1/ 2021 - Glen Youngkin gets elected Governor of Virginia running on critical race theory. #GlennYoungkin #CRT #Virginia
2/ On his first day in office, Youngkin signs an executive order banning the teaching of #CRT in #Virginia and sets up a hotline for parents to report it. #GovernorVA #Virginia
3/ All this when #CRT was not even being taught and #Virginia schools and the hotline was quietly shut down for lack of tips. #GovernorVA #Virginia businessinsider.com/virginia-gover…
4/ Now Youngkin has introduced a new curriculum for K-5 grades that omits references to #MLK and #Juneteenth despite federal holidays commemorating both. #GovernorVA #Whitewash #Virginia 13newsnow.com/article/news/e…
6/ This is not anything new for the VaGOP. In 1997, GOP Governor #GeorgeAllen signed a proclamation that made April Confederate History Month that praised the confederacy but made no mention of slavery or black people. #Virginia washingtonpost.com/archive/local/…
7/ In 1999, Jim Gilmore (R) reissued the proclamation but added language recognizing slavery as one of the causes of the war, but in 2010 Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) reissued the declaration but removed references to slavery. politico.com/story/2010/04/… #Virginia
8/#Virginia had the most slaves and was where the war began and ended, was the capital of the Confederacy, and shut down its schools rather than integrate. #Youngkin is furthering the GOP's pro-confederate dog-whistle agenda to #whitewash history. processhistory.org/vinson-remembe…
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