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   From: zinn@reno.us   
      
   Texas Democratic gubernatorial nominee Beto O'Rourke said this week that   
   "we don't need to tell" teachers "what version of history" they are   
   "allowed to teach," a statement similar to a remark that in part cost   
   Democrat Terry McAuliffe the governorship of Virginia.   
      
   O’Rourke, who is best known for losing a Senate campaign and a   
   presidential primary, went on to dismiss parental concerns about critical   
   race theory, which he said he had "never heard of before last year."   
   Instead of asking questions, he said, Texans need to treat a teacher with   
   "the respect that she has earned, that she is owed."   
      
   O'Rourke has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations from   
   teachers' unions.   
      
   McAuliffe, who lost the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election to Republican   
   Glenn Youngkin, made a similar statement that likely cost him votes. "I   
   don't think parents should be telling schools what they should teach,"   
   McAuliffe said during a televised debate. At least one poll found before   
   the election that parents of school-aged children opposed McAuliffe by   
   nearly 20 points, The Hill reported in October.   
      
   O'Rourke has flip-flopped on critical race theory, which teaches that the   
   United States is systemically racist, several times during his   
   gubernatorial bid. He opposed a Republican bill to ban the theory from   
   classrooms, saying in February that students should learn that "so much of   
   the wealth and opportunity in this state was actually created by people   
   who had no choice in the deal whatsoever." He said just one month later,   
   however, that he does not think critical race theory "should be taught in   
   our schools."   
      
   Education has become a hot-button issue in the Texas gubernatorial race.   
   Republican incumbent Greg Abbott and O'Rourke have clashed extensively   
   over school choice, with O'Rourke saying the idea of letting parents   
   decide what schools their children should attend is "radical." A plurality   
   of Texans, including an overwhelming majority of Hispanic Texans, support   
   Abbott's school voucher program, polls have found.   
      
   https://freebeacon.com/democrats/deja-vu-another-democrat-thinks-parents-   
   shouldnt-have-a-say-in-their-childrens-education/   
      
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