NEW: It's not hard to find a Democrat these days who is ready to dunk on failed Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. - Take it away @ngaudiano @thisisinsider businessinsider.com/democrat-educa…
His statement during a debate with Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin, that parents shouldn't be "telling schools what they should teach," is the lead balloon that still hovers over the Democratic party as members face what's already shaping up to be challenging midterm campaigns in 22.
Republicans, eager to seize the majority in both chambers of Congress, aren't letting the issue go.
They're pivoting off the Virginia election w/ a parent-empowerment message for 2022 & pointing to McAuliffe's statement as evidence that Ds are out of touch w/ parents' concerns.
They're pivoting off the Virginia election w/ a parent-empowerment message for 2022 & pointing to McAuliffe's statement as evidence that Ds are out of touch w/ parents' concerns.
The McAuliffe blunder is the "example du jour" of how Democrats are mishandling culture issues, said Rep. Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat who ran for president in 2020.
Moulton: “I think a much better approach would be to say, 'We're not a communist country that bans books…& that's what the Republicans are asking us to do.’… I care what parents think but I believe in the Constitution & I believe in freedom of speech & freedom of thought.'"
Rep. Raul Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat, told Insider that McAuliffe misread the political situation and, more importantly, didn't give credit to parents and teachers fighting for public education. "When you don't relate is when you make those kinds of comments," he said.
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