Mon May 8, 2023 – 6:08 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A Democrat state legislative candidate in Virginia is under fire for a resurfaced video denigrating parents for wanting to have a say in the content of their children’s lessons in public schools.
In 2021, amid the gubernatorial race between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and the eventual victor, Republican Glenn Youngkin, Jessica Anderson posted a video to TikTok declaring, “I’m sorry, but I’ve seen some of the parents that live in Virginia. You should not be dictating what your daughter and son’s curriculums look like. If you want to do that, there’s a thing called homeschool. Indoctrinate them there, but not in my kids’ public schools. So please go vote for Terry, please and thank you, vote. Vote like your life depended on it. Thank you.”
🚨Jessica Anderson, a Democrat running for Delegate in District 71, recorded a TikTok trashing Virginia parents who are involved in their children’s education as “crazy.”
We need to elect Republicans who believe #ParentsMatter – just like Governor @GlennYoungkin famously said. pic.twitter.com/pXhV2Fso8e
— ROOZ (@ROOZVA) May 4, 2023
Parental involvement in education was one of the key issues to which Youngkin’s victory
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