight for critical race theory, the NEA has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/neaedjustice.org\/the-1619-project-resource-page\/\"><span>partnered<\/span><\/a><span> with the <\/span><i><span>New York Times<\/span><\/i><span> to distribute copies of the controversial 1619 Project &#8220;to educators and activists around the country to help give us a deeper understanding of systemic racism and its impact.&#8221; <\/span><span>NEA delegates in 2019 also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ra.nea.org\/business-item\/2019-nbi-011\/\"><span>directed<\/span><\/a><span> the union to &#8220;incorporate the concept of \u2018White Fragility&#8217; into NEA trainings\/staff development&#8221; and &#8220;educate members and the general public about the importance of reparations&#8221; at a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ra.nea.org\/business-item\/2019-nbi-025\/\"><span>total cost<\/span><\/a><span> of $113,500.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But the NEA is not the only major teachers&#8217; union backing McAuliffe while championing critical race theory.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The American Federation of Teachers in April <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/mcauliffe-takes-thousands-from-teachers-union-as-leader-defends-1619-project\/\"><span>sent<\/span><\/a><span> the Democrat $25,000 just days before union president Randi Weingarten <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/mcauliffe-takes-thousands-from-teachers-union-as-leader-defends-1619-project\/\"><span>defended<\/span><\/a><span> teaching the 1619 Project in public classrooms. Weingarten called the project a &#8220;factual version of oppression in America,&#8221; despite objections from prominent historians over its numerous &#8220;errors and distortions.&#8221; Months earlier, the union leader pledged to send lesson plans stemming from the 1619 Project &#8220;directly to educators.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe will face Youngkin in November after winning his party&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/knives-out-for-mcauliffe-in-final-week-of-virginia-primary\/\">contentious June primary<\/a> by 42 points. His campaign entered June with $3.3 million on hand, compared to Youngkin&#8217;s $4.4 million.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elections Teachers&#8217; union backing McAuliffe stands by &#8216;anti-racism&#8217; curriculums  MCLEAN, VA &#8211; JUNE 8: Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe greets supporters at an election-night event after winning &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2313618,"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\/06\/McAuliffe-736x491-1.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"McAuliffe Calls Critical Race Theory a \u2018Right-Wing Conspiracy.\u2019 His Union Ally Says It\u2019s Needed to \u2018Teach the Truth\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/McAuliffe-736x491-1.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"McAuliffe Calls Critical Race Theory a \u2018Right-Wing Conspiracy.\u2019 His Union Ally Says It\u2019s Needed to \u2018Teach the Truth\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576102","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}