{"id":894192,"date":"2021-10-18T13:59:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T17:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=894192"},"modified":"2021-10-18T13:59:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T17:59:39","slug":"monday-october-18th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/monday-october-18th-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday | October 18th, 2021"},"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\">10<\/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%2Fmonday-october-18th-2021%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=894192&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 class=\"p1\">It\u2019s Monday, October 18th, and this is your Morning Wire. Listen to the full podcast:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">1) Battle Over Vaccine Mandates Continues<\/p>\n<p>The Topline:&nbsp; President Biden\u2019s vaccine mandates for all federal and many private employers appears to already be significantly impacting some industries, including airlines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One group pushing back on mandates is Freedom Flyers. Formed at the beginning of September, its membership has exploded to tens of thousands, and now includes workers in other industries besides airlines, including trucking, train and subway operators.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Quote Of The Day: \u201cWe have very credible knowledge from the top of specifically our unions that because the union leadership is pro-mandate, pro-vaccine, that they\u2019re trying to get the rest of the group on board with that because of that\u2019s their own personal agenda. And so we\u2019re trying to ask why is that? Why you\u2019re not fighting for us? Just for medical freedom. Why can\u2019t we make our own choice?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Jason Kunisch, co-founder of Freedom Flyers<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296508\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-296508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Blake-CallahanGetty-Images.jpg\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/10\/Blake-CallahanGetty-Images.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/10\/Blake-CallahanGetty-Images-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-296508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blake Callahan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Freedom Flyers<\/p>\n<p>Jason Kunisch, the co-founder of Freedom Flyers, said vaccine mandates are \u201cmedical tyranny,\u201d adding the group has members who are vaccinated and unvaccinated. He said the group is pro-medical freedom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The organization is estimated to have around 85,000 members.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296535\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-296535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Andrew-CABALLERO-REYNOLDSANDREW-CABALLERO-REYNOLDSContributorAFP-via-Getty-Images.jpg\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/10\/Andrew-CABALLERO-REYNOLDSANDREW-CABALLERO-REYNOLDSContributorAFP-via-Getty-Images.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/10\/Andrew-CABALLERO-REYNOLDSANDREW-CABALLERO-REYNOLDSContributorAFP-via-Getty-Images-300x184.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-296535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS\/ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS\/Contributor\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">2) Fallout From Loudoun County Sexual Assault Allegations&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Topline: The Daily Wire exclusive story about an alleged cover-up of a sexual assault at a public high school has led to changes in Loudoun County, Virginia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Background<\/p>\n<p>Last week, The Daily Wire revealed the backstory behind a viral photo of a man being arrested at a Loudoun County school board meeting during a debate about a transgender bathroom policy. The man\u2019s ninth-grade daughter was allegedly raped in a bathroom by a boy wearing a skirt three weeks earlier.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They arrested the father, Scott Smith, for disorderly conduct, then passed the controversial policy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the alleged rapist was arrested for a different sexual offense at another school in the district.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Update<\/p>\n<p>School board member Beth Barts, who told the crowd on the night of Scott Smith\u2019s arrest, \u201cOur students do not need to be protected, and they are not in danger,\u201d resigned on Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Barts is the same board member who previously was part of the \u201cAnti-Racist\u201d Facebook group that threatened to \u201chack\u201d and \u201cexpose\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Monday, October 18th, and this is your Morning Wire. Listen to the full podcast:1) Battle Over Vaccine Mandates ContinuesThe Topline:\u00a0 President Biden\u2019s vaccine mandates for all federal and many private employers appears to already be significantly impacting some industries, including airlines.\u00a0One group pushing back on mandates is Freedom Flyers. Formed at the beginning of September, its membership has exploded to tens of thousands, and now includes workers in other industries besides airlines, including trucking, train and subway operators.\u00a0Quote Of The Day: \u201cWe have very credible knowledge from the top of specifically our unions that because the union leadership is pro-mandate, pro-vaccine, that they\u2019re trying to get the rest of the group on board with that because of that\u2019s their own personal agenda. And so we\u2019re trying to ask why is that? Why you\u2019re not fighting for us? Just for medical freedom. Why can\u2019t we make our own choice?\u201d\u2013 Jason Kunisch, co-founder of Freedom FlyersBlake Callahan\/Getty ImagesFreedom FlyersJason Kunisch, the co-founder of Freedom Flyers, said vaccine mandates are \u201cmedical tyranny,\u201d adding the group has members who are vaccinated and unvaccinated. He said the group is pro-medical freedom.\u00a0The organization is estimated to have around 85,000 members.Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS\/ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS\/Contributor\/AFP via Getty Images2) Fallout From Loudoun County Sexual Assault Allegations\u00a0The Topline: The Daily Wire exclusive story about an alleged cover-up of a sexual assault at a public high school has led to changes in Loudoun County, Virginia.\u00a0BackgroundLast week, The Daily Wire revealed the backstory behind a viral photo of a man being arrested at a Loudoun County school board meeting during a debate about a transgender bathroom policy. The man\u2019s ninth-grade daughter was allegedly raped in a bathroom by a boy wearing a skirt three weeks earlier.\u00a0They arrested the father, Scott Smith, for disorderly conduct, then passed the controversial policy.\u00a0Last month, the alleged rapist was arrested for a different sexual offense at another school in the district.\u00a0UpdateSchool board member Beth Barts, who told the crowd on the night of Scott Smith\u2019s arrest, \u201cOur students do not need to be protected, and they are not in danger,\u201d resigned on Friday.\u00a0Barts is the same board member who previously was part of the \u201cAnti-Racist\u201d Facebook group that threatened to \u201chack\u201d and \u201cexpose\u201d parents who voiced dissent about some of the school policies.She was already facing a recall, but since she\u2019s resigning, her colleagues can select her replacement, rather than voters.\u00a0Superintendent Scott Ziegler also offered an apology, saying, \u201cI am sorry that we failed to provide the safe, welcoming and affirming environment that we aspire to provide.\u201dIn explaining why he told the school board there had never been bathroom assaults, he said he thought the question was if there had been any assaults in bathrooms by transgender or gender-fluid students specifically.However, the May 28th rape of Smith\u2019s daughter allegedly was by a \u201cgender-fluid\u201d student.\u00a0New Revelations\u00a0Schools are required to report all sexual assaults to the state.\u00a0On Thursday, The Daily Wire revealed that Loudoun reported zero on these statistics, both for the time period covering the May rape as well as an earlier well-known incident.\u00a0The family of the May assault victim says they plan to sue Loudoun County Public Schools.Win McNamee\/Staff\/Getty Images3) Virginia Gubernatorial Race Heats UpThe Topline: As the 2022 midterm elections and the general election in 2024 approach, the Virginia gubernatorial race is becoming a microcosm of the larger cultural battle in the U.S.\u00a0Quote Of The Day: \u201c\u2026it\u2019s no longer a campaign. It\u2019s a movement \u2026and watch Virginia stand up not just for Virginia parents but for America\u2019s parents.\u201d\u2013 Glenn Youngkin, Republican Candidate for Virginia GovernorVirginia Gubernatorial ElectionThe race is between Democrat Terry McAuliffe, who won the Democratic primary and is a former governor, and Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin.The election will be held in Virginia on November 2nd, and the winner will be sworn in on January 15th, 2022. If Youngkin wins, it would be the first time in 12 years that a Republican held the governor\u2019s office in Virginia.IssuesThe issues at the center of the race are the issues voters are facing across the country. Vaccines and vaccine mandates, the economy, employment, and the attitude towards President Joe Biden and the federal government.Polling: McAuliffe (D) is leading Youngkin (R) by under 3% among likely voters.\u00a0Youngkin is leading with independents, a voting bloc which could sway elections in 2022 and 2024.Democrats are tending to be in favor of more strict COVID-19 restrictions, while Republicans generally oppose them, and prioritize issues relating to jobs and the economy \u2013 a national trend.SchoolsFor many Virginia voters, schools are also a central issue for this election.Youngkin and Republicans in the state are making schools a focus, especially after months of closed classrooms and media coverage of issues like Critical Race Theory and transgenderism in schools.Bill Clark\/Contributor\/CQ Roll Call via Getty ImagesKidnappingAt least 17 American Christian missionaries, including 3 children, were kidnapped Saturday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Christian aid group was leaving an orphanage when they were allegedly abducted by gang members.Kyrsten SinemaSenator Kyrsten Sinema, who was previously harassed by activists in a women\u2019s bathroom and on a commercial flight for pushing back against the Democrat-backed reconciliation bill, continues to face protests. The director of activist group Our Revolution, stated: \u201cWe\u2019re committed to birddogging Kyrsten Sinema with her constituents until the very end.\u201d The group promised to continue to \u201cmake her life unpleasant or uncomfortable.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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