who doesn t know much about anything. how is this book controversy playing in virginia? it s playing with exactly the people you would expect, lawrence. conservative republicans who are going to vote for youngkin anyway as long as they show up. this is designed along with youngkin s ridiculous attack on critical race theory, which isn t even taught in virginia schools. amazing, isn t it, the way these connections are to a black woman and to a black theory of race. all of these things seem to connect. they re all dog whistles. this is typical but it s designed to get the republicans out to vote and it s working. the enthusiasm level of republicans is several orders of magnitude, higher than democrats and it s been growing over