{"id":950177,"date":"2021-11-01T15:14:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T19:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=950177"},"modified":"2021-11-01T15:14:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T19:14:13","slug":"mayor-stoney-youngkin-and-his-supporters-dont-believe-slavery-holocaust-were-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayor-stoney-youngkin-and-his-supporters-dont-believe-slavery-holocaust-were-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Stoney: &#039;Youngkin and His Supporters Don&#039;t Believe&#039; Slavery, Holocaust Were Real"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fmayor-stoney-youngkin-and-his-supporters-dont-believe-slavery-holocaust-were-real%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=950177&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\/11\/Levar-Stoney-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney (D) said Monday on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cAndrea Mitchell Reports\u201d that&nbsp;Virginia gubernatorial candidate&nbsp;Glenn Youngkin\u2019s (R) and his supporters did not believe slavery and the Holocaust were real.<\/p>\n<p>Stoney is the co-chair of the&nbsp;Terry McAuliffe (D) campaign.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Mitchell said, \u201cHow did Terry McAuliffe let Glenn Youngkin reframe the debate on education, including things like Toni Morrison\u2019s book \u2018Beloved\u2019 becoming a flashpoint in this race with the issue of Critical Race Theory, which is not even taught in Virginia schools, but it\u2019s become, according to most of the polls a big deal?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Stoney said, \u201cYou are correct. We have seen Glenn Youngkin sort of divide parents all throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, pitting parents against parents, demonizing teachers, demonizing public education, and to me, that\u2019s not the sort of governor I know that Virginians want. We want a governor who understands that taught about the seriousness and how barbaric slavery was featured in \u2018Beloved\u2019&nbsp;is actually correct. In order for us to actually grow as a commonwealth, we have to understand that slavery was real, the Holocaust was real and unfortunately Glenn Youngkin and his supporters don\u2019t believe so and believe that our children should not be taught the same as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cAt the end of the day, when you run down people lie Toni Morrison, a Nobel Prize winner, a Pulitzer Prize winner as well, that\u2019s the sort of divisiveness that the commonwealth cannot stand for. Glenn Youngkin is ending his campaign the same way he began his campaign, on Trump conspiracy theories, dividing families and parents and running down teachers thought the Commonwealth of Virginia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Pam Key on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pamkeyNEN\">@pamkeyNEN<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney (D) said Monday on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cAndrea Mitchell Reports\u201d that\u00a0Virginia gubernatorial candidate\u00a0Glenn Youngkin\u2019s (R) and his supporters did not believe slavery and the Holocaust were real. 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