running on the big lie. glenn youngkin went for this campaign on critical race theory, and he figured out how to turn out the trump base without alienating the republicans that were alienated by trump. i think that s why republicans have run with the critical race theory issue, book bans, anger over materials they think are transgressive in school libraries. it s because the culture war issues, instead of running against biden s policy, are things that can still turn out the trump voters in the absence of trump. the latest op-ed for the new york times entitled the ronald reagan guide to joe biden s political future, jamelle brytes this. as his first year in office comes to a close, an ambitious
but how big are those in roads and how big are those margins? but if he can win chesterfield in loudoun county outside of the d.c. is close. it is a very encouraging for the youngkin campaign. bret: it looks like it might be close, josh. this might come down to the wire and go extra innings even looking how the numbers are coming in. it is all going to come down to the suburbs. the question is did democrats on the suburbs and by the suburbs during the trump years or nearly rent the suburbs? youngkin spent a lot of time in the blue areas, loudoun county come i think, education argument was made most aggressively with the critical race theory issue front and center there. it will be a real test whether republicans have found a political message to win the outer suburbs that the inroads were made in the last few years. bret: josh, thank you so much. we will get back to bill and the billboard.
critical race theory and the like gotten traction in virginia? eric, i think that the critical race theory issue is really in some ways t complicated and big debate in virginia about what is being taught in schools and how you define crt but i think this has done probably for youngkin is allow him to potentially make inroads back into the suburbs of northern virginia, suburbs that were lost by donald trump and republicans and suburbs and those voters that youngkin really needs to bring back on the republican side if he wants to win on tuesday. without those votes, we will see a repeat of what we have seen for the past 12 years in virginia which is virginia trending democratic. eric: and turning democratic, the former governor mcauliffe is also talking about education. here is what he said on this stump this morning. i opened my campaign on education. i m the one who is proposing a
about china s huge financial outlays to build up the military, senator so they are building up military with the extra cash they have and built up during the pandemic and a huge trade deficit. but at the same time, our military getting more woke, focused on diversity, equity and inclusion and critical race theory and all of that but you have whistle-blower complaints from members of the military about the pervasiveness of the critical race theory issue. one complaint talked about a discussion on police brutality and white racism with white kernels and younger officer that i would learn junior officer is a former dnc staffer. these go on and on and on. but what can you tell us, senator? well, tom crenshaw and i have received hundred whistle-blower complaints to encourage members of armed forces and
about the financial outlay so they are building up with all theta extra cash that they had during the pandemic. at the same time our military seems to be more focused on diversity and equity inclusion in critical race theory. now you have whistleblower complaints from members of the military about the pervasiveness of the critical race theory issue. one was a discussion i systemic racism dominated by white colonels and a younger junior hispanic officer that is a former dnc staffer. these go on and on. what can you tell us? congressman crenshaw and i have received hundreds of these to encourage members to write to us.