{"id":827503,"date":"2021-09-29T11:44:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T15:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=827503"},"modified":"2021-09-29T11:44:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T15:44:13","slug":"democrat-virginia-governor-candidate-says-parents-shouldnt-have-a-say-in-what-their-children-are-taught-in-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-virginia-governor-candidate-says-parents-shouldnt-have-a-say-in-what-their-children-are-taught-in-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Virginia Governor Candidate Says Parents Shouldn\u2019t Have A Say In What Their Children Are Taught In School"},"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\">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%2Fdemocrat-virginia-governor-candidate-says-parents-shouldnt-have-a-say-in-what-their-children-are-taught-in-school%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=827503&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\/09\/GettyImages-1343644829.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Virginia\u2019s Democrat and Republican gubernatorial candidates participated in their final debate Tuesday night, with Democrat and former Gov. Terry McAuliffe declaring that parents shouldn\u2019t have a say in what their kids are taught in public schools.<\/p>\n<p>At one point during the debate, the candidates were asked out whether protections for transgender students should be determined at the state or local level. McAuliffe referenced a recent incident where a parent complained that two books available to high school students contained graphic sexual content and pedophilia. The school district <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/books-containing-pedophilia-graphic-sex-depictions-have-been-pulled-from-fairfax-schools\">removed the books<\/a> and is currently reviewing them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not gonna let parents come in to schools and actually take books off and make their own decisions,\u201d McAuliffe said to audience applause (the debate took place in ultra-Liberal Northern Virginia). \u201cI don\u2019t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get really tired of everybody running down teachers. I love our teachers and what they\u2019ve done through covid, these are real heroes who deserve our respect,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>While McAuliffe\u2019s statements about parents not being able to say what their kids are taught drew applause in Northern Virginia, many areas in the rest of the state are fighting for parents\u2019 rights to know what their kids are being taught. The battle is especially strong in Loudoun County, where parents have repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/how-loudoun-county-became-the-apex-of-the-fight-against-critical-race-theory\">pushed back against<\/a> the Loudoun County Public School district\u2019s attempts to incorporate critical race theory in school curriculum. It started when the school attempted to restructure history and social studies to emphasize slavery and push racial victimhood. Meanwhile, the school began providing training sessions that insisted oppression was still rampant in America. Some of these trainings were racist themselves, such as one that suggested Hispanic parents and students didn\u2019t perform as well because they face \u201cimmigration\u201d and \u201cdeportation threats,\u201d as if all Hispanic students are in the country illegally.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers who objected to the district\u2019s so-called anti-racist measures were told to remain silent. The district attempted to craft a speech code that prohibited teachers from criticizing the district\u2019s racial equity plan, and an advisory board demanded teachers be dismissed if they criticized equity training. Parents who spoke out were put on a list to be harassed.<\/p>\n<p>McAuliffe\u2019s take on education is interesting considering some of his positions when he was governor between 2014 and 2018. He <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.com\/news\/local\/mcauliffe-vetos-three-education-bills-including-school-choice-legislation\/article_18c4ab60-2bf0-51c6-a654-5d2a93d3e1a4.html\">vetoed<\/a> a school-choice bill \u201cthat would have allowed parents to use state money to pay for private schools or home schooling,\u201d according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch. McAuliffe vetoed this bill, which would allow low-income students to attend better schools, even though he sends his own kids to expensive private schools.<\/p>\n<p>Education was not the only issue on which McAuliffe demanded state control. He also knocked his Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin, for refusing to force vaccine and mask mandates on people. Youngkin responded by saying \u201cEveryone should get the vaccine \u2026 but I don\u2019t believe we should mandate it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>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&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia\u2019s Democrat and Republican gubernatorial candidates participated in their final debate Tuesday night, with Democrat and former Gov. 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