as a parent, it s tough to catch everything. so when my son showed me his reading assignment, my heart sunk. it was some of the most explicit material you can imagine. i met with lawmakers. they couldn t believe what i was showing them. their faces turned bright red with embarrassment. she s talking about toney mor morrison s beloved. i mean, it is exhausting. i learned this week in a great piece in the new york times that over 20,000 native americans were enslaved in california in 1850, even though slavery was outlawed at that time. this is the importance of critical race theory. this is not, you know, the boogeyman the gop is making it out to be. what are your thoughts here? well, good morning, tiffany. good morning, panelists. thank you very much. from the beginning, let me start off by saying that i was
instead. but culture war crusades can lead to awkward places. you milght remember in march, youngkin was trying to resist the alleged banning of dr. seuss books. but free speech arguments only go so far. so one week from election day, the youngkin campaign released an ad where a mother called for banning a book that she found offensive. when my son showed me his reading assignment, my heart sunk. it was some of the most explicit material you can imagine. so few things about that. the book in question was beloved by toni morrison, winner of the nobel prize in literature. it is a novel about escape from slavery and yes, it contains some rough scenes, totally consistent with the horrific subject matter. but the book wasn t named in the ad. neither was the fact that it was assigned to her son almost a
pulitzer prize. this is the subject of his latest campaign ad. as a parent it is tough to catch everything, so when my son showed me his reading assignment, my heart sunk. it was some of the most explicit material you can imagine, and met with lawmakers they could not believe what i was showing them. their faces turned bright red with embarrassment. they passed bills, requiring schools to notify parents when explicit content was assigned. it was bipartisan, it gave parents a say, the option to choose an alternative for my children. it was so grateful. but then governor terry mcauliffe vetoed it, twice, he doesn t think parents should have a say. he said that. he shut us out. glenn youngkin, he listens, he understands parents matter. join me in voting for glenn
the mcauliffe campaign is keeping on the campaign through virginia through this television ad. virginia, you have a lot of responsibility this year. not only are you choosing your next governor, but you re also making a statement about what direction we re headed in as a country. i know terry mcauliffe and nobody worked harder for their state and i watched terry stand strong on the values we care about. protecting every citizen s right to vote. fighting climate change and defending a woman s right to choose. the republican candidate for governor of virginia is focussing his closing message to voters on banning books. including a book that won the politzer prize and this is the subject of his latest campaign ad. as a parent, it s tough to catch everything. so when my son showed me his reading assignment, my heart
reading assignment my heart sunk. it was some of the most explicit material you can imagine. they passed bills requiring schools to notify parents when explicit content was assigned but governor mcauliffe vetoed it twice. he doesn t think parents should have a say. he said that. he shut us out. so, yeah. i mean, look, we beloved ? i mean there s been a moved about it, the book is, you know, tony morrison is pulitzer prize winner. a nobel prize winner. this is a book about slavery. the truth is explicit. i mean, look, huckleberry finn, the n word is in there. i don t know what is going on. sure you do. you know what is going on. not for nothing, the named beloved an and tony morrison was never mentioned, the fact it was assigned almost a decade ago in an a.p. senior class, and if