Thread by @jbouie

i guess it's now "pure gaslighting" to ask people to substantiate their claims with evidence

https://twitter.com/HotlineJosh/status/1454076679903666176

instead accepting, uncritically, the claims of republican operatives in northern virginia, maybe our intrepid reporter could do a little reporting and find out what is actually being taught as part of the state's history curricula.

course guides for most state school districts are readily available online. most of them look like this. here's virginia beach city public schools standards for US history to 1865.

naturally, you'd have to actually speak with educators about what is going on in the classrooms themselves. and because schools vary, you'd probably want to do this at multiple sites throughout the state.

or, again, you could rely on hysterical anecdotes from republican party operatives