{"id":682147,"date":"2021-08-25T05:05:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T09:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=682147"},"modified":"2021-08-25T05:05:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T09:05:58","slug":"as-public-pushback-mounts-mcauliffe-buries-equity-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-public-pushback-mounts-mcauliffe-buries-equity-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"As Public Pushback Mounts, McAuliffe Buries \u2018Equity\u2019 Agenda"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fas-public-pushback-mounts-mcauliffe-buries-equity-agenda%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=682147&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=\"30.287671232877\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/\">Elections<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">VA Dem nixes pledge to &#8216;eliminate racial disparities&#8217; in education as VA parents blast &#8216;equity initiatives&#8217;<\/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=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1233344591.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt=\"Terry McAuliffe\" 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\/08\/GettyImages-1233344591.jpg 736w, https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233344591-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233344591-703x491.jpg 703w\" 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\tFormer Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe (D.) \/ 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 August 25, 2021 5:00 am<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"85.690985619081\">\n<p><span>Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe quietly removed race-focused language from his campaign website&#8217;s education page as voters pushed back on &#8220;equity initiatives&#8221; in public schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe has made &#8220;equity&#8221; a chief theme in his campaign for a second term in the governor&#8217;s mansion, tying racism to issues such as education, the economy, and criminal justice. In mid-August, however, McAuliffe removed his pledge to &#8220;eliminate racial disparities&#8221; from the top of his campaign&#8217;s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/terrymcauliffe.com\/issues\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>K-12 education page<\/span><\/a><span>, screenshots reviewed by the <\/span><i><span>Washington Free Beacon <\/span><\/i><span>show<\/span><span>. The Democrat also nixed the term &#8220;equitable&#8221; from the top of four issue pages on his campaign site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1511145 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-24-at-4.43.03-PM.png\" alt width=\"628\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-24-at-4.43.03-PM.png 628w, https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-24-at-4.43.03-PM-300x283.png 300w, https:\/\/s4.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-24-at-4.43.03-PM-521x491.png 521w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1511142\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-24-at-4.45.12-PM-1024x862-1.png\" alt width=\"628\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-24-at-4.45.12-PM-1024x862.png 1024w, https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-24-at-4.45.12-PM-300x252.png 300w, https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-24-at-4.45.12-PM-768x646.png 768w, https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-24-at-4.45.12-PM-736x619.png 736w, https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-24-at-4.45.12-PM-584x491.png 584w, https:\/\/s2.freebeacon.com\/up\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-24-at-4.45.12-PM.png 1236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>The move came just weeks after a Trafalgar Group <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thetrafalgargroup.org\/VA-21Gen-Gov-Poll-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>poll<\/span><\/a><span> showed McAuliffe with a narrow lead over Republican Glenn Youngkin. It also came as Democrats in Virginia and across the country <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/07\/26\/democrats-school-critical-race-theory-500729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>expressed concern<\/span><\/a><span> over &#8220;equity initiatives&#8221; in public schools. In Loudoun County, for example, parent groups have collected thousands of signatures to recall school board members who have endorsed critical race theory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The changes to McAuliffe&#8217;s campaign site suggest the Democrat is attempting to play both sides of the issue. McAuliffe in June <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/mcauliffe-calls-critical-race-theory-a-right-wing-conspiracy-his-union-ally-says-its-needed-to-teach-the-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>called<\/span><\/a><span> critical race theory &#8220;another right-wing conspiracy&#8221; that is &#8220;totally made up by Donald Trump and Glenn Youngkin.&#8221; At the same time, the Democrat <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/terry-mcauliffe-rakes-in-big-labor-cash-after-right-to-work-flip-flop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>collected<\/span><\/a><span> hundreds of thousands of dollars from teachers&#8217; unions that have defended teaching critical race theory in public schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe did not return a request for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Democrat has not changed his full <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/terrymcauliffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1.29.21-FINAL-Education-Plan-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>K-12 education plan<\/span><\/a><span>, which is aimed at &#8220;ensuring that every child has access to an equitable, world-class education.&#8221; But removing race-focused language such as &#8220;equitable&#8221; from prominent positions on his campaign site could reflect an attempt to distance himself from critical race theory while remaining in his union allies&#8217; good graces.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/committees\/156114\/top_donors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>received<\/span><\/a><span> nearly $1 million from the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers, the nation&#8217;s two largest teachers&#8217; unions. One week before the NEA <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vpap.org\/committees\/156114\/donor\/136275\/?start_year=all&amp;end_year=all&amp;contrib_type=all&amp;filing_period=1862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>contributed<\/span><\/a><span> $400,000 to McAuliffe&#8217;s campaign, union president Becky Pringle said her members &#8220;are not going to be afraid&#8221; to teach critical race theory in schools, because they &#8220;know that to not teach it, we are not telling the truth.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Youngkin, meanwhile, has placed his opposition to critical race theory at the center of his campaign. The Republican in May <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin\/status\/1390376878419103748\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>pledged<\/span><\/a><span> to &#8220;make sure our kids learn real math, not a political ideology.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe and Youngkin are set to square off in November. McAuliffe leads the Republican by four points, according to the <\/span><i><span>RealClearPolitics<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2021\/governor\/va\/virginia_governor_youngkin_vs_mcauliffe-7373.html#polls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>polling average<\/span><\/a><span>. President Joe Biden won the state by 10 points in November.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elections VA Dem nixes pledge to &#8216;eliminate racial disparities&#8217; in education as VA parents blast &#8216;equity initiatives&#8217;  Former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe (D.) \/ Getty Images &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-682147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682147","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=682147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}