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![]() ![]() Try to imagine what this would look like. In an interview with the journalist Alex Wagner, a leading Republican activist in Virginia said exactly this, asserting that it should be “up to the parents” to teach students about racism and condemning a school assignment in which a sixth grade student blamed President Andrew Jackson for violence against Native Americans. What this means, if the rhetoric of Youngkin’s strongest supporters is any indication, is an assault on any discussion of race and racism in the state’s classrooms. “A path that promotes conspiracies, hate, division, or a path focused on lifting up every single Virginian.” “We have a choice,” said McAuliffe at the same event. “I ran against Donald Trump, and Terry is running against an acolyte of Donald Trump,” said President Biden at a rally Tuesday night in Arlington. McAuliffe and his supporters want Virginians to feel that a vote for Youngkin is a vote for Donald Trump. The battleground for this election, however, is culture, identity and the specter of the previous president. There are real, material issues at hand in Virginia, where I grew up and where I currently live, from transportation and housing costs to climate, economic inequality and, of course, the commonwealth’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Republican candidate is Glenn Youngkin, a private equity executive and newcomer to electoral politics. The Democratic candidate is Terry McAuliffe, who served as governor from 2014 to 2018 but was term-limited out of office. On Tuesday, Virginians will vote to choose their next governor. ![]()
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