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   BeamMeUpScotty to Ubiquitous   
   Re: Barack Obama slapped with reality ch   
   26 Oct 21 04:54:26   
   
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   From: NOT-SURE@idiocracy.gov   
      
   On 10/25/21 9:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > Former President Barack Obama was slapped with a reality check Saturday   
   > after urging Virginia voters to ignore what he called "fake outrage"   
   > and "trumped up culture wars" that he claimed are being peddled by   
   > "right-wing media."   
   >   
   > What did Obama say?   
   > While campaigning for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia, Obama   
   > denounced focusing on cultural issues, instead saying that Americans   
   > should be concerned with recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.   
   >   
   > "We don't have time to be wasting on these phony trumped up culture   
   > wars, this fake outrage that right-wing media peddles to juice their   
   > ratings," Obama said.   
   >   
   > Obama appeared to be speaking about McAuliffe's opponent, Republican   
   > Glenn Youngkin, whose campaign platform includes supporting parents to   
   > have a voice over decisions made by school boards.   
   >   
   > "Instead of stoking anger aimed at school boards and administrators,   
   > who are just trying to keep our kids safe, who are just doing their   
   > jobs, stoking anger to the point where some of them are actually   
   > getting death threats," Obama said. "We should be making it easier for   
   > teachers and schools to give our kids the world-class education they   
   > deserve, and do to so safely while they are in the classroom."   
   >   
   > What was the response?   
   > Obama's comments generated sharp rebuke.   
   >   
   > Critics pointed out that children's education is not part of the   
   > "trumped up culture war" as Obama claimed, especially considering that   
   > McAuliffe has said parents shouldn't have a say in school board   
   > decisions.   
   >   
   > As many others pointed out, Loudoun County Schools also stands accused   
   > of "covering up" two sexual assaults as they pushed controversial LGBT   
   > policies.   
   >   
   > • "Sorry, but McAuliffe saying that parents shouldn't be in charge of   
   > their children's education and the Loudoun County school board lying to   
   > parents about sexual assaults in bathrooms isn't 'trumped up cultural   
   > wars,'" Ben Shapiro said.   
   >   
   > • "Let's be clear: THEY are waging the culture war. WE are fighting   
   > back. Covering up a sexual assault in school restrooms to push a   
   > transgender policy in gov't schools is the definition of waging a   
   > culture war," radio host Larry O'Connor said.   
   >   
   > • "Barack Obama is telling parents they have fake outrage over school   
   > boards covering up sexual assaults and teaching critical race theory,"   
   > Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) reacted.   
   >   
   > • "The 'right-wing media' tricked Terry McAuliffe into telling parents   
   > they should influence school boards. @GlennYoungkin is surging because   
   > he's got answers for Virginia's public education's failures," radio   
   > host Hugh Hewitt pointed out.   
   >   
   > • "Two girls were sexually assaulted on school property, and school   
   > admin officials publicly lied about their knowledge of it to parents,"   
   > reporter Susan Crabtree pointed out.   
   >   
   > • "My child's education is not a trumped-up culture war," Michael   
   > Needham, chief of staff to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), fired back.   
   >   
   > • "Here in WA: I was fired for refusing an experimental vaccine, I saw   
   > the COVID pts. Vax passes start Monday in Seattle. An elementary school   
   > has a gender unicorn on the wall. A high school handed out a sexual   
   > survey asking when kids first had anal. But sure, it's Trumped up   
   > anger," another person said.   
   >   
   > • "Gaslighting at its finest," one person observed.   
   >   
   > • "Zero self-awareness. Zero accountability," another person said.   
   >   
   > • "Schools cover up sexual assault. That's not trumped up. That's not   
   > culture war. That's a dereliction of public duty. The failure to   
   > address it is a failure of leadership. Saying otherwise is a   
   > deflection," another person said.   
   >   
   > Obama is the latest high-profile figure to stump for McAuliffe.   
   > President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have also been   
   > campaigning for McAuliffe, which signals the race to become Virginia's   
   > next governor is much tighter than Democrats anticipated.   
   >   
   > McAuliffe and Youngkin are separated by fewer than three points in an   
   > average of recent polling, according to FiveThirtyEight.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Let's go Brandon!   
   >   
   Good post....   
      
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   resistance is inevitable.   
      
      
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