that. the biden administration said they want to do that and failed at it and chicago is another example of what we are seeing across the country and what americans want to change with. griff: speaking of change, kristin, i want to get your reaction to that story. it seems to me that it might have been more prudent to look at the volunteer workforce and say, you know, we need diversity here, let s start find a way to change the makeup perhaps by bringing in more diverse dosets but mass firing them all and leaving at ear piece instead, that doesn t seem like the smartest move, your reaction? yeah, i don t quite understand it. they tried to diversify, it didn t work. i mean, you know, i don t know why this was the answer to that, so griff: it seems that the stories gain momentum and go viral because people look at it and say that really defies
they are victims and it also places the blame of something that happened over 200 years ago that kids that had nothing to do with it. we need to move forward son only of the issues. the biden administration says they want the country to come together. they are not doing this by pushing the failed agenda kind of educational policy in the states and also in to our schools and most of all to american families. griff: kristin, i want to give you a chance to react to that. i think that pushing an agenda is a little strong here. i think, you know, we need to think about the racial inequalities in our country and, you know, i know a bunch of states have laws, idaho, some other states on this, but, you know, in some ways, you know, i d like to talk about the broader conversation rather than this. griff: all right, talking about racial inequalities and some of the interesting things that we have seen happening not many people yet know about story in chicago which has been plagued with a numbe
mail-in ballots have swayed in in mcauliffe s favor but not surprising that people are getting upset. i think a lot of feelings and, you know, bubble over when you have elections and right now all eyes are on virginia. griff: kristin, you raise an interesting point. democrats work very hard to turn virginia blue. president biden won if my recollection is correct by ten points and now yet this tight race, what does that tell you all? well, that tells me that persons are changing and virginia, again, is a microcosm of harass going on in the country and people want real leadership and the biden administration hasn t demonstrated that and in the race in virginia that s a key indicator in that and in my race in particular in arizona it s the same way. we want leadership in our country, leadership in our state. we want to be able to control what happens to our children in the school, crt is something that we do not need, it victimizes or continues to teach black and brown children that
virginia has so far been lath lethargic. griff: jacqui, joining us to talk more about the state representative walt blackman and kristin haugn. walt, state representative for arizona and you re aware of issues that matter. why has crt become such an important part in your mind in virginia in this governortarial race? thanks for having me, virginia is a microcosm of what s going on in the rest of the country and what the rest of the people feel about crt. with the failed policy of the biden administration and with what we are seeing happening in virginia, the rest of the country wants change and this change means parents have an opportunity to tell their not have the federal government tell their kids what s to be taught in their schools and to make
sure that parents have have saying and crt has no room in the classroom. how do you see it kristin, worth pointing out that mcauliffe is still by at least 5 points in the latest polls. do you believe that people are as passionate and fired up about this crt issue as as walt says they are? i think people the attentions are not just in virginia. they are their election right now unlike many other states. tensions are high, i mean, the politics are pretty divisive right now, so not just over the issue of crt but a lot of different things and it s not surprising that it s coming out as, you know, this governor s race heats up. i would say that you can t tell virginia voters what to do. i mean, the idea that as a democrat we have fought to gain ground in virginia for a very long time but these are independent thinkers and they will go into the polls and say that the absentee ballots and