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Parents were the dominant voice that turned the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial race’s tide in favor of Republican now-Governor Glenn Youngkin.
Yet there are concerns the Democratic Party risks repeating errors made by former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe’s 2021 campaign by siding against parents’ rights in education.
Both Republican and Democrat lawmakers gave their thoughts about the conversation surrounding the issue of parents’ power in their kids’ education.
FLORIDA PARENTAL RIGHTS BILL POPULAR DESPITE DEMOCRATIC ATTEMPTS TO LABEL IT ‘DON’T SAY GAY’
U.S. President Joe Biden greets Terry McAuliffe, Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Virginia, during a campaign event in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. McAuliffe, a former Virginia governor is locked in a dead heat with Glenn Youngkin, a former co-chief executive officer ofCarlyle Group Inc., ahead of next week’s election. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., blasted the Democrats as prioritizing waging “a war on parents” and said that Republicans “standing up for parents and kids” is one of many factors that will contribute to Republicans flipping the House.
“Big-government Democrats have made it their number one priority over the last year to wage a war on parents, from colluding with union bosses to keep kids shut out of schools, to trying to label parents as domestic terrorists for taking an active interest in their kids’ education by speaking out at school board meetings,” Scalise said.
“Now, Biden and his extremist allies are doubling down on this insanity by trying to force sex education on five-year-olds without the consent of their parents.”
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 29: U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) delivers remarks during a Republican-led forum on the origins of the COVID-19 virus at the U.S. Capitol on June…
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