Virginia Republicans in a tight governor’s race have been staging “Parents Matter” rallies and tapping into conservative anger over mandates and critical race theory.
Supporters take home campaign signs for Glenn Youngkin, a Republican running for governor, at a campaign event in Winchester, Va., Oct. 6, 2021.
From fights over evolution to desegregation to prayer, education battles have been a staple of the country’s culture wars for decades. But not quite like this. “There’s just so much focus on the schools, and it’s visceral,” said John Whitbeck, a former chair of the Republican Party of Virginia from Loudoun County, where acrimonious school board meetings have led to arrests, death threats and constant airtime on conservative media. “It’s not like, ‘Oh, I’m against the debt ceiling.’ This is like, ‘You’re destroying our children’s education.’ And, look, angry people vote.
Frustration with education is an issue that unites Republicans, energizing moderates eager to ensure their children remain in school as well as conservatives who see a liberal plot to indoctrinate their children with the belief that white people are inherently racist. McAuliffe shot back that he did not believe “parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” In the weeks since, he has stood by those remarks, saying that the state Board of Education and local school boards should determine what is taught in the classroom.
At a campaign rally last week in Winchester, a small town in the Shenandoah Valley in one of the fast-growing exurb counties around Washington, Youngkin made little mention of Trump, vaccines or the coronavirus. Instead, he repeatedly invoked issues around schools as top priorities.
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