‘He poked mama bear’: Education clashes shape Virginia governor’s race
Lisa Andrews can recite verbatim the now-infamous debate remark made by Democrat and former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. And it’s why she’s out so late on a school night.
“‘I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach,’” quotes the Fairfax mother, at an event for GOP candidate Glenn Youngkin with her young sons Austin and Aidan.
She’s not the only mother who was angered by Mr. McAuliffe’s statement, made in response to a question about a bill he vetoed as governor. Known as the “Beloved bill,” it would have allowed parents to opt their children out of sexually explicit reading assignments, such as the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic by Toni Morrison. Despite Mr. McAuliffe’s claim that his remark was taken out of context, it has come to define the final stretch of this campaign – adding gasoline to an already blazing fire in the commonwealth over education.
Education is always, in which parents became increasingly frustrated about school closures that many blamed on teachers unions and their Democratic allies.
