{"id":897658,"date":"2021-10-19T11:14:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T15:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=897658"},"modified":"2021-10-19T11:14:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T15:14:16","slug":"terry-mcauliffe-on-defense-after-saying-parents-shouldnt-tell-schools-what-to-teach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/terry-mcauliffe-on-defense-after-saying-parents-shouldnt-tell-schools-what-to-teach\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry McAuliffe on Defense After Saying Parents Shouldn\u2019t Tell Schools What To Teach"},"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%2Fterry-mcauliffe-on-defense-after-saying-parents-shouldnt-tell-schools-what-to-teach%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=897658&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\/08\/GettyImages-1333763330_736x514.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe is on defense over his September debate comment that parents shouldn&#8217;t &#8220;be telling schools what they should teach.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaaavis\/status\/1450199344863399939?s=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>released an ad<\/span><\/a><span> Monday that aims to clean up the controversial remark after Republican opponent Glenn Youngkin highlighted it in a statewide TV spot. In his new ad, McAuliffe accuses Youngkin of &#8220;taking my words out of context&#8221; and says he&#8217;s &#8220;always valued the concerns of parents.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The response suggests the Democrat is feeling the heat just two weeks out from Election Day in a state President Joe Biden won by double digits. Just days before McAuliffe unveiled the ad, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1gbDpNxQzRPhP4QbgfClwGvcP-ZdboNt0\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Trafalgar Group poll<\/span><\/a><span> showed him trailing Youngkin by 1 point. In that poll, 54 percent of respondents said they disagreed with McAuliffe&#8217;s debate comment, while just 37 percent said they agree with the remark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Youngkin responded to the McAuliffe ad, releasing his own <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlennYoungkin\/status\/1450308324533092352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>video<\/span><\/a><span> that featured &#8220;seven times [McAuliffe] confirmed he thinks parents should have no say in their child&#8217;s education.&#8221; Included in the video is a string of post-debate interviews that saw McAuliffe defend his debate comment\u2014during one exchange, the Democrat said &#8220;you do not want 25 parents picking books.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to an October <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emersonpolling.reportablenews.com\/pr\/virginia-2021-dead-heat-in-governor-and-attorney-general-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Emerson College poll<\/span><\/a><span>, McAuliffe\u2014who did not return a request for comment\u2014has particularly struggled with suburban voters as Northern Virginia parents push back against critical race theory in their public schools. 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>dismissed concerns<\/span><\/a><span> over critical race theory as a &#8220;right-wing conspiracy&#8221; before <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/terry-mcauliffe-parents-concerned-about-crt-using-racist-dog-whistle-to-create-division\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>calling<\/span><\/a><span> opposition to the controversial curriculum a &#8220;racist \u2026 dog whistle.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As governor, McAuliffe vetoed a 2016 bill that would have notified parents if a teacher intended to use &#8220;instructional material that includes sexually explicit content.&#8221; The Democrat defended that decision during his September debate against Youngkin, saying &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to let parents come into schools and actually take books out and make their own decision.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe also vetoed a number of school choice bills, including one that would let students transfer from underperforming schools. McAuliffe, however, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/spencerbrown\/2021\/09\/29\/terry-mcauliffes-wife-headed-trustee-board-at-their-childrens-private-school-n2596680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>sent<\/span><\/a><span> his own children to the Potomac School, a private school in McLean where tuition runs as high as $45,650. McAuliffe&#8217;s wife chaired the school&#8217;s board of trustees, a 2008 Potomac School <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.potomacschool.org\/uploaded\/images\/about\/Our_Magazine\/Magazine_Pdfs\/term_fall2008.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>alumni magazine<\/span><\/a><span> shows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McAuliffe and Youngkin will square off at the polls on Nov. 2.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe is on defense over his September debate comment that parents shouldn&#8217;t &#8220;be telling schools what they should teach.&#8221; McAuliffe released an ad Monday that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-897658","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\/897658","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=897658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897658\/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=897658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}