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Provider. >> thank you for being with us again. one of the more popular and critically acclaimed books of the last half century on millions of bookshelves across the country, and now the target of republicans in virginia. >> when my son showed me his reading assignment, my heart sunk. it was some of the most explicit material you can imagine. >> why the republican gubernatorial candidate is taking aim at a toni morrison classic in the remaining days of the virginia governor race. coming up i...

Us from virginia. campaigns often take interests turning in the waning days. education takes center stage. its bringing the president owed indication reform now. thank you for being here. weve seen republican candidates say over and over that he supports -- youngkin, that is -- freedom for parents on how kids are educated. kind of took a hit at toni morrisons beloved book, featuring a new ad where a mom is pushing to have the book banned in her sons english curriculum. >> so when my son showed...

>> as a parent, its tough to catch everything. so when my son showed me his reading assignment, my heart sunk. it was some of the most explicit material you can imagine. i met with lawmakers. they couldnt believe what i was showing them. their faces turned bright red with embarrassment. >> shes talking about toney mor morrisons "beloved." i mean, it is exhausting. i learned this week in a great piece in "the new york times" that over 20,000 native americans were enslaved in california in 1850, e...

Instead. but culture war crusades can lead to awkward places. you milght remember in march, youngkin was trying to resist the alleged banning of dr. seuss books. but free speech arguments only go so far. so one week from election day, the youngkin campaign released an ad where a mother called for banning a book that she found offensive. >> when my son showed me his reading assignment, my heart sunk. it was some of the most explicit material you can imagine. >> so few things about that. the book ...

Pulitzer prize. this is the subject of his latest campaign ad. >> as a parent it is tough to catch everything, so when my son showed me his reading assignment, my heart sunk. it was some of the most explicit material you can imagine, and met with lawmakers they could not believe what i was showing them. their faces turned bright red with embarrassment. they passed bills, requiring schools to notify parents when explicit content was assigned. it was bipartisan, it gave parents a say, the option t...

The mcauliffe campaign is keeping on the campaign through virginia through this television ad. >> virginia, you have a lot of responsibility this year. not only are you choosing your next governor, but youre also making a statement about what direction were headed in as a country. i know terry mcauliffe and nobody worked harder for their state and i watched terry stand strong on the values we care about. protecting every citizens right to vote. fighting climate change and defending a womans righ...

Reading assignment my heart sunk. it was some of the most explicit material you can imagine. they passed bills requiring schools to notify parents when explicit content was assigned but governor mcauliffe vetoed it twice. he doesnt think parents should have a say. he said that. he shut us out. >> so, yeah. >> i mean, look, we -- "beloved"? i mean theres been a moved about it, the book is, you know, tony morrison is pulitzer prize winner. >> a nobel prize winner. >> this is a book about slavery. ...

Particularly much. and so what joe biden would like to have and what terry mcauliffe would like to have would be a more active and vibrant presence by donald trump as a boogeyman to get democrats out. its a very close race. the relative skill of the campaigns at getting their people out and energizing them is going to decide the result, and donald trump is an asset for the democrats that theyre not able to exploit as much as they would like. >> yeah. so lets go to the media market there. whats h...

House could cut environmental regulation and maybe that would help. and it could but maybe for next winter. its not going to happen because president biden ran on an aggressive climate agenda. listen, jake, no one said the energy transition would be easy. topping our politics lead -- president biden heads to arlington, virginia, in a few hours to stump for democrat terry mcauliffe as the neck and neck governors race enters its final week. glen youngkins campaign releases a new add targeting mc...

Gave her son, a high school senior at the time nightmares. she sought to have the book banned temporarily, and the book details atrocities slaves faced. mcauliffe is discounting this episode as a racist dog whistle looking to gin up support from the extreme elements of the party. youngkin says this is about is centering parental choice and not about race. >> up until now, parents havent wanted to control curriculum, and dive into the nitty-gritty of the curriculum of their kids schools. this is ...